It’s time once again for the Trees for Troops program to get in high gear. Trees are already on their way to our troops overseas. They’ll also be delivered to troops stationed here at home over the next couple weeks.
For the second consecutive year, the Trees for Troops program will deliver Real Christmas Trees to the families of troops serving in the military. Christmas Tree growers and retailers nationwide are donating the trees for the program, which is sponsored by the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation and FedEx Corp. This holiday season, Trees for Troops is expected to collect and deliver more than 11,000 Real Christmas Trees from 27 states to military families across the United States, as well as to soldiers serving overseas.
“Our military and their families have been providing a real service to our country,” says Beth Walterscheidt, president of the National Christmas Tree Association and a Christmas Tree farmer from Elgin, Texas. “And, as Christmas Tree farmers, we want them to be able to experience a traditional Christmas with a Real Tree.”
Nigel Manley, Chairman of the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation explains why the program was developed. trees-for-troops.mp3
Here’s a reminder about the 2006 Soybean Rust Symposium which is going to take place this week in St. Louis, MO on Wednesday and Thursday. Judging by their website, The 
If you had asked me a week ago what Bio-PDO is I wouldn’t have a clue. However, after helping 
It’s back to work after a very nice Thanksgiving weekend. So let’s jump right into it with this week’s program. One of the interviews I did at the recent NAFB Convention was with Mark Leitman, Director, Agriculture Programs, 
Mark says the PERC is celebrating 10 years since it was signed into law. Mark says that they just completed a return on investment study that shows that even with the challenges facing the energy industry the propane checkoff is providing a very positive return to the dollars invested. He also pointed out that unlike other ag-related checkoff programs that are administered by USDA, PERC is administered by the Department of Energy.
It’s been a very nice Thanksgiving weekend so far. I’ve been playing catch up on a lot of things that were on hold with all the travel of the past several weeks. 
Our cornucopia runneth over with gratitude for our friends this Thanksgiving. We have done business with about 40 different entities this year, including 10 companies, 10 ag-related organizations, 14 agencies and two farm media groups! Not too bad for a little ole new media company. I’m very thankful to everyone we’ve had the honor to work with this year so far.
I’ll bet that farmers will use SMS Mobile right after they get done checking their email, news feeds and the weather. How many of them have a mobile device already? Anyone know?
I got this story after the video feed had already been sent out this morning but I doubt I would have been able to receive it anyway. How about a link to it folks?