An Ag Day salute.As I push my cart through the grocery store, I can't help but marvel at the supply, the variety, and the quality of food products all around me. Potatoes, bananas, apples, beef, pork, chicken, milk, cereals ... what an incredible selection! Dropping a package of cheese in the cart, I reflect on how lucky I am to live in a country where food is so readily available, and at such a reasonable price. How we, as Americans, spend only 10 percent of our income on food--less than any other nation. In Europe, it's 14 percent; Japan, 21 percent; China, 48 percent. Reaching for a pork roast, I think about the farmers and ranchers who produce this bounty. Like many of you, I grew up on a farm. I have seen the blood, sweat and tears that farming extracts. So many things you can't control. It's a tough job. Not without rewards, but challenging--physically and mentally. Grabbing a loaf of bread and heading for the checkout, I remind myself how fortunate I am to be part of this great industry--and I vow to do even more to help share this message with other consumers. This is my Agriculture Day salute to the men and women who produce our food, fuel and fiber--and the people who process and deliver those products to us. Thanks for all you do. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Tom Taylor This article is about the dramatist and editor. For other uses, see Tom Taylor (disambiguation) Tom Taylor (October 19, 1817 – July 12, 1880) was a dramatist and editor of Punch magazine. He was born at Bishopwearmouth, near Sunderland, in north-east England. (GRP GRP Group GRP Group (file name extension) GRP Glass Reinforced Plastic GRP Gastrin-Releasing Peptide (biology) GRP Gross Rating Point (advertising) )--President High Plains Journal, Dodge City Dodge City, city (1990 pop. 21,129), seat of Ford co., SW Kans., on the Arkansas River; inc. 1875. The distribution center for a wheat and livestock producing area, it also packs meat and makes agricultural implements. , KS (620) 227-1844 Tom Smull (IOA IOA Institute on Aging (University of North Carolina) IOA Institute of Acoustics IoA Institute of Astronomy IOA Indian Olympic Association IOA Islands of Adventure (Universal Studios theme park) )--President-Elect Associations, Inc., Des Moines Des Moines, city, United States Des Moines (dĭ moin`), city (1990 pop. 193,187), state capital and seat of Polk co., S central Iowa, at the junction of the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers; inc. , IA (515) 280-7234 Sheri Seger (CNA (Certified NetWare Administrator) See Novell certification. ) Secretary/Treasurer Progressive Farmer, Chicago, IL (312) 832-0840 Stephanie Gable (CAR) Bayer CropScience, Durham, NC (919) 549-2047 Patty Travis (MIA MIA n. A member of the armed services who is reported missing following a combat mission and whose status as to injury, capture, or death is unknown. [m(issing) i(n) a(ction). ) 5MetaCom, Carmel, IN (317) 564-2008 Susie Decker (COB) Farm Progress Cos., Marion, IA (319) 377-3080 Monte Reese (ROM) Cattlemen's Beef Promotion & Research Bd., Centennial, CO (303) 220-9890 Ken Anderson (MIL) David & Associates, Lincoln, NE (402) 438-4034 Carol Anderson (MOK MOK M-ary Orthogonal Keying MOK Mobile Office Kit (cellular telephony) ) Eidson & Partners, Kansas City, MO (816) 474-0747 CHAPTER PRESIDENTS * Badger (Wisconsin) Suzie Duwe (608) 250-4182 Carolinas/Virginia, Angela Bendorf Jamison (919) 523-5991 Central California NAMA Na·ma n. pl. Nama or Na·mas 1. A member of a people of southwest Africa. 2. The Khoikhoin language of the Nama. , Tim Alderson (661) 834-9176 Chesapeake (Baltimore, Philadelphia) Mike Ricciuto (302) 999-5392 Chicago, Jim Haist (630) 505-1100 Cornbelt (Quad City Area, IA, IL) Louann Hausner (309) 765-7253 Desert Southwest Lee Dueringer (480) 922-8212 Eastern (New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ) Howard Lane (914) 631-3486 Florida Gary Cooper (407) 436-1909 Gateway (St. Louis) Sue Derscheid (314) 576-1770 Great Plains (Dodge City, Wichita) Pete Weil (620) 227-7171 Heartland (Illinois) Krista Wolf, (309) 557-6167 Iowa (Des Moines) Jana Rieker (515) 284-2778 Mid-America (Indiana) John Ameis (317) 773-0259 Midlands (Omaha) Steve Johnson (402) 492-3230 Midsouth (Memphis) Bill Pittard (901) 758-2743 Missouri-Kansas, Melissa Sanders (816) 584-8444 NAMA Cal (Los Angeles/San Diego) NAMA Pacific (San Francisco/Sacramento) Adam McCarthy (209) 603-8708 North Central (Minneapolis/St. Paul) Jessica Lamker (651) 355-5127 Northern Prairie (Dakotas) Becky Peterson (701) 663-6487 Ohio, Joe Monahan (440) 942-2000 Rocky Mountain (Denver) Mike Flesher Flesh´er n. 1. A butcher. A flesher on a block had laid his whittle down. - Macaulay. 2. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife. (970) 330-4071 Southeastern (Georgia) Judy Austin (770) 390-9692 Southwest (Dallas/Ft. Worth/Houston) Brian Markwardt (254) 761-9838 * Updated as chapter presidents are elected. COUNCILS Agri Broadcast Management Council, Kyle Bauer (785) 632-5661 Commodity Promotion Council, Mike Wegner (515) 223-2600 National Agri-Marketing Association 11020 King Street, Suite 205 Overland Park, KS 66210 E-mail: agrimktg@nama.org Web Site: www.nama.org Ken Anderson, David & Associates, NAMA Vice President |
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