The annual NAFB Foundation Auction was a great success and Leah Guffey, WFMB worked very hard to help make it so. In fact, she even rode the pink tractor around the whole room to entice bids for this item. I don’t know what the record amount raised in an auction is but I know that Cyndi Young who organized this …
Cindy Cunningham is Allied Industry Council Chairperson
The new chairperson of the NAFB Allied Industry Council is Cindy Cunningham, National Pork Board. Cindy served on the committee that created the new NAFB strategic plan and is looking forward to leading the Council in helping implement it. If you’re not familiar with the Allied Industry Council Cindy provides an overview in my interview with her. She’s pictured in …
Greg Akagi is New NAFB VP
The new Vice President of NAFB is Greg Akagi, Kansas Agriculture Network. That means he’ll automatically ascend to President in 2 years. Here’s Greg in action at Trade Talk. I spoke with Greg after the election and he’s really moved by the confidence the membership has in him and grateful for their vote. One of the things he’s looking forward …
NAFB President
Our NAFB President until tonight is Pam Fretwell, WTAD. She’s had a great year leading the organization through some major issues like the creation of a 5-year Strategic Plan. Here’s Pam at the annual member’s meeting. Afterward I spoke with her to get her feelings as she’s about to become past-president and I’m sure she’s looking forward to some time …
World Soybean Champ at NAFB
I waited until NAFB to get a one-on-one interview with the world soybean yield record-breaker Kip Cullers of Missouri. He is a great spokesperson for the ag industry as a whole, not to mention the products that helped him achieve the world record yield of 154.7 bushels per acre in his contest plot. “I’m a lot more proud of our …
Can You Say Pamwich?
At the NAFB Annual Member meeting which is taking place right now, Randy Koenen got placed in a Pam Sandwich. That would be between Pam Jahnke, WTDY, NAFB vice president and Pam Fretwell, WTAD, current NAFB President. Randy, Red River Farm Network, is incoming NAFB President. At the meeting they’re getting a presentation on the new NAFB 5 Year Strategic …
What Trade Talk Participants Think
To find out why companies and organizations participate in the NAFB Trade Talk I asked a few of them as things were winding down. Included are comments from Monsanto, EPIC, New Holland, FMC and Dairy Farmers of America. I pieced together an audio clip of their answers to the question, “Why do you participate in Trade Talk?” Listen to their …
Beef Is For Lunch
The Trade Talk Lunch was very good today as usual. It’s a nice working lunch buffet with no program/speakers because many of us use the opportunity for a quick bite and then back to the interviews. One of the things I liked this year was the fact that we could grab a quick fresh-carved roast beef sandwich in the Trade …
NCGA Is All Ears
The National Corn Growers Association is one of the Trade Talk exhibitors and a NAFB convention sponsor. Last night at our opening reception they were all “ears.” During Trade Talk I had a chance to conduct a series of video interviews which we’ll be using on their Corn Commentary website. This new media world means that we have multiple options …
AgriTalk on AgWired
I’ve already been asked what’s been taking me so long to get my AgriTalk picture on AgWired. Well here it is. Like a lot of us Mike and John are set up in the BASF-sponsored Broadcast Service Center. We’ve got some of the fastest internet access I’ve used in a while which is making uploading pictures and other files a …