The first part of the Ag Relations Council program was a panel on “The Bioenergy Issue.” Very timely with the passage of energy legislation this week! Pictured (l-r) are ARC President, Jeri Omernik, panel moderator Dr. Lynn Hamilton, Michigan State University, Susan Crane, WE Energy and Bob Oleson, Wisconsin Corn Growers.

The board of the Agricultural Relations Council just concluded meeting a little while ago. Joining them was their scholarship winner, Katie Knapp, from Magnolia, IL, who’s attending the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She’s in the middle of Carroll Merry (left) and Jeri Omernik (right).

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If you remember who sang those words you are no longer a child. At the Agricultural Relations Council meeting they heard about water rights.

The Agricultural Relations Council looked into public relations accreditation more closely at their meeting last week.

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Thanks to Jeri Mattics Omernik, Rocky Mountain Marketing Communications, Inc. and Carroll Merry, Countryside Marketing for pictures and captions. This will make for a nice series of posts about the pre-NAMA meeting of the Agricultural Relations Council.