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• FFB Utilizing Grassroots Efforts to Address a Multitude of Issues

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 149
  With a multitude of issues and concerns on the table both on a state federal level, John Hoblick, President of the Florida Farm Bureau Federation, says they are using grassroots efforts to address them for the producer.
  3 days ago

• FFB Council of Presidents Help Keep Agriculture’s Voice Cohesive

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 149
  The Florida Farm Bureau recently hosted their council of presidents meeting as Ben Parks, director of state legislative affairs says the annual gathering is a fine example of the federation’s grass roots system.
  5 days ago

• Tough to Agree Upon Climate Change Resolution

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 149
  American Farm Bureau chief economist, Bob Young, says when you look at the cap and trade proposals in both the U.S. House and Senate, the one thing that is agreed upon is that there will certainly be a major impact on agriculture. However not agreed upon, is whether that change will be good or bad.
  5 days ago

• FFBF December 2009 South Florida Ag Report

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 149
  Thanks to Florida Farm Bureau Asst Dir of Gov’t and Community Affairs, Charlie Shinn, CLICK HERE (1MB Word Document file) for Farm Bureau’s South Florida Ag Report for this month.
  1 week ago

• Virginia Farm Bureau’s “Save Our Food Holiday Festival” is Overwhelming Success

  
  FriendsEAT.com — Authority: 135
  Chef Jim Coleman in action In an effort to create awareness about the importance of locally grown food, the Virginia Farm Bureau developed the Save Our Food campaign, which brings attention to the state’s first and largest industry – farming.  So this weekend, the Farm Bureau sponsored the first annual ...
  1 week ago

• FL Vulnerable to Crop Selection Shift Under a Cap and Trade Program

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 149
  With climate change legislation still sitting in both the house and senate, Bob Young, chief economist for the American Farm Bureau, says the cap and trade structure could result in tremendous changes to the agricultural landscape.
  1 week ago

• Farmers, America, and the planet would be better off without the Farm Bureau

  
  Alan Gregory's Conservation News — Authority: 122
  I remember the day back in the mid 70s when a newspaper publisher instructed me, in no uncertain terms, not to run anymore op-ed pieces from the Farm Bureau. Fast-forward to 2009, and things have not changed much as this newspaper article from Hampton Roads, Va., points out.
  1 week ago

• GFB Recognizes Four Agriculturalist in GA

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 149
  Tyron Spearman has a report regarding awards recently given to four Georgia farmers during Georgia Farm Bureau’s annual convention.
  1 week ago

• Hell Freezes Over (Or At Least Gets Cooler)

  
  Cato @ Liberty — Authority: 755
  By Sallie James Well here’s an interesting, if three-weeks-old, story. Apparently the North Dakota Farm Bureau’s annual convention recently passed a policy calling for the elimination of all agricultural programs.  Reading between the lines of the original press release indicates that the call was part of ...
  1 week ago

• Legislators, HTGCD to try it again

  
  Newstreamz San Marcos — Authority: 148
  While it remains to be seen if the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District (HTGCD) and Hays County legislators can iron out their differences, a process began last week with a plan to bring together stakeholders selected by State Representative Patrick Rose (D-Dripping Springs) and State Senator Jeff Wentworth ...
  1 week ago

• State revenue down $37 million; deeper budget cuts not needed this year

  
  Iowa Independent — Authority: 651
  A panel of experts announced Friday that Iowa’s revenue would once again shrink this fiscal year, but additional layoffs, furloughs or program cuts will not be needed. The Revenue Estimating Conference , a three-member panel of experts whose revenue predictions are used to guide the governor and state legislature ...
  2 weeks ago

• FL Farm Bureau Hosts “Council of Presidents” in Gainesville

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 149
  Farm Bureau develops its policies from the grass roots up. Florida Farm Bureau has organized County Farm Bureaus in nearly every Florida county. Once each year County Presidents, farmers themselves, participate in this event aimed at keeping county leaders informed and engaged in helping to represent their members ...
  2 weeks ago

• New Cotton Extension Agronomist Discusses Cotton Varieties

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 149
  UGA’s new extension cotton agronomist, Guy Collins, gave his depute presentation during the Georgia Farm Bureau convention where he discussed the departure of 555 and the growing pains of exploring new varieties.
  2 weeks ago

• FFB Expecting an Interesting Legislative Year

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 149
  As we start to look ahead to Florida’s Legislative Session, Ben Parks, director of state legislative affairs for Florida Farm Bureau says that it could be a very interesting year.
  2 weeks ago

• ALFA Members Positive Despite A Difficult Harvest

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 149
  The Alabama Farmers Federation held their annual meeting earlier this week and president Jerry Newby said the overall mood was very positive.
  2 weeks ago

• GFB annual meeting gives commodities an opportunity to come together

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 149
  The Georgia Farm Bureau annual convention wraps up today and Gerald Long, first vice president of the federation and a member on the Georgia Beef Board, says the meeting is an opportunity for all the commodities grown in the state to come together, as he gave an update on the Beef Board and their recent efforts.
  2 weeks ago

• Oyster Farmers Continue to Fight Legislative Efforts

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 149
  A series of Oyster safety meetings being held by the Florida Department of Agriculture are underway and Josh Craft, assistant director of Ag Policy for the Florida Farm Bureau explains the purpose behind them.
  2 weeks ago

• FFB Sponsoring Upcoming Labor Meetings

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 149
  With labor an ongoing issue for specialty crop growers, Florida Farm Bureau Assistant Director of Ag Policy Josh Craft is reminding producers of three Department of Labor seminars sponsored in part by Farm Bureau that are scheduled for next week. Tentative topics to be discussed include the following: MSPA, H2A, ...
  3 weeks ago

• The New 4-H Center at OSU

  
  Collecting My Thoughts — Authority: 442
  Nationwide Foundation and Ohio Farm Bureau pledged more than $6 million toward a new 4-H building on the Ohio State University campus in Columbus and in January 2008 the staff began moving in. From OSU Extension, Jan. 3, 2008: “The new Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center has opened, with two dozen faculty, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Climate Change Legislation Will Change Ag Landscape in SE

  
  Southeast AgNET — Authority: 149
  With the much anticipated United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen quickly approaching, concerns remain in the agricultural community regarding how climate change legislation will affect the American farmer. The Farm Bureau Federation is one on those concerned, as Bob Young, chief economist for the ...
  3 weeks ago

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