07-20-11 *BREAKING AG NEWS* Storm Damages Elevator @ Jencks Farms SE of Briggsdale

Photos courtesy of BARN Photo Journalist TJ Allmer

(The BARN – Briggsdale, CO) With winter wheat harvest just getting started in this neck of the plains, Tuesday evening’s severe storms packed quite a punch and left damage at one of the areas destination for wheat producers when they market their grain. With that said, joining me by telephone is Amy Hill of Jencks Farms describing the apparent tornado that struck Jencks Farms 25 miles SE of Briggsdale on July 19th…

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Thankfully, no injuries were reported at Jencks Farms, which is a terminal branch elevator for Roggen Farmers Elevator Association.

CLICK HERE to visit the Roggen Farmers Elevator Association website.

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07-19-11 CSU Names New Leader for Department of Animal Sciences…Dr Kevin Pond

FORT COLLINS - Kevin R. Pond, an expert in beef-cattle nutrition and 15-year chair of the Department of Animal and Food Sciences at Texas Tech University, will join Colorado State University Aug. 15 as new head of the Department of Animal Sciences.

Pond, who helps run a fifth-generation family cattle ranch in the Texas Panhandle, brings experience in teaching, research and administration at three other public research universities to the largest department in CSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences.

“I am extremely pleased that Dr. Pond has accepted my offer to become head of the Department of Animal Sciences. His career and leadership experiences fit hand-in-glove with the department’s long-standing expertise, our work to prepare agricultural leaders, and our focus on science with a purpose,” Craig Beyrouty, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences, said.

07-12-11 Weld County Friend of the Fair…Brian Allmer of the BARN

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If you head to the beef championship shows, you’ll hear it. Turn the radio to FM 104.7 or several other stations in Northeastern Colorado and you will hear it there, too. The husky, friendly and humble voice of Brian Allmer has become familiar in Weld County. It flows from the speakers as he announces livestock shows at the Fair and during the BARN agricultural news reports on radio stations throughout the state, and it streams from the computer as he does the play-by-play for Briggsdale High School sports.

After a devastating car accident in the late ‘90s, Allmer dedicated his life to supporting the hard-working young men and women involved in FFA and 4-H and to promoting agriculture in a positive way.

While volunteering with the marketing team at the Colorado Farm Show, he made connections with Northeast Colorado Broadcasting, a radio station out of Fort Morgan.

“They gave me a radio test and the rest is history,” said Allmer, who became an agriculture broadcaster in 2005.

“I feel like I have a second chance,” he said, explaining that back problems from the accident left him unable to farm and ranch. “I plan to help any way I can…to shed the light a little brighter on the 4-H and FFA kids. I plan to do that until I can’t do it anymore, and I hope that’s a long time from now.”

The Brian Allmer Radio Network, or BARN, was created in 2007. With more than 7,000 hits a month, the BARN has listeners around the world. The network primarily covers agricultural market reports, features and interviews. Allmer also streams webcasts of local sports games and the junior livestock sale.