The NAMA Office is smoking with all of the Sizzling Best of NAMA Entries that have been submitted. This year, 1234 entries were received for the Best of NAMA competition. The regional entry judging for Best of NAMA will take place November 10-11 in Kansas City prior to the Trends In Agriculture meeting.

About 50 judges will take time out of their busy schedules to help with judging the entries. First and merit entries will be on display during the Welcome Reception/ABEF Sports Night of the 2008 Trends In Agriculture from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 11.

The regional first and merit winners are eligible to advance to the national judging in February and national winners will be announced at the Best of NAMA Awards Ceremony, which will kick-off the 2009 Agri-Marketing Conference, Hot Ideas Sizzling Solutions, April 15-17 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Watch for the number of entries per chapter in the next NAMA e-News. To register for the Welcome Reception/ABEF Sports Night or the entire Trends In Agriculture meeting visit http://payment.nama.org/trends.htm.