The Badger, Chicago, Heartland and Mid-America Chapters celebrated their Regional Best of NAMA winners on January 23 at the Milwaukee Brewing Company. Visit https://nama.org/best_of_nama_home for a list of all regional winners. View pictures of this and other Regional events at https://www.flickr.com/photos/namaflickr/albums .

The time is now to advance your winning entries! If you won a first or a merit at the Regional level, you should have received an email with an option to advance your winning entry to the National judging. Contact [email protected] if you have questions.

The Central Iowa NAMA Chapter has had an extremely active January. It started with an excellent presentation by Mark Core, Chief Marketing Officer with Vermeer Corporation. The luncheon attracted more than 30 participants to attend, despite deteriorating weather conditions. Mark did not disappoint, delivering many first-hand marketing experiences that have enabled Vermeer Corp. to become true visionaries in many respective industries.

Awards season isn’t over yet! There are still chapter and regional Best of NAMA events later this month. See below for a complete listing.

January 21, Midsouth Best of NAMA Event Napa Café
5101 Sanderlin Ave., Memphis, TN 38117 Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres at 6:00pm, Awards at 6:30pm Register Now!

January 23 Region 4 Best of NAMA Event
Milwaukee Brewing Company
1130 N. 9 St., Milwaukee, WI 53233
Tickets: $85. Register here for Event.

February 10, Region 1 Best of NAMA Event
World Ag Expo, Tulare, CA 
Additional details available soon.

Region 2 (MoKan, Gateway, Cornhusker, Great Plains, Rocky Mountain & Southwest Chapters) kicked off the new year with their Best of NAMA Ceremony on January 9 at the Grand Street Event Space in Kansas City. The ceremony, emceed by Tyne Morgan, Farm Journal Media, had approximately 100 in attendance. To see a complete list of the winners, click here and check out NAMA Flickr for pix of the event.

The McNamara Alumni Center at the University of Minnesota was the venue for the Region 3 Best of NAMA Ceremony (North Central, Iowa, Cornbelt, Northern Prairie Chapters).

Almost 120 were in attendance and were entertained by emcee Phil Johnson.

Special thanks to all the sponsors and leaders that made this event possible. To see a complete list of the winners, click here and check out NAMA Flickr for pix of the event.

Awards season isn’t over yet! There are still chapter and regional Best of NAMA events later this month. See below for a complete listing.

January 21, Midsouth Best of NAMA Event Napa Café
5101 Sanderlin Ave., Memphis, TN 38117 Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres at 6:00pm, Awards at 6:30pm Register Now!

January 23 Region 4 Best of NAMA Event
Milwaukee Brewing Company
1130 N. 9 St., Milwaukee, WI 53233
Tickets: $85. Register here for Event.
A block of rooms is available at
Brewhouse Inn & Suites
1215 N. 10 St., Milwaukee, WI 53205
Room rate: $139. Click here for reservations and enter the code NAMA0123.

February 10, Region 1 Best of NAMA Event
World Ag Expo, Tulare, CA 
Additional details available soon.

Midsouth NAMA met in November for a lunch and learn about Mississippi State’s new online Masters of Agribusiness Management Program presented by the program’s director, Matt Janzen. An interdisciplinary degree between the College of Agriculture and the College of Business, it’s the only one in the nation that can be taken completely online.

In addition, we heard pitches from MSU’s student NAMA team and provided feedback to prepare them for the national competition. Everyone was impressed with the team’s presentation, and we look forward to meeting with them again before the 2020 NAMA Conference.