She’s too new to have a picture available yet in case you’re wondering. She’s Joy Johnson who has joined the National Pork Board as vice president of marketing.
Beef Checkoff Turning 20
Jo Ann Smith is one of my favorite people. Boy does seeing this picture make me miss Florida. Jo Ann was the first Chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board back in 1986. It’s been twenty years. My how time flies when you’re eating beef. The CBB is a client for ZimmComm as I think most of you know. The Beef Checkoff holds a very special place in Cindy and my hearts because of that and because back when we were partnered with Gary Cooper in our first business venture the Florida Beef Council was one of our first clients. Florida had one of the highest approval ratings for the original Checkoff referendums in the country.
UglyRipe Tomato Fight
That’s definitely an UglyRipe tomato in case you’re wondering. Apparently consumers like it but the Florida Tomato Committee doesn’t.
Past Ag Club Award Recipients
Here’s another group of very important people.
Past Presidents of the St. Louis Ag Club
I’m not even going to try to identify these people.
These are the past presidents of the St. Louis Agribusiness Club.
Also pictured is the current president, Brett Cude. We don’t want to imply he’s “past” yet.
Honoring The Past President
The immediate past president of the St. Louis Agribusiness Club is Dean Dittmar, Ag Education Field Advisor, Facilitating Coordination in Agricultural Education (l).
He was presented with an award for his service to the organization by current President, Brett Cude, Farm Manager, Real Estate Broker, Farmers National Company (r).
Gateway/St. Louis Ag Club Mtg.
Hello in real time from St. Louis and the joint Gateway NAMA/St. Louis Agribusiness Club meeting. I’m here in Clayton where we’ll have a nice program featuring our Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns. I’ll record his comments for you and try to get a private interview as well.
Cracker Cow Drive
This could be a dusty event and knowing Florida cowboys I’ll bet they find a way to slake their thirst. The Florida Agricultural Museum will present the “Great Florida Cattle Drive of Ought 6” December 5-9, 2006. Registration is now under way for the event, which will begin just south of Kissimmee and end at the new Silver Spurs Arena …
Country People Have an Organization
An association for people who live in the country? It seems like we have a lot of those but maybe not one like this. It’ll be interesting to see how this turns out. The announcement says there will be an annual convention and trade show too. Hmmm . . . Member registration is $49.
New APS Officers
There is a new slate of officers for the American Phytopathological Society. They took over their terms at the end of July.