ABEF GOLF OUTING
The ABEF hosted its annual Golf Outing during the 2006 Agri-Marketing Conference & Trade Show to raise money for the Student NAMA Careers Program.

The ABEF Golf Outing took place on Tuesday, April 18 at the WinterStone Golf Course in Independence, MO.

Golfers not only enjoyed a beautiful day of golf at WinterStone, but also raised over $4,000 for the ABEF. Several contests were held during the golf outing, the results of those are as follows:

Longest Drive (holes 5 & 16): Marvin Kokes, Natl. Cattlemen’s Beef Assn. & Tom Apple, Stephens & Associates Adv., Inc.
Straightest Drive (closest to the line-hole 1): Don Dauterive, Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman.
Closest to the Pin (holes 2 & 12): Lyle Orwig, Charleston Orwig & Troy Schroeder, Broadhead + Co.
Longest Putt-Female (holes 7 & 15): Mindy Oberly, McCormick Company & Leigh Ann Cleaver, Blasdel Cleaver Schwalbe Communications.
Longest Putt-Male (holes 7 & 15): Jim Panousis, IMS/Agridata & Kerry Lubchenko, The Western Producer.

Taking third place in the golf outing was Bob Brunker, J.L. Farmakis, Dan Jamison, Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl., Inc. , Don Dauterive, Iowa Farm Bureau Spokesman and Melinda Oberly, McCormick Company; Second place went to Matt Herman, Farm Journal, Jim Gresham, Adculture Group, Inc., Tony Behr, Farm Journal and Bill Pool, Adculture Group, Inc. First place winners were Gary Vorpahl, Hoard’s Dairyman, Todd Bonnin, Hoard’s Dairyman, Kevin Spouse, IMMVAC and Jeff Ferguson, IMMVAC.

Special thanks also to the sponsors of the ABEF Golf Outing: IMS/Agridata, Farm Journal, Ayres Kahler, John Deere, Iowa Farmer Today, Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl., Bock & Associates, Charleston/Orwig, Helena Chemical Company, LEE Agri-MEDIA, Osborn & Barr, Quarry Integrated Communications, California Farmer, J.L. Farmakis, National Pork Board, The Mosaic Company, and DTN. We look forward to another successful Golf Outing next year in Dallas!

ABEF CENTURY CLUB
The ABEF Century Club, which was launched at the 2004 Agri-Marketing Conference in Kansas City, raised $6,000 at the 2006 Agri-Marketing Conference & Trade Show. Investing in the club provides the opportunity to step forward and help advance the future of agribusiness. Today’s youth are tomorrow’s leaders and the Century Club support is totally dedicated for investing in scholarships for tomorrow’s leaders.

The Century Club’s goal is to have today’s agribusiness leaders contribute $100 for today’s youth. You can be a part of this select group of individuals committed to enhancing the opportunity for tomorrow’s leaders. The list below contains professionals who joined the Century Club by the end of the 2006 conference. Don’t be left out, sign yourself up now! Visit https://nama.org/abef/centuryclub/century-contribute.htm.

ABEF AUCTIONS
The ABEF Silent Auction was once again held in the Trade Show during the 2006 Agri-Marketing Trade Show. Items in the auctions ranged from framed prints to media packages to hotel stays at the Hyatt of your choice. Together the auctions, including the on-line media package auction raised more than $46,000 for the Student Careers Program!

ABEF STUDENT RAFFLE
Attendees had a chance to win a Dell 37″ High Def LCD TV, courtesy of Prism Business Media. NAMA Student chapters sold tickets in advance as well as at the conference for a chance to win the TV. Tim Steinbeck, Modern Litho Printing, was this year’s winner of the TV.

Over $8,500 was raised from the Student Raffle and schools received $5.00 for each ticket sold, meaning $4,270 of that money will be returned to the student chapters to help cover expenses to next year’s conference. The school that sold the most raffle tickets receives $100 and the second place school receives $75. In addition, the student who sold the most tickets will receive an additional cash prize of $100. This year’s top selling school was Texas A&M and second place honors go to Virginia Tech. The student selling the most raffle tickets was Jess Stinnett with Texas A&M.