January 2012: Tennessee Farm Bureau News

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Looking forward to 2012 at Tennessee Farm Bureau where Membership Matters

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Pettus Read, Editor Lee Maddox, Assistant Editor Melissa Burniston, Feature Writer Stacey Warner, Graphic Designer Misty McNeese, Advertising P.O. Box 313, Columbia, TN 38402-0313 (931) 388-7872 Issued bi-monthly by the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation located at 147 Bear Creek Pike, Columbia, Tennessee 38401.

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Tennessee Farm Bureau President Lacy Upchurch has announced the retirement of two long-time employees, along with the appointment of one of their replacements and the promotion of another staff member.

Upchurch announced the promotion of Melissa Burniston from assistant director of communications to associate director of communications. Burniston began her career with TFBF in the summer of 2006. “Melissa Burniston has been a great asset to our communications department.

Her abilities in telling the farmer’s story are second to none in today’s social media agenda. She has worked hard for this promotion and we are so glad she is a part of our TFBF team,� Upchurch said in making the announcement.

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Rhedona Rose

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Wayne Harris

Tim Dodd

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Burniston Melissa Burniston after five years with TFBF now moves to the position of associate director with responsibilities in the areas of social media, website management, journalism and media communications. She is from Johnson County and earned her B.S. degree in agricultural communications and education from Tennessee Tech University.

During the time she has been with Farm Bureau she has won national recognition in radio broadcast and audio programming.

Burniston has provided in-depth reporting on legislation and numerous agricultural issues, as well as becoming a feature writer in the

Farm Bureau News under the byline of “Innovative Agriculture.�

Regional Field Service Director Hugh Adams will retire at the end of December after a 36-year career with

Adams the organization. Replacing Adams on the TFBF field staff will be Dyer County Farm Bureau Insurance agent Matthew Fennel. Adams began his career as a Farm Bureau Insurance agent in Obion County in 1976 and became a field man in 1988.

Adams says while he is excited about traveling and going to farm equipment shows he hasn’t had time for, he will miss the people and friendships he’s made the most. “I think the first couple of days when I don’t have to get up and don’t have a set calendar I have to get done it will be strange, but I have faith I will adjust.

I will miss all of the people who work and volunteer for Farm Bureau, they are some of the best people you will ever come across. But I don’t have any intentions of disappearing, I will still be around a lot!� says Adams.

When asked about a highlight or most memorable moment from his Farm Bureau years, Adams was hard pressed to come up with an answer, saying instead, “I have to say the people, both volunteer and employees, have been the most memorable for me. You become so close to people when you work with them day in and day out, and even if I didn’t see some of them for months (like my fellow field service directors from other ends

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of the state), when we got together it was as if we had just seen each other.

So while I don’t have one specific highlight, the people are what stand out from day one on the job to now.�

Taking over Adam’s spot as regional field service director is Obion County native Matt Fennel.

Fennel was raised on a small livestock and row-crop farm and was heavily involved in Boy Scouts, 4-H and FFA. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin in 1998 with a degree in agriculture business. He became an agent in Dyer County in 1999 and says he is excited about this new opportunity. “I’m eager to help our organization and its members tackle the challenges we are going to face in our industry during the coming years.

I look forward to working with our volunteer leadership and our staff throughout the state.�

Woolfolk Associate Director of Commodities Activities John Woolfolk, after 28 years of service, will be retiring effective December 31, 2011. He became a member of the TFBF staff in December of 1983 as a regional field service director for West Tennessee’s District I. In 1995 he took on the responsibilities of associate director to work directly with assisting producers in marketing and representing their interests.

He also worked in the early days of managing Farm Bureau’s agriculture marketing satellite information system known as ACRES. In 2003, John became a part of the expansion of Farm Bureau’s Tennessee Beef Alliance, which brought some of the latest marketing technology to Tennessee beef producers. He has served as a member of the National Hereford Association Board of Directors and for the last year was that organization’s president. John is also involved in Woolfolk Farms, a family farm partnership with his wife Pat and son Scott. Founded in 1865 in Madison County, the farm is now recognized as one of Tennessee’s Century Farms.

Beef cattle are the primary focus for the farm that also produces hybrid Bermuda hay, corn, cotton, soybeans and agri-tourism. John and his wife Pat have three children: Scott, Amy and Matt and four grandchildren. Â?

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Hunters invited to donate deer to help feed hungry The Tennessee Wildlife Federation’s Hunters for the Hungry program is inviting hunters across the state to donate harvested deer, so that food banks and soup kitchens have meat to serve hungry Tennesseans through the colder months.

Between now and January 1, select Hunters for the Hungry processors can accept about 650 deer for free, which would provide more than 100,000 meals. Hunters can simply drop off the deer at a participating processor, and the meat is professionally butchered and distributed to local hunger-relief organizations.

A list of processors with funding is available at www.tnwf.org/ hunters-for-the-hungry. “The venison that we receive from Hunters for the Hungry is a real blessing, because it is such a quality and versatile source of protein for those we serve,� said Shannon Niswander, kitchen manager at Room in the Inn in Nashville. “We provide hundreds of meals on a daily basis to folks in our area who otherwise wouldn’t have anything to eat, and they really enjoy the dishes we prepare with venison.�

Based upon available funding, processors are allotted a quota for the number of deer that Hunters for the Hungry will subsidize. Beyond these quotas, any whole deer processed is paid for by the hunter at the same discounted rate, typically $40. All processors are certified by the state Department of Agriculture.

The Hunters for the Hungry program began in Tennessee in 1999. In its first year, the program collected 7,000 pounds of venison, providing 28,000 meals. Today, those numbers stand at more than 110,000 pounds annually, providing nearly half a million meals each year. By the end of this deer season, the program will have provided more than three million meals to hungry Tennesseans in just over a decade.

Founded in 1946, The Tennessee Wildlife Federation is dedicated to the conservation, sound management and enjoyment of Tennessee’s wildlife and natural resources for current and future generations through stewardship, advocacy and education.

For more information you can visit www.tnwf.org. Â?

Agricultural exemption certificates for most farmers, nurserymen and timber harvesters will expire on December 31, 2011. During the first week of December 2011, the Tennessee Department of Revenue mailed new agricultural exemption certificates automatically to all active exemption holders, including those individuals and companies whose current certificates expire after December 31, 2011.

This means that all currently registered

exemption holders will receive a new exemption certificate in December 2011. The new certificate will be valid for the period of January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2015.

No action is required on the part of individuals and companies holding current exemption certificates, unless there has been an address change or if the business no longer qualifies for the exemption. Current certificate holders may call 800-342-1003 (toll-free in

Tennessee) or call 615-253-0600 (local in Nashville area and out-of-state) to update their tax account information or ask any questions.

The form for initial applications and to officially submit changes to existing data is available on the Tennessee Department of Revenue Web site, www.TN.gov/revenue.

Detailed information can also be found in the Agricultural Tax Guide, which is also available on their Web site. Â?

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Read All About It

By Pettus Read Editor

Uncle Sid discusses what it means to “Occupy�

The other day as I pulled in the long gravel driveway of Uncle Sid and Aunt Sadie’s farm, the winter wind was blowing to beat the band and the yellow glow of light coming from Aunt Sadie’s “Gone With the Wind� hurricane lamp in the window of their white frame house was surely a welcome sight on that dark, cloudy November day I made my visit. Things hadn’t changed much around the old farmstead, and this time of the year the days required both of my kin folks to keep close to the home fires.

Aunt Sadie met me at the kitchen door wiping her hands on her apron and led me to the back portion of their house where the old couple spends most of their time.

There, sitting at the round kitchen table, was Uncle Sid enjoying a cup of hot coffee and a few of Aunt Sadie’s teacakes. He seemed to be in some kind of trance watching the leaves blow around out the back kitchen window. After exchanging pleasantries and taking my seat at the table to also share with Uncle Sid some of Aunt Sadie’s teacakes, I asked Uncle the question we all seemed to be asking right now, “What you think about all of these individuals camping out around the country protesting Wall Street and calling themselves ‘Occupy?’� I knew I was walking into a major debate, but it was a cold day and a little heated discussion just might warm things up a bit.

The old man never bothered to even look my way, but answered, “Winter will make a determination who is really dedicated to occupying anything. When that cold wind starts

to blow and snow begins to fly, those little old tents on concrete won’t feel as welcoming as they did on cool fall nights. They will be the 99 percent with frostbite if they are not careful.�

Uncle Sid took a sip of his coffee and continued, “Boy (I’m 63, but he still calls me that), I never had a person without money give me a job and it seems to me this Occupy

a lot warmer here with Aunt Sadie.�

I knew the couple had experienced the Great Depression and may be a lot more understanding of what free-markets and capitalism are all about than most of those protesting in our major cities. But, I was still looking for a word of wisdom from Uncle Sid about what was going on. As he played with

crowd is complaining because some people have worked hard to make a lot of money and they want some of it without having to work themselves.

I know that may sound sort of a hard way to look at it, but you don’t get anything by doing nothing and that is what they are doing. I sure can’t leave this farm to go protest and am in no way a millionaire. So I guess I will just occupy this place here, do my chores and live within my means. It is

the rim of his coffee cup, he once again looked out the window to the blowing leaves with a look of deep thought. Turning back in my direction, he took his wire-rimmed glasses from his ears and pointed them at me and said, “The story is told back during World War II that a group of Marines had been pinned down for about two weeks. Spirits were starting to get really bad and the captain noticed that the men

were also starting to smell pretty bad as well. “While sitting in their foxhole, the captain just mentioned to his sergeant that it sure would be nice if the men could have one simple thing to make them feel better, like just a change of underwear and to clean up a bit. Half-way hearing what the captain said and thinking he could solve the problem, the sergeant left the foxhole and called the men together. He announced to the unit, ‘Men, I know it has been tough, but I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is tonight you get to change underwear.’ The men all cheered. Then the sergeant went on to say, ‘The bad news is Harry, you change with Fred; Smith, you change with Thomas; and Frank, you change with Sam.’�

After a laugh from both Aunt Sadie and myself, Uncle Sid went on to say, “The moral to this silly little story is somebody may come up with an idea that sounds good at first, but in the end things still smell pretty much the same.�

Getting up from the table the old man continued, “I’ve been around for several years and all of this is just like weather cycles. I’ve seen weather cycles change every so many years and that seems to be what we have going on for us right now. Just wait, we will forget about all of this just like the cold before long and start worrying about something else like the heat and dry weather. Always have and always will.�

You know, he’s right. It always helps to listen to a little common sense on a cold winter’s day. �

USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service announces ranking period cut-off date for Conservation Stewardship Program USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently announced that the ranking period cut-off date for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) is January 13, 2012. Producers interested in CSP should submit applications to their local NRCS office by the deadline so that their applications can be considered during the first ranking period of 2012. “CSP is one of our most popular conservation programs, and we expect to receive many applications,� NRCS Chief Dave White said. “I encourage all

farmers and ranchers who are interested in applying to contact their local NRCS office as soon as possible so they can meet the deadline.�

The program provides many conservation benefits including improvement of water and soil quality, wildlife habitat enhancements and adoption of conservation activities that address the effects of climate change.

Eligible lands include cropland, pastureland, rangeland, nonindustrial private forest land and agricultural land under the jurisdiction of an Indian tribe.

A CSP self-screening checklist is available to help potential applicants determine if CSP is suitable for them.

The checklist highlights basic information about CSP eligibility requirements, contract obligations and potential payments. It is available from local NRCS offices and the CSP Web page www. nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/main/ national/programs/financial/csp.

As part of the CSP application process, applicants will work with NRCS field personnel to complete the resource inventory using a

Conservation Measurement Tool (CMT).

The CMT determines the conservation performance for existing and new conservation activities. The applicant’s conservation performance will be used to determine eligibility, ranking and payments.

In 2010, nearly 21,000 applicants enrolled in CSP, putting additional conservation on 25.2 million acres, about the size of the state of Kentucky, to improve water and soil quality, enhance wildlife habitat and address the effects of climate change. Â?

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Veterinary College will offer human stress lowering class

The Ag Agenda

By Bob Stallman American Farm Bureau President

Looking toward 2012 It’s hard to believe that 2011 has come and gone and the New Year is upon us.

Looking back, Farm Bureau had a very good year. We saw the success of some of our priority issues and the undertaking of several endeavors that are significant to the future of agriculture.

Looking ahead, there will be twists and turns in the road that awaits us, especially as we delve into the farm bill this year. But, knowing that Farm Bureau is on the right track as we head down that road, I am confident we will be met with success at the end. As the old jazz song goes, “It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day‌ and I’m feeling good.â€?

A TOAST TO THE PAST It was a good year for Farm Bureau’s trade priorities. The Colombia, Korea and Panama trade agreements all passed Congress and were signed into law. Further, Mexico lifted $2.5 billion of retaliatory tariffs against U.S. farm products, and the World Trade Organization welcomed Russia into its membership. All of these victories will result in increased U.S. farm trade.

On the tax front, an IRS provision was repealed that will allow farms, ranches and other businesses to forego unnecessary and burdensome Form 1099 reporting requirements. We also achieved repeal of the 3 percent withholding tax.

Farm Bureau also supported House-passage of the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011, which eliminates the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. And, we successfully urged EPA to not propose changes to the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for coarse particulate matter, which includes dust from rural areas. In an effort to secure regulatory certainty on the dust issue, we also supported House passage of the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act. In 2011, Farm Bureau undertook a very important initiative with its

participation in the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance. This unified, longterm and coordinated campaign for American agriculture is unprecedented in size and scope, with most every U.S. agriculture organization working toward one goal: moving the needle to gain consumer trust. I am confident this effort will vastly improve the connection between consumers and farmers and ranchers as we move further into 2012 and the future.

KEEPING OUR RESOLUTIONS As we settle in to the New Year, there are also visible obstacles on the horizon. One such challenge will be to complete a farm bill by years’ end that meets our expectations, while also staying in tune with the fiscal state of the nation. Farm Bureau supports the need for deficit reduction and tackling the nation’s rising debt, and we understand that in order to do this, cuts in farm programs are likely. While we will fight tooth and nail against disproportionate cuts, we will do our share to get the nation’s economy back on track. I am confident Farm Bureau is up to the task.

Water issues, too, still loom. Farm Bureau is leading both legal and policy efforts against EPA’s Chesapeake Bay regulations, which unlawfully usurp states’ authority. Left uncontested, EPA’s unprecedented initiative could set the stage for federal mandates on land use and water quality regulations nationwide, which could negatively affect all farmers and ranchers.

Other issues on the horizon include continuing to work toward comprehensive farm labor and immigration reform plans, maintaining our efforts to combat anti-agriculture animal welfare initiatives, and making sure agriculture’s voice is heard during the 2012 elections.

As we ring in 2012, I wish you and your family a happy, healthy and prosperous year. Or, as the Irish toast goes, “May your right hand always be stretched out in friendship but never in want.� Happy New Year. �

Dr. Elizabeth Strand, director of Veterinary Social Work, a program at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, will teach a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course this winter. The eight-week MBSR course teaches mindfulness practice techniques for the alleviation of accumulated daily stress, chronic pain, anxiety, high blood pressure, depression, and other conditions worsened by stress. MBSR has accumulated 30 years of research supporting its effectiveness in stress management and health promotion.

MBSR is designed to increase participants’ awareness so they can respond to situations with choice rather than automatic reactions.

According to Strand, “We can do this by becoming more aware of where our attention is and deliberately changing the focus of our attention, over, and over again.� She says while MBSR is used predominantly in human hospitals it has also been taught in medical schools and the work place.

The eight-week class begins Monday, January 16, 2012, and will be held one night a week. A free orientation session for potential participants will be held Wednesday, January 11, from 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm in the Sequoyah Room at the veterinary college on the UT agricultural campus.

The cost of the course is $175. To learn more or to register, contact Tressie Brown at nuchols@utk. edu or 865974-5574.

One of 28 veterinary colleges in the United States, the UT College of Veterinary Medicine educates students in the art and science of veterinary medicine and related biomedical sciences, promotes scientific research and enhances human and animal well-being.

In addition to the programs of the College of Veterinary Medicine, the UT Institute of Agriculture also provides instruction, research and public service through the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, the UT AgResearch system of ten research and education centers and UT Extension offices in every county in the state. Â?

UT expert offers advice on stressful holiday gatherings One of the best things about the holiday season is families and people can get together. One of the worst things about the holiday season is‌ families and people can get together.

The holiday season sees many families making a sincere effort to spend time together, hoping to create memories to cherish for years to come.

However, some gatherings don’t go so well, and even the best of events can have their share of snags. There are many causes of holiday stress, but strained relationships and uncomfortable family gatherings are a leading contributor to frazzled nerves and anxiety this time of year. “When people don’t get along the first eleven months of the year, it’s unreasonable to expect them to get along at a holiday gathering,� says Dr. Denise Brandon, a family and parenting expert with University of Tennessee Extension. “We’re not obligated to spend time with people who are going to be unpleasant, rude or emotionally abusive, regardless of tradition or expectations� says Brandon. “Sometimes it’s better to avoid these situations. Just don’t get together. That sounds cruel, but it’s better to have one or two people wallowing in misery than twenty-five.�

Today’s high divorce rate and fam-

ilies raising step children can create stressful moments. Divorced parents often come face-to-face with each other and former in-laws, and there can be disagreements about children splitting time between households during the holidays. Brandon says try not to put children in the middle of arguments. Make arrangements parent-to-parent, and remember that your goal is to create a happy, safe, and peaceful time for your child.

Brandon has suggestions for making things go as smoothly as possible.

Perhaps have your event in a public place such as a restaurant where behavior tends to be more restrained.

If there are people you know don’t get along, by all means don’t put them together. One option is to have smaller gatherings throughout the week rather than having the whole extended family together on one day.

Above all, Brandon advises you to keep an open mind, and if possible, a sense of humor about family gatherings. Drop expectations that things will go perfectly, and spend your limited time with people you really care about, such as your children. “Many times kids would much rather have a parent’s undivided attention than the latest electronic gadget,� says Brandon. �

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Innovative Agriculture

By Melissa Burniston Associate Director of Communications

TTU ag students get down and dirty on the farm Remember the days of dreaming in class of being outside of those four walls actually doing something instead of reading out of the book or watching the informational videos? At Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, students don’t have to daydream their way through class; they are taken out of the classroom to the farm where they witness‌ and actively participate in‌ the entire process of an animal from conception to consumption.

For about three years now, students have been raising pigs on Shipley Farm which are then taken to Wampler’s Farm, a pork processing plant in Lenoir City.

Then the “oink burgers� are served at campus events and sold to area grocers in Cookeville. In addition to the hogs, students have been raising beef cattle on the Oakley Farm and those are taken to R&D, a processor in Dayton.

The ground beef is sold to Cookeville Regional Medical Center, who uses approximately 25,000 pounds a year and to Chartwell’s, the on-campus food service company, who uses approximately 9,000 pounds a year. The tenderloin is sold for catering events on campus and for Cookeville’s Fur Ball, a premier social event to help out local animal shelters and pet care centers.

“Having real-world applications for our classes, as well as the added responsibility of caring for something that goes into the food chain, is huge. This is applicable for not only the obvious majors of animal science and agronomy, but also ag business, ag economics and communications as well. For some of those majors it’s really hard to do real-life examples, and having the farms gives us that opportunity to understand how things work on both ends of the spectrum,� says Patrick Johnston, a senior ag business, animal science major from Greene County.

As he has tasted the “oink burgers� personally, he can vouch for the taste factor in the food they produce as well. “I thought it would taste like sausage and didn’t know what to really expect. But it was really good and I would recommend them to anyone!�

Ralph Boyd, the meat manager at IGA in Cookeville, gives the oink burgers a thumbs-up as well, bringing them home often to grill for his own family. He says the Tech Pride oink burgers are a great addition to their meat selection. “We have students come in and ask for the Tech Pride burgers because they know we sell them, which is cool, but it’s also really nice to support something from our community,� says Boyd.

TTU junior animal science major Jessica Sarten agrees with Johnston on having a hands-on approach to learning. “One of the reasons I decided to come to Tech was because here we have that hands-on, real-world application where we can figure out on our own what it takes to succeed. We can listen to lecture after lecture but until you actually go out and do it, you don’t understand how it affects you personally.�

Showing the community how important agriculture is to our economy and how much Tech is doing to educate the future leaders of our state and nation is a very good side benefit, according to Sarten. “It’s good to see hogs and cattle you’ve seen from birth all the way to slaughter go somewhere in your community. I think producing these products helps us show Cookeville and the surrounding communities how much we’ve got going on with the farms and how much student involvement we have in agriculture.�

Getting out and getting dirty has more than one benefit for these Tech students. Not only do they see applications with their majors and how it would work on a farm, it gives them the opportunity to see what jobs are out there and if they are really suited to that field of study. Tyler Eaton, a junior ag business major, and Chelsea Rose, a senior ag communications major, saw first-hand how they could apply their curriculum to the Shipley Farm when they were given a project to do a cost analysis feasibility study and prepare a budget for the hog operation. “It’s really cool, especially when it’s something you actually want to do instead of just a manual or book prob-

lem. This project gives me the experience I need to decide what I want to do when I graduate, and, just like in the real business world, you collaborate to meet a common goal, so it gives me team-working skills as well,� says Eaton.

He says after completing this project, he knows he could do something like this upon graduation. “From a budgeting stand point, someone always needs help finding the most efficient way to go about something on the farm. This has shown me I want to work with farmers to utilize their money to get a maximum profit for their goods.�

Rose added that she didn’t know anywhere else an ag communications major would be given an opportunity to do anything like this feasibility study, “It gave me a perspective I otherwise wouldn’t have had and helped me primarily with understanding the terminology of the industry and make contacts within the hog/processing side of agriculture.�

From a communications standpoint, if you don’t understand agriculture, you can’t write about it and certainly don’t know the questions to ask or how to get the information that’s important to your audience across in the story,� she said.

And as with most things in life, especially farming, it’s not so much the big things, but the little things you add or take-away from the operation that make a difference. So with students taking in all aspects of the process from growing the corn/feed to caring for and raising the pigs to loading them up to take to the processing plant, they really get an in-depth understanding of how a farmer thinks and how each step makes an impact on that bottom line.

Alyssa Fee, a sophomore agriculture business major who works on the Oakley Farm, says she gets to work on every aspect of the day-to-day operations of the cattle and do what she loves. “I always say if you find a job you love, you will never work a day in your life, and I have never “worked� a day on the farm. This is my stress relief, where I can be myself while I check cows, feed, or just do anything that needs to be done on the farm,� says Fee. And as there’s always something to be done on a farm, there are several students who work and live on the farm as part of their schooling. “I’ve got to have a farm/cows to function,� says Fee. “If I didn’t have a farm to come to after class I don’t know how

long I would stay in school, but when I come out here it just feels right and I can apply what I already know and what I’m learning in class to what we do out here.�

With all the student involvement, dean of the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences Dr. Pat Bagley is quite rightfully proud of all the college has accomplished in three short years. “Our numbers have steadily increased in the last several years and I think the holistic view we have in our program contributes to that. Students see all different sides of agriculture and it makes us re-think everything we do from their perspective. And as we improve on what we have done, through student involvement and input, how does that help farmers make more of a profit? And perhaps most important, how can we make our farms better learning experiences yet also be a blueprint of what could happen when they graduate and enter the workforce?� said Bagley.

Dr. Bagley says having students put a face to the oink burgers and beef in Cookeville and the local community is priceless for not only the students, but also to those community members and fellow students who aren’t from an agricultural background. “I think it could change a generation when students are saying to other students in the cafeteria ‘Hey, I raised that beef you are eating.’ and that opens up a whole new avenue of dialogue that wasn’t available before.�

With more of the consuming public farther removed from farm life than ever before, I can only say having dialogue and local products for them to see, purchase and ask questions about is a great way to encourage local pride and help people know what agriculture and farmers are all about. And with Tennessee Tech providing the tools students need as well as the real-world applications to test their knowledge, I think we are headed in the right direction! Â?

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2011 YF&R CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS YF&R REPORT

Christy Rogers Brown - 2011 YF&R Reporter

Jane May awards Samantha McLerran from Overton County her plaque for being named the 2011 Outstanding Young Woman.

Andy and Ellie Holt, along with their family, try out their new Gator and Stihl chainsaw as state Excellence in Agriculture winners. Shane Williams from Farm Credit made the presentation.

Kim Holmberg from Davidson County is presented her new Massey Ferguson mower by Pat Campbell from Cleburne Farm Supply for winning this year’s state Discussion Meet.

Possibly the lure of earning a tropical trip to Hawaii spurred the interest in this year’s YF&R competitions held at the Tennessee YF&R state convention. I certainly wish I could attend to witness the sea of farmers’ tans that will invade the sunny beaches of Hawaii in January! There were 250-plus Young Farmers from all across the state of Tennessee who gathered in Franklin for the annual event the first weekend in December. The Discussion Meet Contest had an amazing 30 contestants and was the biggest to date. There was also an amazing roster of young women who promote the agriculture industry who participated in the Outstanding Young Woman’s Contest. A new slate of district representatives was selected to serve on the 2012 State Committee.

Dr. Samantha McLerran of Overton County took home the 2011 Outstanding Young Woman award and was the District 4 winner. Samantha was also awarded the Mabel Pattet Leadership award, which was presented by Jane May, Tennessee Farm Bureau Woman’s Chairman. The Outstanding Young Woman title is awarded each year to a young woman who exhibits leadership through the Farm Bureau, the agriculture industry and her local community. Each woman must complete an application, and then the top ten women participate in an interview process.

Samantha does an outstanding job of promoting both the agriculture and medical industry via social media methods. She is certainly an asset to Tennessee Young Farmers and Ranchers and is admired by many people across the country.

Congratulations Samantha and thank you for your service and support to the industry that we love.

The discussion meet was once again the highlight of the events that took place at the YF&R state convention. Thirty participants competed in two semi-final rounds, and then the field was narrowed to the top eight.

From there the top four participants in a very close and talented field were Samantha McLerran, Chaney Mosley, Patrick Johnston and Kim Newsom Holmberg.

Topics discussed in this year’s contest included: “Are the current and proposed renewable energy policies beneficial to all segments

of American agriculture? Why or why not?� and “How do we capitalize on the growing world demand for agricultural products?� The final discussion topic asked the final four competitors to discuss how to convince the public that the animal agriculture industry balances production efficiencies with public expectations.

At the annual awards dinner, Kim Newsom Holmberg, an agricultural journalist with Journal Communications, was announced as the state winner of the 2011 Discussion Meet. Chaney Mosley, state FFA youth consultant, was announced as the runner-up. Kim will represent Tennessee at the American Farm Bureau annual meeting in January in Honolulu.

During the awards dinner, Jamie Weaver, retiring YF&R chair, delivered a candid and heart-felt speech.

Jamie inspired all of us to continue to be involved in the agriculture industry, in policy development, and leadership roles. Andy and Ellie Holt were presented their brand new John Deere Gator for winning the Excellence in Agriculture Contest earlier in the fall. The McMinn Central FFA Chapter, coached by advisors Jamie Hanes and Annette Bryant, topped the Annual Tennessee Tech Agriscience Quiz Bowl Competition. Clay County FFA finished second.

Brandon Whitt will serve as the chairman for the 2012 State Committee along with Joe Smith who will serve as the vice chair. Mary Margaret Chester, Sarah LafeverHalliburton, Jeremiah Hollingsworth, Jay Head, Beth Burns, Daniel Brown, Cindy Klepper, Amy Stafford and Jimmy McAlister make up the State Committee from across Tennessee.

On behalf of the new 2011 and 2012 YF&R State Committees we hope to see many young farmers from across the state at the Tennessee Young Leaders Conference in Jackson on February 10-11. Good luck to all of the YF&R representatives competing in Hawaii and prayers for safe travels to all attending the event. We wish everyone a very blessed start to the new year. We encourage everyone to be involved in legislative decisions, meetings and communication this spring. Please make plans to attend your upcoming district meetings. Â?

The 2012 State Young Farmer and Rancher State Committee:

Jeremiah Hollingsworth, Dyer County; Amy Stafford, Lincoln County; Daniel Brown, Coffee County; Cindy Klepper, Greene County; Beth Burns, Bledsoe County; Jimmy McAlister, Greene County; Joseph Smith, Overton County; Sara Halliburton, White County; Mary Margaret Chester, Weakley County; Jay Head, Montgomery County; Brandon Whitt (Chairman), Rutherford County

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2011 TFBF CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS

TFBF President Lacy Upchurch addresses business session delegates.

Gov. Bill Haslam makes his first address to the Farm Bureau voting delegates as governor.

TFB Women’s Most Improved Award - Melissa Eller, Johnson County; Denise Settle, Stewart County and Edwene Clay, Grundy County.

TFBF Vice President Danny Rochelle and President Lacy Upchurch read the resolutions during the business session.

Jeff Aiken, TFBF state board member, dished out ice cream during the Sunday evening social for Ag in the Classroom.

Top Seven TFB Women’s Committee Counties - From left: Margaret Brown, Overton

The annual Market Square trade show this year had a great turnout and orange bags could be seen everywhere.

Political and journalism veteran Pat Haggerty gives out Washington insights along with generous amounts of patriotism during Monday morning’s general session.

County; Jane Guinn, Giles County; Paula Carr, Robertson County; Carolyn Hodge, Bledsoe County; Virginia Breeding, Hamblen County: Francille Whitworth, Rutherford County; and Deane Haston, Van Buren County.

2011 Outstanding Secretaries - From left: Cynthia Williams, Claiborne County; Sybil Carpenter, McMinn County; Gail Taylor, Dekalb County; Wilma Wesson, Coffee County; and Joyce Monroe, McNairy County. Unable to attend was Sheilah Bargery from Lake County.

World’s Funniest Professor Carl Hurley entertains banquet crowd.

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Five leaders receive Distinguished Service Award For 90 years the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation has continued to lead the effort in promoting and protecting rural life and agriculture. At the heart of that effort has been our volunteer leaders.

During the Farm Bureau annual meeting five more outstanding individuals who have dedicated themselves to Farm Bureau and their communities were recognized with the Distinguished Service Award.

ED JORDAN Mr. Ed Jordan was the second child of five born to Evelyn Tilford and Ed Jordan Sr. in the Gum Community of Rutherford County. He was born on September 25, 1926. His father raised row crops and livestock and young Ed got a taste of farm life early on with their Grade B dairy.

Mr. Jordan attended Buchannan School in the Gum Community through fifth grade and then to Campus School in Murfreesboro through tenth grade and he graduated from Central High School in 1945. He remained on the farm helping his father and also began working for the Dairy Herd Improvement Association.

In 1951 Mr. Jordan enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served four years as a line chief on 11 different aircraft carriers preparing planes to fly. In 1955 he returned to Rutherford County and purchased an 80 acre farm near Murfreesboro and began milking on his own. He also began pursuing his degree in agriculture from Middle Tennessee State College where he helped manage the school’s dairy herd, graduating in 1959.

In 1955 he reestablished his acquaintance with the former Mary Jane Batey and they married on Christmas Eve of 1957. They have two sons and now enjoy their three grandchildren with another on the way.

The Jordans continued to build their farming operation to the point where they were eventually milking about 200 head. After nearly 50 years in business the dairy closed in 2003 and now his sons raise Angus beef cattle and hay.

Following his father’s lead, Mr. Jordan has been a long time active leader in Farm Bureau. He has served on the Rutherford County Farm Bureau Board of Directors for 34 years, six of those as the county president. He’s also been very active in other organizations, serving on the Rutherford County School Board for 22 years, the Rutherford County Farm Service Agency Board, the Rutherford Public Building Authority Board and he served as a member of the Federal Land Bank Board. Since his youth, his family has been a part of the First Presbyterian Church in Murfreesboro.

DEWEY GILLIAM Mr. Dewey Gilliam was the older of two sons born to Ivan and Geneva Gilliam on December 28, 1939. His grandfather first settled in the area in the early 1900s. He grew up on the farm in the Sweetens Cove Community of Marion County.

He attended school at Sweetens Cove Elementary for one year, then on to South Pittsburgh where he graduated in 1959. Along with continuing his farm work, for several years he helped to clear right of ways in the Chattanooga area to help TVA expand electricity.

Mr. Gilliam met his future wife while in high school, the former Janice Rose Payne, and they married on September 22, 1961. They have two children and now enjoy their four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Mr. Gilliam continued working with his father and expanding his farming operation to include poultry houses. In the mid-1960s he needed more insurance on the farm which led him to his membership into the Farm Bureau.

He has served on the board of directors for more than 40 years, over 20 as vice president. He’s also been an active leader with other organizations including the Marion Farmers Coop, the Farm Service Agency, the Marion County Ag Committee and the Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board.

The Gilliams have always been active in church where Mr. Gilliam taught Sunday school and served on numerous committees. They now attend Jasper First Baptist and it was with the Kimball First Baptist Church a few years ago where he led an inspiring effort that’s still underway to help feed the hungry in Romania with shipments of corn meal that originated from his fields.

GEORGE McGRATH Mr. George McGrath III was born June 24, 1936. He and his younger sister grew up on the farm with their parents Wilmoth and George McGrath Jr. His father worked for TVA and later at Oak Ridge through WWII and that left young George with a lot of responsibility on the farm.

Mr. McGrath attended grade school in Burrville and then graduated high school at Sunbright in 1954. Just days after graduation, he enlisted into the U.S. Air Force for nearly four years and spent much of that time as a Russian linguist in Germany.

After the service Mr. McGrath attended college at the University of Tennessee where he was reacquainted with a childhood neighbor and began dating the former Patricia Crouch. They married on February 18, 1960 and have four children and now have 12 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Mr. McGrath joined the U.S. Border Patrol in 1960 and spent several years in Texas and Michigan before transferring

to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms based out of Birmingham and retired in 1986.

After his career with the ATF, the McGraths returned to Morgan County and became active leaders in Farm Bureau. Mrs. McGrath led the county women’s committee for many years before serving 14 years on the state women’s committee. Mr. McGrath was elected to the county board of directors after his father passed away in 1988 and served as president for 18 years. He’s also served on many committees at the district and state level in Farm Bureau.

They’ve also been active with other organizations. Mr. McGrath was appointed to the Tennessee Forestry Commission

by Gov. Don Sundquist for five years, he serves as foreman of the Morgan County Grand Jury, he’s a member of the Morgan County Economic Development Board, the chairman of the Morgan County Tax Equalization Board, and he served as chairman of the county’s Health and Educational Facilities Board.

The McGrath’s church life has always been at the forefront. Before it closed, he and his wife were active leaders of the Mt Vernon United Methodist Church and now they are members at the Sunbright United Methodist Church where they have both served in numerous capacities.

PHYLLIS FINCHUM Mrs. Phyllis Finchum was born on September 17, 1932. She was raised on the family farm with her two brothers in Jefferson County.

Mrs. Finchum enjoyed her childhood growing up on the farm where her father had a small dairy and raised tobacco.

She was active in 4-H and she attended school for all twelve grades at New Market and graduated as salutatorian in 1950. She then got her bachelor’s degree in secondary education English from Carson-Newman College and her first teaching job took her to South Haven, Mich. for a year.

When she returned from Michigan in 1955 she would begin her life together with a local farm boy, Donald Finchum.

Appropriately enough, they first started dating three years earlier after they had become active members of the Jefferson County Young Farmers & Homemakers.

The Finchums would settle on Mr. Finchum’s family farm where they raised beef cattle and had a farrow to finish swine operation. They raised their daughter and son there. Tragically, while in college studying agriculture, their son was killed in a car accident in 1982. They have one granddaughter.

Along with helping on the farm, Mrs. Finchum concentrated on her teaching career, earning her Masters and going on to teach high school English in the county for 31 years.

She began her long time involvement in Farm Bureau in 1950 through their YF&H Club. In 1953 she served as the group’s president and attended her first state Farm Bureau convention as a member of the Jefferson County Board of Directors. Mr. Finchum has served on the board of directors since 1969, six years as president. Mrs. Finchum went on the Women’s Committee in 1968, and served as chairman for nearly 25 years.

Today, she’s still active on the board of directors, serving as membership chairman and on the executive committee.

The Finchums have also been very active in the Beaver Creek Baptist Church.

She’s also been heavily involved in mission work.

Mrs. Finchum has been an active leader in the community serving on the Jefferson County Election Commission for the past 22 years, currently serving as chairman, she’s been active with the Jefferson County Retired Teachers Association, active with the Extension FCE organization, the local and regional library boards, the Strawberry Plains Senior Citizens, the Strawberry Plains Alliance and she’s also continued teaching as an adjunct faculty member at Walters’ State Community College.

ERNIE “SKIPPER� PIERCE JR. Mr. Skipper Pierce was one of four children born to Ernie and Maggie Pierce on August 7, 1939 in Tiptonville. He grew up on the farm and attended all 12 grades of school in Tiptonville, graduating in 1957.

Just after high school he married and had two sons, but they divorced after three years and he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1960. He spent five years in the service and while he was stationed in Springfield, Mo. he met the former Shirley Jean McBride and they were married on June 11, 1963. The Pierces have three daughters and today they enjoy their eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.

After working a few years in Union City at Airport Machine Inc. he returned to farm full time with his father in 1972.

About six years ago he had complications from a heart by-pass surgery and his son-in-law came into the operation and today they farm around 5,000 acres of row crops.

In the mid-1970s he joined the Lake County Farm Bureau and has served on the board of directors for more than 31 years, 20 years as vice president and six years as president. His wife Shirley served as the Lake County Farm Bureau secretary for 22 years.

Mr. Pierce has been active in the community with other organizations including the American Legion and the ASCS committee. They’ve also been active members at the Tiptonville First Methodist Church where he serves as chairman of the board of trustees and his wife is serving on several committees. �

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First-ever Junior Meat Goat Classic was H.O.T success

Beef Cattle Outlook

By Emmit L. Rawls UT Professor Agricultural Economics

Plan for higher, volatile prices While it may sound like, “we’ve heard this before,� cattle prices are likely to be higher in 2012 than the record setting prices of 2011. Unless our exports have a dramatic decline, the reduction in the supply of beef will drive prices higher next year. Through November we have prices for feeder cattle and finished cattle averaging about $20 per hundred higher than a year ago.

We did not see the normal decline in feeder and stocker cattle prices this fall as strong futures prices for the first half of 2012 and some decline in corn prices drove the fall prices higher. Prices for finished cattle in November averaged $124, 700 to 800 pound L & M 1 steers $121.43 and 500 to 600 pounders same grade $134.38. Load lots of uniform feeder cattle sold considerably higher than that. Cow prices did decline about $12 from spring highs to average $63 in the face of sharply higher cow harvest due to extreme drought in the South and Southwest.

In mid-December we find the market taking a breather as the first obvious resistance at the wholesale level seemed apparent. For several weeks beef packers had not been able to sell the beef at wholesale prices high enough to cover their costs. Their response in the past has been to reduce their level of processing to artificially tighten the supply enough to raise prices. The second week of December the choice cutout declined $4.54 in one day and $6.09 in a week. While some of the decline may be seasonal, it does not bode well for expectations of higher prices short term.

Beef exports have been a key to the higher cattle prices in 2011.

A weaker dollar, which makes our beef cheaper to foreign buyers, has

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been a key to that export demand. In addition, our export customers have not been impacted as much by the economic downturn. Interestingly, our neighbor Canada is our leading customer for our exports followed by Mexico South Korea and Japan. The difficult economic situation in Europe has made the dollar stronger, which could temper our export demand.

Furthermore, the export markets can be rather “fickle.� In other words, things can change in a hurry. We do not know the final outcome of the World Trade Organization’s ruling on Country of Origin Labeling (COOL). It would likely increase the number and price of fed cattle from Canada, since packers might no longer be required to segregate that product at the plant.

Should Japan allow beef from under 30 month old cattle instead of the current under 21 month rule, it could spark more exports to Japan. It could also eliminate any premium for age verified cattle. For sure, our exports have been and are a key to our strong cattle prices at all levels, but the situation is dynamic.

In planning for 2012, give thought to managing the risk of rising input prices, and market prices. Volatile prices mean risks for margin operators who buy and sell cattle, whether stockers or cattle going to the feedlot. Cow calf producers are currently in the driver’s seat. The market for bred cows and heifers and cow calf pairs will be very strong in 2012 to 2014. Buyers still prefer cattle of known background that have been weaned, vaccinated and sold in load lots of 48,000 to 50,000 pounds. Take advantage of marketing opportunities to capture the true value of your cattle. �

Exhibitors, parents, family, friends and goat enthusiasts from across Tennessee came together October 21-22 for the inaugural Heart of Tennessee (H.O.T.) Junior Meat Goat Classic at the Tennessee Livestock Center on the MTSU campus, where 4-H and FFA youth competed to win show honors, prizes and scholarships.

Some 39 young people exhibited 132 goats in the event, which organizers say was an excellent start for this first-time show. “There are many people in Tennessee who enjoy raising these fascinating animals,� says show manager Mitchell Mote. “Goats fit the rural lifestyle that is very much a part of Tennessee. Goats and the people that raise and show them are fun and enjoyable to be with.�

In Tennessee, goats are a major animal commodity reflected by the fact that only Texas raises more goats than Tennessee. The industry provides a major source of food protein to a growing segment of our nation.

Worldwide, goat is the number one meat consumed.

The Champion Wether, shown by Colten Dotson from Lincoln County, sold for $2,500. The buyer was Dr. Dave Whitaker on behalf of the directors of the 2011 H.O.T. Junior Meat Goat Classic.

The Reserve Champion Wether, shown by Abigail Mote from Rutherford County, sold for $2,000. The buyer was Mark Anderson on behalf of the directors of the 2011 H.O.T. Junior Meat Goat Classic.

The costume class was possibly the most popular event, with 12 innovative entries. The entries were all so good that the judges were unable to select a winner, so all the contestants split the prize money.

Three separate shows of meat goats were included: wethers, registered breeding does and commercial breeding does. Not only was showing of animals featured but skills and knowledge of the young people were exhibited in the Skillathon Contest.

The Premier Exhibitor awards

were based on a combination of results from the H.O.T. Goat Show, Showmanship and Skillathon. Winners were presented with attractive belt buckles and a $300 cash award in the following categories: Wether: Senior Premier Exhibitor - Kaitlin Davis, Bedford County; Junior High Exhibitor - Colten Dotson, Lincoln County; Junior Premier Exhibitor Kaitlin Taylor, Rutherford County.

Commercial Doe: Senior Premier Exhibitor - Abigail Mote, Rutherford County; Junior High Premier ExhibitorTanner Herring, Rutherford County; Junior Premier Exhibitor - Tyler Teague, Decatur County.

Registered Doe: Senior Premier Exhibitor - Courtney Eledge, Lawrence County; Junior High Premier Exhibitor Cannon Smith, Overton County; Junior Premier Exhibitor - Justin Howell, Dickson County.

Sponsorship opportunities and other information are available at www.hotmeatgoatclassic.com The H.O.T. Junior Meat Goat Classic was presented by MTSU, UT Extension, representatives from agribusiness and the goat industry.

For more information please contact show managers Mitchell Mote at 615-898-7710 or mmote1@utk.edu or Mark Anderson at 615-967-1415 or tnmeatgoats@aol.com. Â?

Getting ready for the big show! – Rutherford County’s Tristan Shirley gives his goat a good bath as he prepares for the Heart of Tennessee Junior Meat Goat Classic.

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Soybean Scout School goes virtual with online videos If you want to hone your soybean scouting skills, it’s now as easy as turning on a computer.

The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture has partnered with the United Soybean Board/ Soybean Checkoff and the Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board to create a Virtual Soybean Scout School.

Currently the school consists of four brief video presentations, each led

by UT Extension specialists. The videos can be viewed at the UTCrops. com website: www.utextension.utk. edu/fieldCrops/ and the Tennessee Soybean Association website: www. tnsoybeans.org/ .

The presentations focus on key areas of soybean scouting and include the following topics: Soybean Growth and Development: How to Stage Soybeans; Identifying and Managing Weeds; Insect Scouting; Identifying and Managing Soybean Diseases.

These classes cover much of the

material presented at the traditional UT Soybean Scout Schools, which are offered at various locations throughout the state during the summer.

However with the virtual format, you can attend classes on your own schedule, check in anytime for additional review and submit questions through the UT Crops News Blog (http://news.utcrops.com/). “With this online resource, producers and scouts now have more options when it comes to keeping informed of crop management issues,� says Dr. Scott Stewart, UT Extension entomologist, “and the information is presented in a format that is easy to access on your own time.�

The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture worked cooperatively with the United Soybean Board and the Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board using soybean checkoff dollars to produce this program in order to improve the profit potential for all Tennessee soybean farmers. Â?

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Tennessee’s Agri-Events Agritourism Conference and Horticulture Expo to form joint conference for farmers Pickup trucks filled with farmers will arrive in Nashville in early 2012 when the Tennessee Agritourism Conference will join the Tennessee Horticultural Expo for the second time on January 26-28. “This year’s Horticultural Expo will feature educational sessions, networking opportunities, a trade show and association meetings for fruit and vegetable producers, flower growers, viticulturists, winemakers, farmers market leaders and agritourism operators,� says Tammy Algood, food marketing specialist with University of Tennessee Extension and one of the conference planners.

Featured speaker, Hugh McPherson, owner of Maize Quest Fun Park in Pennsylvania, will share wisdom and experience on goal setting and planning in his keynote session for all attendees titled “A Goal without a

Plan is a Wish.�

Megan Bruch, a specialist with UT Extension’s Center for Profitable Agriculture, said producers will be interested in the ideas presented throughout the conference. “McPherson and another speaker, Carolyn Raasch of Carolyn’s Country Cousins and Liberty Corn Maze in Missouri, will present educational sessions on the ins and outs of their agritourism operations and share innovative ideas, methods to manage employees and effective promotion strategies,� she said.

Additional information about the conference with a tentative agenda and registration instructions is available online at the Tennessee Horticultural Expo site at www.tnthe.com or the Center for Profitable Agriculture site at cpa.utk. edu. Register by January 6 to save $25 on registration fees. Â?

2012 Nashville Lawn & Garden Show set The timeless appeal and importance of gardens will be celebrated at the 23rd annual Nashville Lawn & Garden Show on Thursday, March 1, through Sunday, March 4, 2012, at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds. Gardens Past, Present & Future is the theme for the 2012 presentation of Tennessee’s largest and most popular annual gardening event that includes an acre of live gardens, a series of free lectures and workshops, a floral design gallery, and more than 250 exhibit booths featuring horticultural products and services, outdoor living decor, and plants and flowers.

A new feature at the 2012 show will include a Gardeners Boot Camp,

a hands-on introduction to the art, science and fun of gardening on Thursday, March 1.

Randall Lantz, co-manager of the show, notes that proceeds from the 2012 show will benefit The Cumberland River Compact, a nonprofit educational and advocacy group focused on promoting a healthy natural and economic environment in the Cumberland River watershed.

Deadline for exhibit booth reservations for the 2012 show is January 2, 2012. For more complete information, call the Nashville Lawn & Garden Show office at 615-876-7680 or visit www. nashvillelawnandgardenshow.com. Â?

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Classic Farm Tractors 2012 Calendar Collector’s Edition For a $12 donation to the Camp Woodlee YF&R Camp Fund, you will receive a 2012 Classic Farm Tractors Collector’s Edition Calendar. This calendar is 23rd in a series offered by the YF&R to support their programs at Camp Woodlee located in Warren County. This large, colorful calendar is one you will enjoy all year long.

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Tennessee Jr. Market Hog Show set – It is almost time for the annual Tennessee Junior

Market Hog Show to be held on the campus of MTSU at the Tennessee Livestock Center January 17 - 18. Come and support our 4-H and FFA members and see our young agriculturists at work.

Mail Orders To: TN Farm Bureau Special Programs Dept.

P.O. Box 313 Columbia, TN 38402-0313

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For Sale: Angus Chiangus Limousin Bulls. HALL FARMS, Stan Hall, 615-633-6037 For Sale: Registered Angus Bull 14 months old.

Qualifies for TN Ag. Enhancement money. Johnny Wheat, Clifton, TN 931-589-2759 FOR SALE: Registered Black Angus Bulls and Heifers. Excellent EPD’s qaulify for Beef Enhancement Program. Jimmy Mathis & Sons 931-729-3864 For Sale: Registered Angus Bulls/Heifers. Excellent Bloodlines and E.P.D available. A & N Stock Farms, Summertown, TN 38483 931-242-0179 Red Angus, Simmental & SimAngus Bull and Female Sale, March 17, 2012, meet TAEP requirements. Bart & Sarah Jones, Lafayette, TN 615666-3098; www.redhillfarms.net

Angus (Black) FOR SALE: Angus bulls - 20 months old and ready for service. Low birth weights and milk in their genetics. Good selection to choose from.

Norman Amonett, 99 Amonett Lane, Byrdstown, TN 38549. 931-864-6481

Angus Bulls for Sale. 12 to 24 months of age.

A.I. Sired, good EPD’s. Centerville, TN. Ship’s Bend Angus Farms 931-729-0017 home; 931-982-0389 cell FOR SALE: Registered Black Angus bulls and heifers, excellent bloodlines. Rock Haven Angus, Lewisburg, TN Day Time 931-703-9894; 931-3643670 after 6PM

Angus (Red) For Sale: AI and naturally sired registered Red Angus young bulls and heifers. Also 3 year old proven herd sire. 931-858-2429 Registered Red Angus- Service Age Bulls and bred Heifers available. Low birth weight, gentle, lots of milk. Shady Bottom Ranch, Crossville, TN 931-200-0036

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Chiangus bulls and heifers. 865-856-3947

FOR SALE: Registered Polled Hereford bulls.

Good selection. Practical cattle for practical cattlemen. Earl Moore, 3594 Craig Bridge Road, Williamsport, TN 38487. 931-583-2353 Registered Polled Hereford bulls and females for sale, priced reasonably. Stan Webster, Chestnut Mound, 615-897-2333 Registered Polled Hereford bulls, bred cows and heifers. EPD’s available great disposition Offspring of leading AI Sires. Matt McClanahan Crossville TN 931-210-8674 Registered Polled Hereford bulls. Quality Sires, great EDP’s, Herd improving genetics. KBee Herefords, Shelbyville, TN 931-684-6582; kbartley@bellsouth.net

Gelbvieh For Sale: 75 Gelbvieh & Balancer bulls, 16-18 months old, red & black, DNA & trichomoniasis tested. 20 Gelbvieh & Balancer females also.

Tennessee Livestock producers Barn in Columbia, TN. Sale date: Feb. 4, 2012. For catalogs contact David Bates 931-209-5053; Scott Sorrells 931-9939680 or Seedstock Plus 877-486-1160 FOR SALE: Gelbvieh & Balancer Bulls, Heifers - black, polled, excellent bloodlines, gentle disposition, TAEP qualified. 931-433-6132; cell 931625-7219

Beefmaster Good, gentle BBU bulls & heifers for sale. Visitors welcome. James & Carolyn Vaughn, 9512 Bates Trail, Lyles, TN 37098. 931-670-4605 Polled Bulls/heifers. Our guarantee since 1972: If after the sale of his first calf crop you are not satisfied, return any bull purchased from us for full refund. HUDSON BEEFMASTER, 3140 Buffalo Road, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464. 931-829-2637; 931-629-5246 cell

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Consignment information contact: 2012 Sale Dates 9 AM Central Frank Poling 931-212-9962 Jan. 20; Mar. 2; Apr. 13; May 4; June 1; Richard Brown 931-239-9785 August 3; Sept. 7; Oct. 5; Nov. 2; Dec. 7

SHEEP & GOAT SALES

SPECIAL SALES

COLUMBIA - Every 2nd & 4th Friday

Graded Sales every Tuesday in Fayetteville

Jan. 13, 27; Feb. 10, 24; March 9, 23

Weaned Sale 1st & 3rd Thursdays in Columbia

SOMERVILLE - Every 2nd Friday

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ORDER BUYING

PRODUCER GENETICS

Jan. 13 Feb. 10, March 9

H.M. Eslick Frank Poling Bobby Eslick David Alexander Ronnie Trump

931-433-5256 931-212-9962 931-433-5256 615-300-3012 270-705-0768

Alliance Development, Herd Sire Purchasing, Cattle Breeding & Marketing Consultation

Richard Brown John Woolfolk

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“BULLS AND MORE� SALE 60 Performance Tested Yearling Angus Bulls 40 Registered Angus Cows (most with calves) 10 Open Commercial Angus Heifers 6DWXUGD\ 0DUFK ‡ 3 0 DW WKH )DUP 0LODQ +Z\ ‡ %UDGIRUG 71 For more information or a catalog call or e-mail Larry Patterson &HOO ‡ ( PDLO ERSDW#WHQQHVVHHWHO QHW

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FOR SALE: Limousin bulls and heifers - black, red, polled and homozygous black. Riverside Valley Farm, Hohenwald, TN, 931-628-6730 Good selection of bulls, heifers, breds. Black and red. 615-948-3533 Limousin Bulls: Registered purebreds and commercial. Proven pedigrees, balanced EPD’s.

Seedstock. Dreamtime Limousin Farm, Mosheim, TN 423-422-6099, bullroarer1@peoplepc.com

Registered Shorthorn bulls and heifers for sale - top international blood lines, EPDS available.

Charles Curtis, Rickman, TN. Home 931-498-2847; office 931-388-7872, ext. 2215

Santa Gertrudis DOUBLE-POLLED gentle Santa Gertrudis, reg. bulls and heifers. kelsoclough@aol.com; 256-566-7878 Santa Gertrudis - Myers Farms - Poll bulls & heifers for sale. 144 Sub-Station Road, Unionville, TN 37180. 931-294-5653

HORSES Mules & Donkeys For Sale: Mammoth Jack and Jennet, Colts, yearlings, Breeding Jacks, Draft Weanling Horse mule colt. Richard Choate 931-879-6853

GOATS & SHEEP

For Sale: Purebred Kiko goats. 931-987-2826 Culleoka, TN

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HOGS

Registered Black Mouth Curs Bred to Tree Squirrel, Coon and Bay Hogs. Shots and Wormed, Call Paulus Shelby 731-423-8781 Registered Mt. Cur born 7-13. Treeing caged coon and squirrels and loading shots and wormed $225. 731-968-3556 Registered Mt. Curs Bred to Tree Squirrel and coon, shots and wormed. $150 to $200 Call Paulus Shelby 731-423-8781

BIRDS

EXOTIC & OTHER ANIMALS

FOR SALE: Purebred Duroc, Yorkshire and Landrace boars and gilts. Bart Jones, Lafayette, TN, 615-666-3098 For Sale: Purebred Hampshire boars and gilts.

David Chester, Clarksville, TN 931-358-2879

Poultry POULTRY HOLLOW HACHERY, located 45 miles east of Nashville, can fill all your poultry needs starting with over 57 breeds of chickens, bantams, turkeys, guineas, ducks, geese, rare breeds. Dayold-sexed-pullets start at $2.25 NPIP CERTIFIED! Visit our website at www.poultryhollow.org or call 615-318-9036 or 615-477-7936 01-17

Exotic & Other Birds CANARIES $75-$100 731-934-4119

DOGS

Barger Stock Feist pups available - from proven crosses of squirrel dogs, NKC registered, $300 each.

Bill Barger 865-882-5425; wwwbargerdogs.com Beagles: Four good Rabbit Dogs for sale. No deer $200-$400 each. 931-381-2317 Border Collie Pups, Registered. Excellent stock dogs and pets. Black/w Red/w 250.00, 350.00 Dan Vickers 931-939-2426; 931-607-2426 Ladybug Kennel Big Sandy TN. Border Collie and Dachshund puppies Registered W&S, $200 each.

731-593-3807 For pictures e-mail: bettyewatkins@bellsouth.net

Legal Pet Raccoon Babies. State and USDA Licensed. Email - ringoscrossingpetfarm@yahoo. com 931-268-0739 Make Great Pets, Ringo’s Crossing Pet Farm Registered female and male alpacas. Females starting at $2500. Males starting at $500.

Packages can be offered. Trillium Gap Farm. Bluff City, TN 423-538-9701 jaxjubil@embarqmail.com

PLANTS GRASSES

For Sale Sericea Lespedeza Seed. 931-934-2745 Get Vaughn’s #1 Bermuda Grass from the original farm where developed. High Yields- High Digestibility- High Quality- High Palatable. Finish freezer beef without grain, grassfed and get proven excellent taste- Permanent stands with proper management- Have planter will travel to your farm and plant from April to August. Call for additional information. 931-657-2584

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The checkoff is working to build demand for beef by educating consumers about beef’s role in healthful diets.

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FORESTRY

Used portable sawmills! Buy/Sell. Call Sawmill Exchange 800-459-2148; US & Canada; www. sawmillexchange.com 01-01

EQUIPMENT

Ooltewah Pasture Land for Rent, 100 acres. Call 270-781-1763

Clean Wheat Straw $2.50 per bale. 931-668-8227, McMinnville For Sale: Straw 100+ bales $2.75 per bale. 931863-4791; 931-397-6790; 931-397-6792 FOR SALE: Vaughn’s #1 Hybrid Bermuda Hay. Premium Quality Hay available in small squares or 4x5 rolls. Jerry Roach, Linden, TN. 931-593-2673 Top Quality Horse and Alpaca Hay. Square bales, barn kept Bermuda, Tiffany Teff, mixed grass. Sun Fresh Farms. Located in the Lebanon/Carthage/ Hartsville area. Contact Jim 615-390-2787; 615-374-4029

Export Logging Wanted tracks of Standing timber Master Logger certified 63 yrs of land managing and timber harvesting Satisfaction guaranteed.

We pay Cash. 931-212-9274

VEGETABLES & FRUITS

140 International Tractor with Plows and Fertilize distributor $3,600.00 423-956-8344 2001 Kubota M4900 131 hrs Diesel Tractor like new kept inside shop 7’ H2 Bush hog Brand $13,500 cost $18,500 new. 731-659-1496 986 International Tractor 3311 hours $9,000 865475-8341; waab4ut@aol.com Farmall Tractors 200, 240, 340 disc and Plows.

865-376-5442 Two Rear Antique Steel Wheels fit A.52 John Deere tractor $500.00 Firm. 731-782-3592 No Fri. night or Sat. calls Two row planter and two row side dresser for IH C Tractor. Excellent condition $600. 615-519-2477

ANTIQUE APPLE TREES - Summer Rambo, Virginia Beauty, Yellow Transparent. Catalog $3.00. Write: Urban Homestead, 818-G Cumberland Street, Bristol, VA 24201. www.OldVaApples.com. 01-09

LAWN & GARDEN

Morton’s Horticultural Products, Inc. Free Catalog - Greenhouses & Growers Supplies. Drip Tape, Irrigation Supplies. We Manufacture our Greenhouses. Online Catalog - www.mortonproducts.com 800-473-7753; mortonprod@ blomand.net 01-05

Antique Mule Drawn Equipment For Sale Several Pieces. Call 615-446-6816

TRACTORS/IMPLEMENTS

TRUCKS & TRAILERS

1990 F350, 351 motor, 5 speed with cylinder dump bed, less than 49,000 actual miles. $6,000 931-242-0119 Wanted: 1987 through 1995 regular cab Chevy truck 2500 must have 8 lug wheels. I have a new motor and transmission. 931-264-1988

OTHER EQUIPMENT

Farm House - near Rock Island Park - furnished, daily-weekly rates. 931-668-4554; 931-235-8054; www.vrbo.com/89925 01-08 GULF SHORES CONDO- 2BR, pool/beach access.

Spring $600/week, Summer $800/week, Fall $500/week. 931-296-4626 01-12 PIGEON FORGE cabins, chalets, cottages, units sleeping 1 to 36 people. Near Dollywood.

Middle Creek Rentals, 1-800-362-1897; www. mcrr93.com 01-10

PROPERTY

REAL ESTATE

34.7 acres w/ 18 acres pasture & rest hard- woods.

2280 sq-ft 4 BR/3BA rancher (2006), full unfinished plumbed basement, wrap-around porch, stainless-steel appliances, underground utilities, city water & good well. House sits atop hill w/ seasonal view of Watts Bar Lake. Deer, turkey, quail. Some fencing, small barn & fixer-upper 700 sq-ft house. Appraised for $325,000 in 2010 by both Farm Credit Services & ORNL-FCU. Asking $260,000. Selling due to divorce. 2153/2157 Reed Road in Meigs Co. TN 17- miles to Rt-40, Exit 352 and 19- miles to Rt-75, Exit 52. 865-250-1452 or email reedroad2157@hotmail.com for pictures.

4.8 Acres with 58 Storage Units, Highway frontage, creek through property, pasture, home site, great business. Call 423-496-3484 $125,000 01-16 Easttennesseefarmsforsale.com View online listings for farms, homes, mountain land in North East Tennessee. East Tennessee Realty Services, Greeneville TN 423-639-6395 01-13

VACATION RENTALS

Beautiful Smoky Mountain log cabins - near Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge. Jacuzzi, hot-tubs, porches and rockers, on trout stream, stone fireplaces, cable TV, fully furnished, hiking, $85 nightly and up. www.moorecabins.com; 423487-5615 01-07 CABINS ON COSBY CREEK - Gatlinburg, Smokies area. Hot tub, Jacuzzi, Fireplace, Kitchen, Porches, CATV. Comfy! Cozy! Clean! 423-487-2646; www. cosbycabins.com 01-06

HUNTING LEASES

Hunting Lease Wanted: 2 experienced, middle aged hunters need to lease farmland or timberland for deer and turkey hunting. Prefer Middle TN area. 865-659-8816 Responsible hunter would like to lease land for deer and turkey hunting. 423-479-4149; 423-715-8936

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Home Security DRIVEWAY ALARMS, $209.95, 1000 feet, no wiring. TN DRIVEWAY AND DOOR CHIME CO 1-800342-9014 01-14 Wireless 2 way intercom system with video and outside push button $339.95 1-800-342-9014 (Nashville) American Door Chime Co. 01-15

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MISCELLANEOUS

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