01-26-12 LMA ‘very pleased’ to announce Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., as Platinum Level sponsor for June’s World Livestock Auctioneer Championship

     Livestock Marketing Association has announced that Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) is the Platinum Level sponsor for LMA’s 2012 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship (WLAC).

     LMA President David Macedo said the Platinum Level “is the highest level of sponsorship for the WLAC, now in its 49^th year, and widely considered the World Series and Super Bowl of the livestock auctioneering profession.

“We are very pleased to be working with a worldwide leader in cattle vaccine products, a company that shares our members’ concerns about livestock health.”

LMA is North America’s largest membership organization dedicated to supporting, representing and communicating with and for the entire livestock marketing sector. LMA represents some 800 livestock auction markets, livestock dealer/brokers and related businesses.

BIVI Brand Manager Monica Porter said, “We realized that the livestock auction market owner has a key role in the value that producers capture for the cattle they sell and has a significant influence on the health protocols that producers follow.

01-25-12 National High School Rodeo Association Joins the Alltech Ag Network on iHigh

[Lexington, Ky.] – Imagine sitting in a Parisian cafe with a warm drink in hand, not people-watching but cheering on a cowboy as he takes on a chute fighter. This unexpected scene is a possibility now that U.S., Canadian and Australian youth have a new online network that will enable them to share the heart-pounding thrill of the rodeo globally. In joining the the Alltech Ag Network on iHigh.com^®, the National High School Rodeo Association (NHSRA) has a feature-rich platform that will enable them to post news articles, share photos and video clips, and even live-stream broadcast their events online and to mobile devices.

 “The Alltech Ag Network is eager to begin working with the National High School Rodeo Association in sharing its story with a global audience. It’s important for us to communicate the personality, passion and fun that exists within the agriculture community,” said Billy Frey, general manager of the Alltech Ag Network.

The NHSRA will have a dedicated Web site as well as its own channel – delivering up “all rodeo, all of the time.” iHigh and the NHSRA partnered together last summer to provide the first-ever complete live video webcasts of the National Junior High Finals Rodeo and National High School Finals Rodeo, drawing more than two million views during the events.  This new partnership will expand the association’s reach, allowing states and provinces the ability to work with iHigh to webcast rodeos, post photos and articles and market their associations through the NHSRA Channel.

2012 Colorado Farm Show “Harvesting Success” in Greeley, CO Jan 24-25-26…MAKE PLANS TO ATTEND!

CLICK HERE to view the program & schedule ONLINE...

2012 Colorado Water Congress Annual Convention Jan 25-27 in Denver, CO

2012 Annual Convention

January 25 – 27, 2012

Hyatt Regency
Denver Tech Center
7800 East Tufts Avenue,
Denver, Colorado, USA 80237

2012 CWC Annual Convention – CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

With more than 550 attendees in 2011, our annual convention continues to grow each year.

(The BARN – Briggsdale, CO) December 21st, 2011 – Joining the BARN by telephone is Doug Kemper, Executive Director of Colorado Water Congress in discuss the history of the CWC and the issues that the CWC is working on. Along with that, Kemper discusses the upcoming CWC State Affairs Committee Meeting on Jan 9th and details the upcoming Colorado Water Congress Annual Convention in Denver, January 25-27th…

To listen to the interview, click the mp3 audio link below…

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01-25-12 Did You Miss Beef Day at the 2012 CO Farm Show?

If you missed Beef Day @ the 2012 Colorado Farm Show, and you would like to listen to all of the workshops from January 24th, 2012, then the BARN has got you covered…thanks to the CFS Beef Day Committee

CLICK HERE to visit the CFS Beef Day Webpage inside the BARN

2012 Beef Day

READ the NAFB’s National Ag News as heard inside the BARN for Jan 25th

CLICK HERE to listen to TODAY's BARN Morning Ag News with Brian Allmer...

Sponsored by the American Farm Bureau Federation

“CARB Gets A No”

Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill has denied the California Air Resources Board’s motion to stay the decision he issued on December 29, 2011 that had halted the enforcement of the California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulation because that regulation is unconstitutional.  Last Friday CARB filed papers asking the Court to reverse its decision and allow the state to continue implementing the LCFS in 2012.  

Judge O’Neill noted that CARB sought not to preserve the – status quo – but rather to – allow enforcement that imposes higher restrictions than had been imposed previously – without citing any authority to show why the Court would have jurisdiction to grant that type of relief.

Renewable Fuels Association President and CEO Bob Dinneen and Growth Energy CEO Tom Buis say – Judge O’Neill’s decision demonstrates the strength of our claims against the LCFS. The California LCFS seeks to regulate conduct outside its borders and is blatantly discriminatory and unconstitutional.

CARB has appealed Judge O’Neill’s finding that the LCFS violates the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.  That litigation is in the 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals.

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“New Legislation Sets Dangerous Precedent”

Legislation introduced by Representative Kurt Schrader of Oregon would codify an agreement between the Humane Society of the United States and United Egg Producers establishing federally mandated egg production practices. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association President Bill Donald says the legislation would set a dangerous precedent for allowing the federal government to dictate on-farm production practices. Donald also says the move disregards decades of work the cattle industry has undertaken to develop science-based, voluntary animal care programs.

01-25-12 Gelbvieh Association Elects 2012 Board of Directors

The American Gelbvieh Association elected directors and officers for 2012 during its annual convention in Denver, Colo. Front row (left to right): David Martin, Judsonia, Ark.; Secretary Rob Arnold, Minot, N.D.; Duane Strider, Asheboro, N.C.; Ken Flikkema, Bozeman, Mont.; Neal Pearson, Lake City, S.D.; Nancy Wilkinson, Model, Colo.; Gary Tilghman, Glasgow, Ky.; and Bob Hart, Kansas City, Kan. Back row (left to right): Bob Prosser, Winslow, Ariz.; Vice President Brian Dunn, St., John, Kan.; John Huston, New Carlisle, Ohio; President Mark Goes, Odell, Neb.; Treasurer Dan Warner, Beaver City, Neb.; Grant Thayer, Ramah, Colo.; and Andy LeDoux, Agenda, Kan.

Members of the American Gelbvieh Association (AGA) elected five candidates to serve three-year terms on the AGA Board of Directors. The election was held during the annual membership meeting at the AGA “Blazing New Tails” annual convention January 4-7, 2012 in Denver, Colo.

Newly elected board members are Andy LeDoux, Agenda, Kan., Neal Pearson, Lake City, S.D., and Duane Strider, Asheboro, N.C. Re-elected to serve second terms were Rob Arnold, Minot, N.D., and Bob Prosser, Winslow, Ariz.

The Board of Directors then elected individuals to serve in leadership positions on the 2012 AGA Executive Committee. Mark Goes, Odell, Neb., was selected as the 28th president of the American Gelbvieh Association. He succeeds Past President Jim Beastrom, Pierre, S.D.

Elected as vice president was Brian Dunn, St. John, Kan. Rob Arnold was elected as secretary and Dan Warner, Beaver City, Neb., will serve as treasurer.

The other members of the AGA Board of Directors are: Ken Flikkema, Bozeman, Mont., Bob Hart, Kansas City, Kan., John Huston, New Carlisle, Ohio, David Martin, Judsonia, Ark., Grant Thayer, Ramah, Colo., Gary Tilghman, Glasgow, Ky., and Nancy Wilkinson, Model, Colo.

Retiring members of the 2011 AGA Board of Directors were Jim Beastrom, Dick Helms, Arapahoe, Neb., and Brian Schafer, Goodhue, Minn.

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