NAMA and Connectiv Agri Media Committee will co-host a reception at the NAFB Convention, Wednesday, November 9, 2016. It will take place at the Westin Crown Center on the Garden Terrace in Kansas City from 5-6 p.m. Watch your email for more details.  For more information visit the NAFB Convention website.

Date: October 27th 2016

Time: 10:00AM – 12:00PM

Event: Green Plains Ethanol Plant Tour

Location: Green Plains, 4124 Airport Road, Shenandoah, IA 51601

Please RSVP by October 24

AGENDA:
Join the Cornhusker Chapter and learn all about the operations of an ethanol production facility.  Plant tour will begin promptly at 10AM.  Plan on meeting at the Admin Building.  Tour will last about an hour, then open for Q&A.

WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEETING?
Contact Randy Happel: [email protected]

Join the Florida NAMA Chapter for their next professional chapter gathering at the Florida Ag Expo in Balm, FL on Wednesday, November 2. Starting time for the show is 7:30 a.m. All NAMA members will sit with attending students and faculty at lunch.

Enjoy the programs, exhibits and demonstrations. Look for other members when you arrive or contact Eloise Seaman, Florida NAMA President, or Chad Gillyard, Florida Chapter Membership Chair, before with any questions.

Eloise: [email protected], (913) 593-3250

Chad: [email protected], (407) 697-1855

Register at the link below. Use discount code: DISCNAMA2016.

Cost for NAMA Professional members is $55. Students can register for $25.

Address:
UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research & Education Center
14625 CR 672
Balm, Florida 33598

https://www.cvent.com/events/2016-florida-ag-expo/registration-d659f8563fd1420dba7861e5d431a8a4.aspx

Kick-off the holiday season by giving back to the community with North Central NAMA at their upcoming volunteer event at The Food Group in New Hope. It’s just a quick drive Northwest of Minneapolis and a great way to give back to the community. Immediately following the event, join chapter members down the road at Pub 42 from 6-8pm, for FREE food & drinks and to learn more about what being a member of North Central NAMA is all about. Any non-members that attend this event, will receive free admission to the Holiday Party in December!

WHEN: Wednesday, November 2nd
4-6 PM: Volunteer Event
6-8 PM: Appetizers & Happy Hour immediately to follow

DETAILS:
The Food Group: 8501 54th Ave N New Hope, MN 55428

NC NAMA Crash Course Happy Hour: Pub 42 | 7600 42nd Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55427

RSVP to Hannah Johnson at [email protected]m

Even with a down economy, the need for effective marketing doesn’t go away. How do marketing agencies help focus their clients’ strategy and maximize their efforts?

Now is your chance to ask! Join Wisconsin’s premier ag-focused agency leaders for an intimate discussion on navigating a challenging economic landscape.

Thought leaders at Bader Rutter, Charleston|Orwig, Filament Marketing and MorganMyers are coming together for a special panel discussion to share their experiences counseling clients through economic booms and busts. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to have your questions answered!

When:
Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Where:
Delafield Brewhaus
3832 Hillside Dr.
Delafield, WI 53018

Cost:
$40 – Badger NAMA members
$60 – Non-Members
$20 – Student

Registration opens at 4:00 pm

Discussion begins 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

There will be a buffet dinner and open bar

Questions can be directed to Jake Wolter, [email protected].

The Cornhusker NAMA Chapter kicked off the 2016-17 meeting year with an entertaining excursion to historic and scenic Nebraska City – the oldest incorporated city in the state. The half-day meeting kicked off with a hearty country breakfast at Lied Lodge. The Adirondack architectural design and styling of timbers and stone serves as a resource for the Arbor Day Foundation and other forestry related organizations. Here, members enjoyed a tour of the Lodge’s unique, highly efficient and sustainable biomass heating and cooling system that burns wood chips derived from recycled pallets to fuel the entire 140-room facility at one-third the cost of conventional HVAC systems.

Next was a tour of Arbor Lodge, the magnificent 52-room mansion and home of J. Sterling Morton. Probably best known as founder of Arbor Day, Morton was a highly successful and fragile businessman and newspaper editor who also served as Secretary of Agriculture under President Grover Cleveland. Those attending were then treated to a relaxing tractor-pulled wagon ride adventure through the heavily wooded, gently rolling 260-acre Arbor Farms and Nursery. This National Historic Landmark and birthplace of Arbor Day includes a 22-acre nursery that inventories over a thousand different shade and ornamental trees, shrubs and perennials. The tour concluded with a stop at the famed apple orchard and vineyards where members got to pick a newly ripened apple from one of the trees representing more than 150 varieties.

Once a vast prairie void of trees, the 260-acre Arbor Farm now boasts dozens of tree species. In the distance atop the hill with picturesque views of South Table Rock Creek below is Arbor Manor, home of Arbor Day Founder J. Sterling Morton. Hazelnut Research Field (foreground) – second largest in the U.S. – helps show the way to better food production practices, environmental health and innovative agroforestry practices.

Members of the Cornhusker NAMA Chapter enjoy a picture-perfect outdoor fall outing to Arbor Farms, Nebraska City. The group enjoyed spectacular views of the famed 260-acre farm from the scenic outlook of Lied Lodge

Members of Cornhusker NAMA learn more about the Arbor Foundation and how trees got their start on barren Midwest prairies thanks to Arbor Day founder J. Sterling Morton. There, the group toured the sustainable biomass heating and cooling system that uses wood chips from recycled pallets to heat and cool the 140-room lodge for one-third the cost of conventional HVAC systems.

GMOs, trade and transportation – oh my! Jim Massey from The Country Today moderated the Sept. 15 “Advocacy in Agriculture” panel with Badger NAMA. The group discussed issues important to ag, the upcoming election and how we can all be better advocates for agriculture. Panelists included Tom Thieding from the Wisconsin Corn Growers Association, John Holevoet from the Dairy Business Association, Mandy Masters from Wisconsin Pork Producers Association and Kim Bremmer from Ag Inspirations and CommonGround.

The panel stressed that advocacy has changed with increased consumer involvement and action from the ag sector is critical, especially with many legislators disconnected from agriculture. Bremmer shared, “it’s better to do something imperfectly than do nothing flawlessly,” so the responsibility to educate consumers and legislators lies with all of us. Attendees left feeling inspired and assured that this election isn’t the end for agriculture.