Mark your calendars to check out an upcoming chapter event for the summer!

If you have any write-ups or photos from your previous events, please send the information to Kathi Conrad at [email protected] to get it in the NAMA e-News.

North Central NAMA ~ July 26, 2010

This year’s North Central NAMA Golf event is being held in conjunction with the 2010 Ag Media Summit Golf outing that is being held in St. Paul. We encourage NAMA members and guests to enjoy a day of golf and to participate in the Ag Media Summit events. For a full schedule visit this link 2010 Agricultural Media Summit.

The Golf Outing will take place at Keller Golf Course in Maplewood, MN. Cost for the outing is $125 per player ($500 per foursome) and includes: golf, cart, range balls, lunch and great prizes.

To register online please go to the following link Golf Registration and you’ll find the golf registration toward the middle of the page or download the registration form (Microsoft Word format) and send or email it to me. If you have questions about registration please contact Bill Pool at [email protected] or at 763-257-6877.

Great Plains NAMA ~ August 9, 2010

Join Great Plains NAMA for their Summer golf outing on Monday, August 9, at Terradyne Country Club in Andover, KS.

The outing begins with registration at 11:00 a.m. and the tournament kicks off at 12:30 p.m.

Cost for the golf outing is $110 each or $400 for a foursome. Cost includes:
Green fees, cart & range balls
Two beverage tickets
Boxed lunch to start you off
Cash prizes to the Terradyne Pro Shop
Entry into the Hole-In-One contest
Special gift for the member who signs up the most new members for the Great Plains Chapter
BBQ dinner provided by the Hereford House after the outing

Call, fax or email Shirley Harrold-Albright at 316-522-3000; fax – 316-522-2827; or email [email protected].

MoKan NAMA ~ August 17, 2010

The MoKan NAMA chapter is once again hosting the MoKan Ag Tour prior to the NAMA Boot Camp kick-off on Tuesday, August 17.

The bus will leave the Hyatt Regency Crown Center at 7:45 a.m. and the first stop on the tour is a row crop and cattle farm operation in Richmond, MO. The next stop is a tour of the Pence Aerial Service, an Aerial Applicator’s Operation at the Carrollton Airport. Attendees will learn about what Aerial Applicators do for agriculture and what the National Agriculture Aviation Association does to promote safety and stewardship. Lunch for the tour will be provided on the bus as it heads to the third stop at Ray Carroll County Grain Growers, just outside Carrollton, MO. Attendees will tour a large and progressive Ag Retailer, Grain Elevator, and Ethanol Plant which is a Co-op (owned by growers). The bus will return to the Hyatt by 4:00 p.m. in time for the NAMA Boot Camp kick-off.

For more information on the Ag Tour visit http://www.nama.org/programs/index.html.

To register for the MoKan Ag Tour visit http://www.nama.org/ConferenceRegistration/Default.aspx?confid=22.

Cost is $50 and you do not need to be registered for the NAMA Boot Camp to take part in the Ag Tour.