Wednesday, March 30, 2011
HSUS reminder
Beef Daily By Amanda Nolz I often speak with producer groups, and although I often feel like a broken record at times — I believe it’s critically important to repeat this important message: the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS) is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, spending less than 1/2 of 1% of its annual budget to assist animal shelters.Think everyone in your circle already knows these facts? Think again. I’ve had countless people listen to me speak on this topic and later come up to me to share their frustrations over having just sent a check to the organization. We all need to continue to spread the word and educate our peers about the true agenda of HSUS, which is to abolish animal agriculture and eliminate meat, dairy and eggs from the American dinner table. The group plans to do this by using litigation and legislation to regulate farmers out of business and escalate the cost of food.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Ag Day Photos
Above Jack Berry reacts to his selection as Farm Family of the Year
Pat Gottschalk receives the award for her outstanding Ag Photo.
Heather Poynter & Angela Mann served as Ag Day Committee Chairpersons at this year's event.
Megan Klotz State FFA Secretary from South Putnam discusses her year as a State FFA Officer.
Janna Oxford State FFA Treasurer from Cloverdale also presented her thoughts about the past year as a State FFA Officer.The Ag Day event was moved to Saturday this year and was warmly received and provided for a great turnout. Many thanks go out to all who helped make the event a success.
Monday, March 7, 2011
New Pork Campaign
New Pork Campaign Unveiled 03/06/2011NAFB News Service
The National Pork Board has announced a new branding position celebrating pork's ability to offer a wide range of options in the kitchen. Pork Be inspired focuses on reaching creative, flavor-seeking home cooks who already prepare, eat and love pork. That number of cooks is said to be 82-million Americans representing approximately 28 percent of U.S. households accounting for roughly 68 percent of all in-home fresh pork consumption and 50 percent of all away-from-home fresh pork consumption.The National Pork Board says the new campaign of: Pork® Be inspired shows pork's place in almost any menu, day part, cuisine and lifestyle, based on pork's unique combination of flavor and versatility as the source of kitchen inspiration. According to NPB, the new, fully integrated campaign moves from a functional to a more emotional positioning with a campaign voice that is proud, energetic, approachable and unapologetically optimistic about the unique attributes of the world's most popular protein.NPB plans to roll out the new program beginning later this month. The original, The Other White Meat campaign will play a role as a heritage brand, with use on the consumer web site and in nutrition communications. But it will not be featured in advertising. Ceci Snyder, vice president of domestic marketing for the National Pork Board says - to those that love pork, it requires no comparison to the other meats.
The National Pork Board has announced a new branding position celebrating pork's ability to offer a wide range of options in the kitchen. Pork Be inspired focuses on reaching creative, flavor-seeking home cooks who already prepare, eat and love pork. That number of cooks is said to be 82-million Americans representing approximately 28 percent of U.S. households accounting for roughly 68 percent of all in-home fresh pork consumption and 50 percent of all away-from-home fresh pork consumption.The National Pork Board says the new campaign of: Pork® Be inspired shows pork's place in almost any menu, day part, cuisine and lifestyle, based on pork's unique combination of flavor and versatility as the source of kitchen inspiration. According to NPB, the new, fully integrated campaign moves from a functional to a more emotional positioning with a campaign voice that is proud, energetic, approachable and unapologetically optimistic about the unique attributes of the world's most popular protein.NPB plans to roll out the new program beginning later this month. The original, The Other White Meat campaign will play a role as a heritage brand, with use on the consumer web site and in nutrition communications. But it will not be featured in advertising. Ceci Snyder, vice president of domestic marketing for the National Pork Board says - to those that love pork, it requires no comparison to the other meats.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Statehouse visit
It will be Ag Week at the Statehouse starting March 7th. Putnam County Farm Bureau is planning a trip to the Statehouse on that day to join the Ag festivities and visit with our Legislators. If you would like to join our group at the Statehouse comment on this blog and I will get back to you.
Next Legislative Update in the Putnam County FB board room will be Sat. March 19th.
Don't forget about Ag Day at the Fairgrounds on March 12th starting with breakfast for a dollar at 8 a.m., a short program at 9 a.m. followed by our mini farm fest from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
Membership drive the push is on, to help support our Farm Bureau efforts we need new members. Purchase of insurance is not needed to become a member and support our Ag work. Other than a little income from our Fair Milk Barn we operate strictly on the income from our membership dues of $32.50. Remember we also have special membership pricing for spouses and college students. Contact any board member or stop in at the FB office to become a member today. Applications will also be available during Ag Day.
Next Legislative Update in the Putnam County FB board room will be Sat. March 19th.
Don't forget about Ag Day at the Fairgrounds on March 12th starting with breakfast for a dollar at 8 a.m., a short program at 9 a.m. followed by our mini farm fest from 9:30 a.m. to noon.
Membership drive the push is on, to help support our Farm Bureau efforts we need new members. Purchase of insurance is not needed to become a member and support our Ag work. Other than a little income from our Fair Milk Barn we operate strictly on the income from our membership dues of $32.50. Remember we also have special membership pricing for spouses and college students. Contact any board member or stop in at the FB office to become a member today. Applications will also be available during Ag Day.
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