January 2013: Tennessee Farm Bureau News

FARM BUREAU News TENNESSEE

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Volume 92 Number 1 • January 2013

WHAT’S INSIDE: PagE 7 YF&R Convention Highlights

May every day of the New Year be filled with cheer and happiness for you and your family.

Page 8 TFBF Convention Highlights

Page 9 Distinguished Leaders

Tennessee Farm Bureau is looking forward to 2013 with our Homegrown Membership

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Tennessee Farm Bureau News - January 2013

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Pettus Read, Editor Lee Maddox, Assistant Editor Melissa Burniston, Feature Writer Stacey Warner, Graphic Designer Misty McNeese, Advertising

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Tennessee Farm Bureau elects new leadership

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TENNESSEE FARM BUREAU FEDERATION

Board of Directors Lacy Upchurch Jeff Aiken President

Vice President

Directors-at-Large Charles Hancock David Richesin Catherine Via District Directors Malcolm Burchfiel Dan Hancock James Haskew David Mitchell Eric Mayberry Jane May Advisory Directors Jimmy McAlister Dr. Larry Arrington Other Officers and Staff Joe Pearson Chief Administrative Officer

Rhedona Rose

Executive Vice President

Wayne Harris

Tim Dodd

Treasurer

Comptroller

Organization Bobby Beets

Communications Pettus Read

Bryan Wright

Lee Maddox

Director

Associate Director

Breanna Langley Assistant Director

Director

Associate Director

Chris Fleming

Tiffany Howard

Kristy Chastine

Associate Director

Tennessee where he produces corn, 100 acres of tobacco and over 300 head of beef cattle.

Elected to replace Aiken as director-at-large during the organization’s business session was David Richesin of Loudon County. Richesin and his wife Becky farm more than 800 acres of row crops near Philadelphia, Tenn.

He has an ag business degree from the University of Tennessee and is also a former winner of the YF&R Young Farmer of the Year award in 1999. Both he and his wife have served on numerous Farm Bureau committees at all levels and have three sons also involved in the family farming operation.

Others re-elected to the board of directors by the voting delegates were: Charles Hancock from Bumpus Mills, Catherine Via from Alamo, Malcolm Burchfiel from Newbern, Eric Mayberry from Hurricane Mills, James Haskew from South Pittsburg, Dan Hancock from Smithville, David Mitchell from Blaine and Jane May, Farm Bureau Women’s chairman from Newbern.

Also during the annual meeting, Jimmy McAlister of Greene County was selected as the new state Young Farmer and Rancher chairman. t

Associate Director

Public Policy Stefan Maupin

Associate Director

During Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation’s 91st annual convention recently at Franklin’s Cool Springs Marriott, the delegates representing agriculture and farmers across the state, not only debated policy proposals and passed resolutions to work on passage of legislation in 2013 at the state and federal levels, they also elected a new vice president of the nation’s largest state Farm Bureau organization.

Washington county beef, dairy and tobacco farmer Jeff Aiken was elected by the voting delegate body to serve as the organization’s vice president that represents more than 657,000 family members in Tennessee.

Aiken has served as a director-at-large on the state board of directors since 1998 when he was elected to that office by the Farm Bureau’s county leadership statewide. He has headed up numerous committees at the state level, as well as being his county’s president for many years. He has held the office of state YF&R chairman and was the 1992 Tennessee Young Farmer of the Year.

The new Tennessee Farm Bureau vice president is a native of Washington County. He and his wife Carol farm near Tedford in upper East

Richesin

Melissa Burniston

Special Programs Charles Curtis Director

AIKEN

Director

Associate Director

Ryan King

Associate Director

Regional Field Service Directors Matt Fennel, Jim Bell, Melissa Bryant, Eddie Clark, Kevin Hensley, Joe McKinnon Service Companies Tennessee Farmers Insurance Cos. Matthew M. (Sonny) Scoggins, CEO Tennessee Rural Health Anthony Kimbrough, CEO Farmers Service, Inc. Tim Dodd, Director of Operations Tennessee Livestock Producers, Inc. Darrell Ailshie, Manager

Welcome to the new YF&R chairman - Current YF&R Chairman Brandon Whitt

welcomes newly elected 2013 Chairman Jimmy McAlister from Greene County to the Young Farmer and Rancher State Committee.

Vilsack visits Montgomery County It’s not just pie in the sky. A commercially equipped kitchen in Montgomery County is using baked goods to help small and emerging rural businesses grow and create jobs and income.

Operated jointly by University of Tennessee Extension and Tennessee State University Extension, the kitchen has benefitted from several USDA grants, and on Friday, Oct. 19, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited the facility and checked out some of the products created by local culinary entrepreneurs.

Along with Martha Pile, UT Extension family and consumer sciences agent and manager of the kitchen, seven users of the kitchen were on hand during the Secretary’s visit. Secretary Vilsack commented on how the kitchen was contributing to the local food movement and how it assisted local businesses.

“These entrepreneurs have a dream and a product that’s important to them. Several of them had lost employment opportunities and they used it as an opportunity to become their own boss. The kitchen gives them the capacity and ability to get started,” he said. “It’s exciting to see what the university is doing and how much help they’re providing.”

Two entrepreneurs were actually using the kitchen during the visit: Jean Bragg of Jean’s Breadbasket & More, and Tiffany Abbott, owner of Any Sweet Reason. Bragg was baking her signature pumpkin bread and Abbott was decorating a batch of fresh peach cobbler cupcakes.

Bragg’s recipe for pumpkin bread is more than 100 years old, but her business is just getting started. She’s been using the kitchen for about two months.

“If it hadn’t been for the domestic kitchen and UT Extension, I would never have been able to start this business,” she said.

Any Sweet Reason has been in business for two years and owner Tiffany Abbott, a veteran and now a military spouse, sells her creations at the local farmers market. She makes all sorts of cookies and confections and caters.

Other successful entrepreneurs who have utilized the kitchen include pie makers Papa C Pies operated by Gary and Chad Collier of Franklin and Old Fashioned Fried Pies operated by Jenny Chandler and Brenda Presson of Ashland City. Pappas’ Peppers, which bottles pepper oils for cooking and baking and Natural Choices Botanica, which packages and sells legacy tea blends, have also started successful businesses in the Montgomery County kitchen.

The kitchen is part of Extension’s Sustainable Tennessee program intended to help citizens create local income through the expansion of entrepreneurial skills. In the case of the Montgomery County Extension Commercial Kitchen, the goal is to enhance marketable culinary skills.

Pile says the kitchen is open to anyone who completes food safety training. t

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Winning first place in the 4-H State Land Judging competition was the Wilson County B 4-H team. They go on to compete in Oklahoma at the National Land Judging contest in the spring.

Pictured are Brooke Griffin, Autumn Miller, Melanie Hall and High Individual Timothy Jones with Coach Steve Howerton and TFIC Regional Manager Josh Webber, sponsor of the State Land Judging Competition.

Receiving second place in the 2012 State Land Judging contest was the Hardeman County 4-H team. Pictured are Coach - Mark Avent, Chris Grantham, Sarah Gibson, Ashley Howell and Jerry Luttrell. The team will go on to compete in Oklahoma in the spring for national honors.

The state winning team in the Land Judging Career Development Event was the Clay County FFA. Pictured are State FFA Sentinel Hannah Dugger, sponsor Josh Webber - TFIC Regional Manager, Jaylan Hancock, Kristy Hatcher, Alyssa Kendall, High Individual Bonnie Craighead, Coach Jason Coons, Coach Beth Hatcher and State FFA President Stephen McBride. The team will go to Oklahoma in the spring to compete for national honors.

Earning second place honors in the State Land Judging Career Development Event was the McEwen FFA. Pictured are State FFA Sentinel Hannah Dugger, sponsor Josh Webber - TFIC Regional Manager, Thomas Long, Kale Parchman, Austin Baker, Erik Cannon, Coach Joe Greene, Coach Ashlyn Fussell, Coach Glenn Ross and State FFA President Stephen McBride. The team will travel to Oklahoma this spring to compete in the national contest.

Tennessee’s 4-H Livestock Skillathon Team places third in the National 4-H Skillathon Contest Each year at the awards banquet a special person is honored for their contribution and support of the land judging program in Tennessee. This year, state Commissioner of Agriculture Julius Johnson was selected for his dedication to ensuring the success of youth programs across the state and, in particular, the State Land Judging competition. Pictured are State FFA Sentinel Hannah Dugger, Commissioner Johnson and State FFA President Stephen McBride.

Tennessee’s 4-H Livestock Skillathon Team came very close to capturing the National 4-H Skillathon title but fell a little short. The team placed third overall in the National 4-H Livestock Skillathon Contest held in conjunction with the North American International Livestock Exposition in Louisville. The skillathon and livestock judging teams competing shared approximately $25,000 in awards that were being offered by various sponsors across the country. The Skillathon contest consisted of teams comprised of high school students from throughout the United States. Tennessee earned 1,494 points placing just behind second place North Carolina with 1,510 points and Virginia with 1,589 points which earned them the national title.

Team members are front row from left: Rachel Wolters, Maury County; Rosa Haynes, Polk County; Kristin Walker, Blount County; Jared Bruhin, Sevier County. Back row: Keith Allen - Coach, Macon County Extension Agent; Kayla Moats, Polk County; Zeb Miller, McMinn County; Gregg Upchurch - Coach, Extension Agent Cumberland County. These individuals earned spots on the team by excelling in the Tennessee beef, sheep or swine skillathons. Which are held in conjunction with the state 4-H livestock shows.

The team competed in team and individual beef cattle, swine, sheep and goat identification, evaluation and management skill activities. Rachel Wolters led the team by placing seventh high individual overall, Rosa Haynes placed tenth overall followed by Kristin Walker in 16th place and Jared Bruhin in the 22nd scoring spot.

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Read All About It

By Pettus Read Editor

A Christmas memory from the Firestone store It was a cold and rainy Saturday morning recently when I proceeded to turn my front yard and home into a display of holiday gaudiness. The weather for the past several days had been above average in temperature, but on the one day I had to create my masterpiece of holiday cheer, the winds were out of the north and rain was falling like something from an old navy movie during a gale.

As I struggled with major rain gear and a large lighted deer that continually tried to take sail with me in the blustery winter chill, I wondered out loud as I do each time I do this, why do we put ourselves through these days of turning our property into some kind of zoning regulation violation? It is hard work, causes the neighbors to question why they have bought a piece of property next to the man who evidently tried to help Ernest save Christmas and gives you an opportunity to be an electrical genius without any training.

What makes us put giant plastic candles on our front porches, or eight foot tall Santas hooked to electric fans and tied down like a dirigible?

Why do we risk our lives and place icicle lights all around the house that stay up year-round, and put in our front yards lighted deer that blow over during winter storms?

Since losing my wife to cancer three years ago, I’ve added a pinklighted “For The Cure” doe to my front yard display in her memory.

She always got a kick out of my Christmas yard display adventures and I added something just for her.

While I put the pink doe next to my

two newly-acquired life-like movable lighted deer, I reflected back to when I was a child growing up on our rural countryside farm. In the late fifties, Christmas lights on doorways and houses were something you may have seen in nearby cities, but not on the farms in our area.

I’ve told this story before, but this is the season for repeating Christmas memories and here is one of mine.

were always beautifully decorated with evergreens and lights. As a small child those homes were a wonderment of holiday excitement and hopes.

One year, about three weeks before Christmas day, my mother and father arrived home from a trip into town. As they unpacked their purchases from their trip to town, they pulled out two long boxes that were decorated with Christmas trees

Merry Christ mas Of course, everyone placed their lighted live cedar Christmas trees in front of a window, or as close as possible, so it could be seen from the outside, but yard decorations were just not that prevalent back then. I remember the visits to town at Christmas time and seeing the storefronts full of lights and Christmas decorations.

The homes along Main Street

and had the logo of GE on the front of each box. The boxes had come from the Firestone store where my father bought everything.

Each box contained a strand of 12 outdoor Christmas lights of multicolors. Of course, they were the kind that if one burnt out they all would go out, but they were the most beautiful things I had ever seen. My mother had saved back some special

“Christmas money” to buy the lights and to add some holiday cheer to our Tennessee farmhouse.

My father cut cedar greenery and helped us nail it around the front door. Then he and my sister attached the lights to each side of the doorway and ran a brown extension cord to an electrical outlet on the single light bulb socket located on the porch. Each bulb was checked and the lights tested to see if they worked. After passing all tests, our outside display now waited for sundown.

I’ll never forget standing in that dark and cold December night in our front yard as my mother turned on the porch light switch. It was as big of an event to me as the lighting of the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center in New York City.

When the lights came on, their blues, greens, reds, and yellows blended just right with the cedar greenery on the doorway. As a small boy it signaled to me that the Christmas season had arrived.

For years we used those lights from the Firestone store. They soon lost the paint from around the bulbs and you could see light through the cracks in their paint, but they still announced the arrival of the season to our rural countryside.

So, I guess that is why I still put up my Christmas lights each year, to announce to others that the season has arrived at our house and to renew those same feelings I felt standing in that cold front yard many Christmases ago - a feeling of belonging and being loved by a family who cared to express the joy of the Christmas season. t

Farm Credit allocated $125,000 in scholarships for 2013 Farm Credit Mid-America, a $19 billion financial services cooperative serving farmers, agribusinesses and rural residents in Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, is committed to the future of agriculture. The cooperative will provide more than $125,000 in scholarship funding for youth pursuing an ag related education in the association’s four-state territory throughout 2013.

“The farming population is aging,” said Bill Johnson, president and CEO, Farm Credit. “Fifty percent of farmers are less than ten years away from retirement. Providing the financial means

for youth interested in furthering their agricultural knowledge is a solid way to protect the future of farming. As agriculture continues to grow and evolve we will do our part to help students continue to grow with the industry.”

“Often, a Farm Credit MidAmerica scholarship is not just a scholarship,” said Sarah Ayer, a Western Kentucky University student and Farm Credit scholarship recipient.

“Although extra money to put toward my education was fantastic, I also quickly learned of the Farm Credit Internship Program. I applied for an intern position and the rest was his-

tory. The 12 weeks I spent with Farm Credit provided me with exposure to farming operations that were much different than what I was familiar with. The Farm Credit scholarship partnered with my internship cultivated my interest in diverse farming operations – I no longer have a single definition for what farming is.”

In addition to the Farm Credit scholarship, the cooperative also provides scholarships to 4-H, FFA and universities across the association’s four-state territory.

Farm Credit is now taking applications for the Farm Credit Scholarship.

This scholarship is available to Farm Credit Mid-America customers, children of customers, grandchildren of customers and spouses of customers. More information about the Farm Credit scholarship and other scholarships sponsored by Farm Credit can be found at e-farmcredit.com. Applications for the Farm Credit scholarship can be submitted by clicking on “Community” then “Scholarships” then “Farm Credit Scholarship Program.” You can also contact your local Farm Credit MidAmerica office to obtain an application at 1-800-444-FARM. Applications must be received by March 1, 2013. t

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Grain indemnity assessment to be reactivated March 1

The Ag Agenda

By Bob Stallman American Farm Bureau President

The holidays are here and the duck is lame It’s official, the holidays are upon us.

We narrowly escaped the rapid fire of election ads and weren’t even finished with the Thanksgiving meal before being fa-la-la-la-la’d with luxury cars wrapped in bows and soft drink-swigging polar bears. As the commercials indicate, December is a time for celebration and giving (and receiving).

In the political arena, on the other hand, December is typically a down time. This especially holds true when new congressional members have just been elected and the previous Congress is in lame duck mode. But, if Congress doesn’t act soon on several significant outstanding items, all of our gooses will be cooked.

Deck Congress’ Halls Before we even think about throwing on the Yule Log, we need to get our legislative house in order. If Congress doesn’t make some important decisions before January 1, the U.S. economy will drop off what is being termed the “fiscal cliff.” A plan needs to be hatched to cut $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years from the deficit, something of which Congress has known about for awhile.

If Congress doesn’t act by the end of the year, automatic, acrossthe-board government cuts will kick in, affecting more than 1,000 federal programs, many of which will impact agriculture. For example, all commodity and many conservation programs will be cut by 7.6 percent next year.

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activities, food safety and rural economic development programs are just a few others that will be cut by 8.2 percent in 2013. Crop insurance will survive the first year, but will likely face cuts in year two.

While all Americans will feel the impact, the cuts will slice right through rural America, which is so dependent on Extension services and rural development.

With Boughs of Folly The fiscal cliff will also impact tax breaks. An important one for farmers is the estate tax, which will revert from a $5 million exemption at a 35 percent tax rate to a $1 million exemption with a top tax rate of 55 percent. This could impact one out of every 10 farms and make it almost impossible for young farmers to carry on their family operations.

The capital gains tax rate will also increase come January 1, from 15 percent to 20 percent. This, too, will greatly impact farmers. Because capital gains taxes are imposed when buildings and farmland are typically sold or transferred to new or expanding farmers, it will become more difficult for farmers to shed their assets or upgrade their businesses.

Congress has a lot on its holiday plate during the next several weeks. By the way, did I mention that we still don’t have a farm bill? But, that’s a topic for another day, maybe over eggnog...

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As a result of changes to state law, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture will reactivate a 1 cent per bushel assessment on soybeans and a half cent per bushel assessment on all other grains beginning March 1, 2013.

The purpose of the assessment is to increase the balance of the Tennessee Grain Indemnity Fund announced Tennessee Agriculture Commissioner Julius Johnson.

The Tennessee Grain Indemnity Fund was created by state law in 1989 to provide financial protection for grain producers against the failure of grain dealers and warehouses. The law was amended in 2011 to increase the fund’s minimum balance from $3 million to $10 million due to a significant increase in the market value of grains.

“The new provisions of the grain indemnity law places a responsibility on the commissioner of agriculture to reactivate the assessment in order to maintain an adequate fund balance,” Johnson said. “Given the fund’s low balance and today’s high value grain market, I’m authorizing the assessment in order to comply with state law and to ensure that Tennessee grain producers are protected.”

The law authorizes the commissioner of agriculture to reactivate the assessment once the fund’s balance falls below $3 million. The assessment on all grain will continue until the fund reaches the new $10 million minimum balance.

Tennessee producer organizations sought the changes in the state law due to the higher market prices of grain. All grain producers who partici-

pate in the program can file a claim to recover losses in the event of a grain dealer or warehouse failure, depending on circumstances. The new law caps any one individual’s claim to no more than three and one-third percent of the fund balance.

Grain producers can request to opt out and receive a refund within 90 days of an assessment, but they forfeit protection under the program.

Producers who previously opted out can be reinstated but must pay back assessments with interest.

The law also requires that all grain storage facilities and grain dealers comply with bonding and insurance requirements. Warehousemen and dealers must be licensed with TDA, and the required surety is based on volume and license classification. TDA monitors highly speculative positioning by handlers, conducts an annual inspection of records and may seize assets of failed handlers and take other actions to protect the interest of producers.

Since the fund’s establishment, nearly $1 million has been paid in claims to 76 Tennessee producers. In 2011, Tennessee farmers produced a combined 2.3 million acres of corn, soybeans and wheat valued at nearly $1.3 billion. Soybeans are the state’s leading crop, generating $461.3 million in farm cash receipts last year.

For more information about the Tennessee Grain Indemnity Fund, contact TDA’s Regulatory Services Division at 615-837-5150 or visit www.tn.gov/ agriculture. t

2013 Happy New Year

UTIA to research organic management of stink bugs The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture is joining a multistate effort to develop new methods for organic farmers to contend with invasive brown marmorated stink bugs.

The UT Organic and Sustainable Crop Production Program has been awarded $120,550 in federal funding to pursue two objectives. The first is to determine the importance of natural enemies on stink bugs and their impact on populations. The second is to determine the effectiveness of barrier fabrics as cultural control tactics.

“The brown marmorated stink bug is hard to manage in conventional agriculture, and organic growers are going to be hit the hardest, particularly on high-value crops such as fruits and vegetables,” said UT principal investi-

gator Mary Rogers. Rogers, a research associate with the Department of Plant Sciences, will be joined by Vegetable Extension Specialist Annette Wszelaki on the project.

The research effort is part of a nine-university collaboration focused on organic management of the brown marmorated stink bug and funded with $2.7 million by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The three-year initiative has the support or involvement of 25 researchers, three organic production organizations and 12 organic farmers.

In East Tennessee, organic farmer Elizabeth Malayter of Rogersville will be a partner in UT’s research. Malayter has a trap cropping experiment on her farm.

Trap cropping, which is seen as a promis-

ing control method, consists of planting crops that are highly attractive to stink bugs on the margins of cash crop fields.

Using the trap crops, producers can work to control the stink bugs in these narrow areas of their fields. UT will assist Malayter in collecting data and analyzing the results of experiments.

Brown marmorated stink bugs are an exotic pest from Asia, first discovered in the U.S. in Pennsylvania in 1998. Currently, the brown marmorated stink bug has been found in 35 states and was first identified in Tennessee in 2008. They have established themselves in the mid-Atlantic region and are already damaging organic crops, as well as becoming an invasive pest to homeowners.

Nationally, an estimated $21 billion

worth of crops are at risk where stink bugs have been detected, and damage is increasing in Southern states.

The UT Institute of Agriculture’s commitment to organic production includes an Organic Crops Unit at the East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Knoxville and the UT Organic and Sustainable Crop Production Program, which encompasses research, Extension and education.

The UT Institute of Agriculture provides teaching, research and outreach through the colleges of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and Veterinary Medicine; AgResearch, including its system of 10 research and education centers; and UT Extension with offices in every Tennessee county. t

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Innovative Agriculture

By Melissa Burniston Associate Director of Communications

Practical horse sense in Middle Tennessee I’m pretty sure every child goes through the phase of loving horses… be it little boys who dream of being cowboys riding in and saving the day or little girls who dream of being princesses led in on their noble steed in the midst of adoring fans, and for some of the lucky ones that wish comes true and a horse owner is born.

With more than 40,000 horse farms across our state, for Tennessean’s that seems to more of a norm than in other states. However, many horse owners don’t grow up on a farm and therefore don’t understand the benefits that soil, pasture and water management can have on our environment and their land as well. The University of Tennessee recently launched a research project at the Middle Tennessee Research and Education Center aimed at helping those horse owners improve not only their horse’s quality of life but their land and water as well.

Dr. Bridgett McIntosh, assistant professor and Extension equine specialist has been with the University of Tennessee for five years and knew when she came on board this was a project she wanted to do. She’s always had a love for animals, and horses hold a special place in her heart, but she also wants to help horse owners do a better job at managing our natural resources.

“Because of my prior experiences, I have seen first-hand what horse owners face with farm management. A lot of horse owners haven’t grown up on a farm and don’t know when to do soil testing, pasture management, etc. Their focus is on the horse so I can see this project directly impacting horse farms in Tennessee and beyond,” said McIntosh.

This hands-on, applicable facility for best management practices for horse farms is the first of its kind in the state,

although the University of Maryland is doing a similar study, so down the road the two universities can compare notes and share results. This project is funded through a water-quality grant with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and ends in December of 2014, but McIntosh hopes to seek more funds when that happens so that this project can become a permanent fixture at MTREC. She says even with the grant, so many supplies, fencing, feed and man-hours have been donated that the project couldn’t have been done without all those wonderful partnerships.

“Everything dealing with this project is practical, something the average horse owner can implement on their farm. That’s what we base every decision on – making sure everything we do is applicable for everyday farmers. I think we are going to see more horse owners/ farms adopting conservation practices,” said McIntosh.

Ten acres of land was set aside at the research and education center for this project, which was then divided into two separate five acre plots. One is an open five acre continuous grazing space,

mimicking what most horse owners have across the state. The other five acres is set up in a model rotational grazing system to show owners how to implement some best management practices into their farm. There are three horses on each of the five acres, which is above the recommended two acres per horse because most farms in Tennessee have a high stockage of horses per acre and the goal of this project is to model what real farms are doing. All the horses were donated to the project – there are two quarter horses, two former racing thoroughbreds and two Tennessee Walking horses, one of which is a former world grand champion, and they are all enjoying this retirement to the country.

This project is also funding similar research on three actual farms across the state as well. Farms were selected from Blount, Williamson and Shelby counties because they were located on lands

with polluted waterways from non-point source pollution.

McIntosh said there will be field days, open houses and hands-on application for horse owners at all four locations throughout the year so that people can gain the most knowledge possible from the project. There are also other ways to gain knowledge through the project, because besides the pasture management, they are testing manure composting, different types of fencing, and anything else that may have a negative impact on water and land quality.

They are also partnering with the Natural Resources and Conservation Service to help horse owners know about what opportunities are out there for assistance in making some of these changes on their farm – like with the NRCS EQUIP program.

“This project is overwhelming when you start thinking about it all, because it’s the first time anything like this has been done and just think of all the people it’s affecting. It gives us a new clientele to showcase what the university can offer and generates all this curiosity as people drive by and see all the new construction and horses running around,” said McIntosh.

So whether you still have that little boy or little girl dream inside of you to own a horse, or you are already a horse owner who could use some of the practical applications this research project is focusing on, you may want to take time out of your schedule this year to stop by the Middle Tennessee Research and Education Center to see what the experts have to say…straight from the horse’s mouth! t

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2012 YF&R Convention Highlights YF&R REPORT

Mary Margaret Chester - 2012 YF&R Reporter

Jennifer Hatcher from Williamson County displays her plaque for being named the 2012 Outstanding Young Woman.

David and Meghan Corvin, along with their daughter, try out their new Gator as the state Excellence in Agriculture winners. Shane Williams from Farm Credit made the presentation.

We’ve just celebrated Thanksgiving and reflected upon all the things we are thankful for in our lives, now we begin the Christmas season and once again focus on the most important parts of our lives. Each year at this time I am reminded how blessed we are to live in America, have our freedom and work in the field of agriculture!

Tennessee Young Farmers and Ranchers just came together for the 2012 Tennessee Young Farmers Convention in Franklin. What an amazing group of people who truly love agriculture and work hard to ensure agriculture’s future. Among several of 2012s trials, obstacles, successes and joys, Tennessee Young Farmers are still at their best.

Convention kicked off Saturday evening with county Powerpoint presentations, the Outstanding Young Woman Contest, a performance from the Tennessee YF&R Choir. Sunday began with the Discussion Meet Contest, district meetings, elections of new state committee and a new YF&R chairman. As usual when the Tennessee Young Farmers get together we have so much fun, but the delegates also took care of business as we prepared for 2013. Sunday evening, young farmers gathered for their annual

banquet to honor all of 2012s award winners, the top five county YF&R chapters and listen to Brandon Whitt bestow a few remarks as he retired as the 2012 chairman. What an amazing weekend!

Talk about amazing, the Tennessee YF&R Choir did an outstanding job performing at convention. What a talented group of individuals who volunteered to share their talents. I look forward to hearing them sing again at the American Farm Bureau Annual Meeting.

The 2013 American Farm Bureau Convention comes to Nashville this January. Your Tennessee YF&R Committee hopes to see you there!

Let’s give everyone a real Tennessee welcome! How exciting it will be to have our Tennessee Young Farmers competing in contests in their home state. Go Tennessee Young Farmers and Ranchers!

February 8-11, we will have AFBF YF&R Leadership Conference in Phoenix. Then the Tennessee YF&R Leadership Conference will be in Franklin February 22-23, so mark your calendar and register for these events, we want to see you there.

Remember, get involved and let’s move agriculture forward for 2013 and beyond! t

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

State Young Farmers of the Year receive prize - This year’s YF&R Achievement Award winners Josh and Julieanna Ogle from Lincoln County received their Case IH tractor at a ceremony on their farm. They will compete for national honors in January at the American Farm Bureau convention in Nashville.

The 2013 State Young Farmer and Rancher State Committee:

Elissa McLerran, Clay County; A.J. Teal, Coffee County; Casey Sivert, Hawkins County; Russell West, Clay County; Beth Burns, Bledsoe County; Brett Sivert, Hawkins County; Christy Grills, Dyer County; Jeremiah Hollingsworth, Dyer County; Jay Head, Montgomery County; Amy Taylor, Lincoln County; Jimmy McAlister, Chairman, Greene County.

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2012 TFBF Convention Highlights

TFBF President Lacy Upchurch addresses business session delegates.

Gov. Bill Haslam greets Farm Bureau voting delegates.

Speaker of the House Beth Harwell gave remarks during the banquet.

Carole Willis from Coffee County is the new District 3 Women’s Committee representative.

Stewart County voting delegate and TFBF board member Charlie Hancock studies resolutions adopted during this year’s Business Session.

Former TFBF Field Director Hugh Adams was the featured speaker at this year’s Memorial Service where he got to meet up with some familiar faces.

This year’s Market Square trade show offered opportunities for attendees to network and get the latest information from agriculture industry partners.

As part of the Memorial Service, the Tennessee Young Farmers Choir performed several musical numbers.

TFBF Women’s Committee top seven county winners.

The Red River Boys reunited once again to thrill the attendees at the annual TFBF banquet.

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Five leaders receive Distinguished Service Award For 91 years the Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation has continued to lead the effort in promoting and protecting rural life and agriculture. And at the heart of that effort has been our volunteer leaders. And during the Farm Bureau annual meeting five more outstanding individuals were recognized with the Distinguished Service Award who have dedicated themselves to Farm Bureau and their communities.

Gerald Davis Gerald Douglas Davis was born on April 2, 1940, the oldest of five children to Hershel and Wylodean Barker Davis. His parents were sharecroppers and he has been on the farm in Gibson County his whole life.

Gerald attended elementary school in the Good Luck community and then went through the tenth grade at Rutherford. At 17, he was looking for new adventures away from the farm and Gibson County, so he decided to join the Navy. He spent four years in the service, mostly aboard the USS Navarro where he took part in several operations in the Pacific. In 1959, while back home on leave he became more interested in a childhood friend, Linda Joyce Bobo.

The Davis’ were married as soon as he was discharged from the Navy in June of 1961. They soon started their family of three children; today they enjoy their 10 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.

Mr. Davis always enjoyed mechanic work, and after training in the Navy on diesel engines, he worked for several years at a local tractor dealership before opening his own shop on the farm in 1974. He helped repair local farm equipment during the day and at night he farmed his row crops and livestock. He retired in 2005, and his son and now a grandson are following his footsteps with the garage.

Mr. Davis has always attended Antioch Methodist Church. His ancestors helped to establish the church back in 1840 and it’s where many of his family members are buried. Mr. Davis has served in almost all positions in the church and still teaches youth Sunday school. He’s also been active in the community with the Good Luck Community Center, he’s a charter member of the Rutherford Jaycees, he’s been serving on the Gibson County Highway Commission for over twenty years and it was in 1975 when they became active with Young Farmers & Homemakers and thus Farm Bureau.

Together the Davis’ have made quite a team in Farm Bureau and their work with and support of the Ag in the Classroom program has been an example for all. Mrs. Davis served for many years as women’s chairman in the county and then on the state women’s committee before she became the first woman in Tennessee elected to serve on the state Farm Bureau board of directors. Mr. Davis has been a member of Farm Bureau for 48 years and has served on the county board of directors for 37 years, holding the office of vice-president and then later president for ten years.

E.D. Barnes E.D. Barnes was born the fifth of eight children to Eulan Douglas and Della Carr Barnes in April 1929. As the first boy born to the family, E.D. learned early on what life on the farm was all about.

The Barnes family farmed until 1941, when Tennessee Valley Authority purchased all of the river bottom land in north Stewart County for the damming of the Tennessee River, which included almost all of the land the Barnes family owned.

Mr. Barnes attended Bird’s Creek School, a one room schoolhouse until TVA bought more land in the area and the school had to be moved. He then went to Blue Springs School until he graduated from the 8th grade. He continued to help his father in the commercial fishing operation until he was 18. That’s when he moved to Illinois to work at Caterpillar for a couple of years, but with the country at war, in February of 1951 he was drafted into the army. It was on leave from basic training when he came back home to Stewart County to marry his childhood sweetheart, the former Naomi Sue Nance.

After two years in the army, Master Sergeant Barnes would return to the Land Between the Lakes, where he joined his wife’s family farming operation, which consisted of 450 acres of timber, cattle, dark fired and burley tobacco, corn, wheat and some hay.

The Barnes’ purchased 80 acres adjoining the Nance’s property and E.D. farmed there until 1967, that’s when TVA forced another move on the family in the expansion of the Land Between the Lakes. In 1963, Mr. Barnes applied for a job with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and was the first one hired to the 9,500 acre wildlife refuge at Cross Creeks in eastern Stewart County. For the next 26 years he was in charge of the 3,000 acres of farmland and law enforcement. During this time, E.D. and Sue had three children and now enjoy two grandchildren. It was through his wife’s parents and friends he became involved in the Farm Bureau.

Mr. Barnes has been a member of Farm Bureau for 47 years, more than 37 of those as a member of the board of directors in Stewart County. He has also been very active in the community – serving 16 years with the livestock association, 10 years on the school board and 35 years on the soil conservation

board where he served as both treasurer and chairman. The Barnes’ have always been active in their church, Taylor Chapel Methodist.

Hollis Pope Hollis Pope was the third of four children born to Andrew Hershel and Virgie Mae Walker Pope September 24, 1928. The Pope family settled in the Sequatchie Valley in the early 1800s.

Mr. Pope attended grade school at Sunnyside Elementary and went on to graduate from Bledsoe County High School in 1947. After graduation, Mr. Pope continued working on the farm and soon had his eye on the former Patricia Johnson of Sequatchie County.

The Popes married on December 19, 1953. They had one son and now enjoy two grandchildren who represent the seventh generation on the farm.

Mr. Pope continued building his farming operation and became active in the community, serving for several years as president of the Sunnyside Community Organization, 32 years as a director of the Bledsoe County Coop, a long-time member of the Tennessee Cattlemen’s Association and he served as foreman of the Bledsoe County Grand Jury for 17 years, and his family has always been strong leaders in the Bledsoe County Farm Bureau.

Mr. Pope’s father was a charter member of the Bledsoe County Farm Bureau and served as president for 16 years. Mr. Pope served on the board of directors for 23 years, 22 of those as president. He’s also been recognized by the county with the Lifetime Agricultural Service award. And since his wedding day, he’s been a member of the Dunlap First Baptist Church.

W.D. White Walter David White was the youngest of three children born to Floyd Monroe and Bertha Holladay White on June 28, 1928. His father was a fireman who farmed on the side and his mother worked at the telephone company until she married.

Mr. White attended Shady Grove Elementary school and then graduated from White County High School in 1946. He remained on the farm after graduation, helping his father with the cattle and hog operation. He started a dairy business in the ‘50s with his brother-in-law, where they milked around 80

cows. He retired from that in 1996, and throughout all his years on the farm he had cattle and still owns the same 300 acres where he now farms Angus cattle and wheat. Throughout his life, his family was close friends with the Luna family, and it was through them he would find his lifelong partner, the former Ruth C. Luna.

The Whites were married on February 2, 1969 and W.D. would continue farming and it was in the early 60s he would join the Farm Bureau. Mr. White has been involved in the White County Farm Bureau nearly fifty years, 36 of those as a board member and 13 of those as vice president. He’s also been active in other organizations including the White County Farmers Coop, where he was on the board and served as secretary for 18 years; and the Soil Conservation Service board for 30 years, serving the last 10 as president. The Whites have always been active in church. Mr. White attends Shady Grove United Methodist Church, where he spent 18 years helping with the youth group and serving as assistant superintendent.

Virginia Breeding Virginia Breeding was born the middle of five children to James Henry and Orpha Elizabeth Moyers Hedrick on March 30, 1934. Both her parents farmed, her father was a Grade A dairy manager and she has fond memories of growing up on the farm.

Virginia attended a one room school house at Macedonia until it closed and then attended Holt School before going to Morristown/Hamblen High School. After she married Andy Cawood Breeding on June 2, 1949, she became a student in home economics at UT. The Breedings milked for 25 years before Mr. Breeding would switch completely to raising Black Angus cattle and hay. They raised their two children on the farm and now enjoy visits from their 3 grandchildren. Mrs. Breeding began her work in the Hamblen County School system in 1969 where she spent the next 27 years as manager of food services for two schools. Throughout her life, she’s been dedicated to church, since her marriage she’s been attending Russellville Baptist, where one of her special talents and joys is playing the piano and organ.

Besides her church work, Mrs. Breeding has been very active in the community. She volunteers at the election commission office in Morristown; is a member of the home demonstration club where she has been secretary, president and lady of the year; the Ladies Reading Circle; a 4-H leader and works with the Young Farmers & Ranchers; and for more than 60 years, Mrs. Breeding has been a mainstay at the Hamblen County Farm Bureau.

Mrs. Breeding has been on the board of directors for more than 20 years, leading the Farm Bureau Women as chairman for the past 18 years and her tireless dedication to the Agriculture in the Classroom program through the school system, Farm Days and Outdoor Classroom Gardens is legendary. t

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UT Ag student places second in FFA national public speaking contest

New Master Nursery Program gives unique edge to growers Tennessee nursery crop growers are gaining insight into how to enhance their operations and improve their sustainability through a new partnership program led by the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.

Forty-seven nursery producers from the heart of Tennessee’s nursery industry, Warren and surrounding counties, are taking part in the Tennessee Master Nursery Program.

An additional seven producers in Jackson and the East Tennessee area are participating through a webinar.

The industry they represent is a driver in the state’s economy. According to the most recent Tennessee agricultural census, taken in 2007, the state’s nursery enterprises brought in $325 million in cash receipts from farm marketing.

The Tennessee Master Nursery Program consists of six weekly training sessions featuring a number of international experts in various aspects of nursery production, family farm planning, and marketing and economics.

“This program is unique. It’s not offered anywhere else in the U.S.,” says Amy Fulcher, who is coordinating the program. Fulcher is an assistant professor in the UT Institute of Agriculture’s Plant Sciences Department. She holds expertise in sustainable ornamental plant production and landscape management.

“We’re extremely fortunate to have received a $47,000 specialty crop block grant from the Tennessee Department of Agriculture, which enabled us to develop a live and online TMNP program. TDA’s financial support is allowing us to bring worldclass experts to Tennessee to help our growers strengthen the economic and environmental sustainability of their businesses,” Fulcher said.

TDA’s commitment to the program extends to offering eligibility for a 50-percent cost share to producers who successfully complete the course. The cost share is through the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program, whose matching funds allow producers to maximize farm profits, adapt to changing market situations, improve operation safety, increase farm efficiency and make positive economic impacts in their communities.

Fulcher cites the purchase of irrigation systems as a potential use of TAEP funding. “These systems offer improved irrigation capability, which allows growers to increase crop survival, enhance plant quality and

reduce the production cycle duration,” Fulcher said. New sprayers and greenhouses are other examples of improvements being planned by program participants.

Tennessee Master Nursery Program participant Beth Blankenship operates Blankenship Farms in McMinnville. “I’ve learned a lot,” she says. “There’s a lot of value about what it’s teaching me about irrigation and information that will help us with cost savings and labor savings.”

Blankenship says the program is also helping her be proactive in addressing issues that may become subject to regulation later. “With this knowledge, I can go ahead and implement processes now that will help our operation later on when regulations may change.”

Among the experts Tennessee growers have access to are Sarah White, an assistant professor specializing in remediation science at Clemson University; Jim Owen, an assistant professor at Virginia Tech with expertise in irrigation, substrates and production technology; and Brian Jackson, an assistant professor focusing on container substrates at North Carolina State University. Specialists from Tennessee are also sharing their knowledge with participants.

In 2013, the Tennessee Master Nursery Program will be offered online through the website tnmasternursery. com. The online training is expected to become available next summer.

Fulcher says she hopes that the live Tennessee Master Nursery Program training will occur again next year in other locations in the state.

“This is truly a multi-partner project,” Fulcher says. “Developing a program of this magnitude wouldn’t have been possible without a team approach.” Members of the Tennessee Master Nursery Program Committee include UT Extension specialists Mark Halcomb, Frank Hale and Alan Windham, representing areas of nursery crops, entomology and plant pathology; UT Grundy County Extension agent Creig Kimbro; Tennessee State University Extension area specialist Adam Blalock, an authority on nursery crops; TSU research associate professor and entomologist Jason Oliver; and Donna Fare, USDA research horticulturist.

To learn more, contact Fulcher at afulcher@utk.edu or at 865-974-7152 or visit the Tennessee Master Nursery Program website at www. tnmasternursery.com. t

Many college freshmen are concerned with grades, weekend football games and parties. But 18-year-old Mitch Baker is also focused on feeding the world today and decades from now.

Baker is a freshman at the University of Tennessee’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, just beginning coursework in his major of agricultural leadership, education and communications. He is a native of Baxter in Putnam County, a graduate of Upperman High School, and has been a member of FFA since the 9th grade. He served as president of the Baxter FFA Chapter and state secretary for the Tennessee FFA Association.

Baker recently placed second in the National FFA Prepared Public Speaking Career Development Event, held at the organization’s national meeting in Indianapolis. More than 50,000 young men and women from all 50 states attended. Baker won the right to represent the Volunteer State by winning the state FFA public speaking competition this past spring. In Indianapolis, he competed against the top speaker from each state through a three-round elimination process. Each speaker gave an eight-minute speech followed by five minutes of questions from judges. Over 7,000 young people began this competition more than a year ago.

“It’s such an honor and a privilege to represent Tennessee and UT in this competition,” Mitch says. “Everyone here was willing to help me prepare for the event. I had conversations with professors, researchers and other students – anybody willing to talk about food security. UT is supportive of sending students to these competitions and played a role in my success.”

Baker’s speech was titled “The Great Food Crisis,” and involved topics such as global food production, agricultural research, population trends

and food security. It is projected that the world population will top nine billion in 2050, and agricultural research will be needed regarding how to feed that many people with the same amount of land.

“The main reason I chose this speech is this is an issue that affects the entire world,” Mitch says. “We have 1.6 billion people living on about one dollar a day, and yet we’re giving this so little attention here in America. This is a story that needs to be told.”

“In preparation for this event, Mitch spent countless hours with industry folks at Farm Bureau headquarters and with UT faculty,” says Phillip Baker, Mitch’s dad, who works with Farm Bureau Insurance in Cookeville. “He did a tremendous amount of research on his own and in conjunction with UT research professors. He’s probably as well informed as any college freshman can be on this subject,” Phillip Baker says.

Baker also received praise from administrators at UT. “I first heard Mitch deliver his speech in a private audience with Dr. Joe DiPietro,” says Dr. Caula Beyl, Dean of CASNR. “Mitch asked for an opportunity to give the speech and obtain feedback, and Dr. Joe – true to his agriculture roots and real connection with students – agreed to hear him and ask questions. Mitch is a dynamic speaker and embodies a real passion for his topic that cannot help but resonate with his audience.

We are truly proud of him and happy that he represents CASNR so well,” Dr. Beyl said.

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Extension offers tips to avoid weight gain during the holidays If you’re a typical American, you’ll weigh one pound more on January 2, 2013, than you did November 21, 2012. On average, we gain a pound during the holiday season when we come face-to-face with many desserts, candies and treats. One pound doesn’t sound like a big deal, but what if you don’t lose that pound? Or the one you gained last year, or the one you’ll gain next year, and on and on?

“Holiday weight gain accumulated over a lifetime can lead to obesity. A pound a year for 30 years is 30 extra pounds,” says Dr. Betty Greer, a family and Consumer Sciences expert with University of Tennessee Extension.

Obesity rates in Tennessee have actually dropped slightly in recent years, but still, nearly one-third of our

population is obese, and a great many more people are overweight. Greer believes holiday eating – and people being stuck indoors in winter with little opportunity to exercise – contributes to the obesity rate.

Greer is among the UT Extension experts offering advice this holiday season about healthy eating and avoiding weight gain. For starters, Greer says make better food choices.

That’s not easy to do with so many sugary treats and goodies around, but there are filling alternatives that can be tasty. “One tip is to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables daily. Fruits and vegetables typically don’t contain a lot of calories unless prepared with added fat or sugar,” Greer says.

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Beef Cattle Outlook

Tennessee’s Agri-Events Tennessee Pork Producers Association hosts annual activities, Jan. 22-23

By Andrew P. Griffith Assistant Professor Agricultural and Resource Economics

Where have all the cows gone?

Over the past few years, it has become evident across this state that fewer fields have cows grazing in them. It is also noticeable that fields with cows have fewer cows. This is not just apparent in Tennessee, but across most of the nation. Tennessee beef cow breeding inventory declined 4 percent (40,000 cows) from 2011 to 2012 and 12 percent since 2006. Similarly, the U.S. beef cow breeding inventory decreased 3.1 percent (967,000 cows) from 2011 to 2012 and 8.6 percent since 2006, and there are a couple of factors affecting inventory.

There were expectations by most in the cattle industry that herd expansion would occur in 2012. It was expected that producers would develop more heifers and not cull the herd as deep to capitalize on higher feeder cattle prices in future years.

However, drought struck large portions of the nation drastically affecting beef cattle herd expansion and what was thought would be a record setting corn crop. The drought forced many producers to cull cows very deep and others to completely liquidate the herd during the summer months.

Over 3 percent of the decline in beef cow breeding inventory from 2011 to 2012 occurred in Texas and Oklahoma due to severe drought conditions and the conditions in 2012 were not very favorable for two of the largest cattle producing states in the nation.

Another factor pressuring beef cow herd expansion is crop prices. As crop prices for corn, soybeans, wheat, etc. increase relative to crop production input prices, so do the number of acres in crop production. Increased crop prices have resulted in lower yielding land being placed in crop production which was likely used as hay ground or for grazing livestock.

Higher feed grain prices not only affect land use in the cattle industry, but it also influences cost in the feeder industry as cattle are grown to slaughter weight. The short-run effect of

high grain prices in the cattle industry is increased feed costs. However, as more land is planted to grains then the supply of feed grains should increase resulting in lower feed grain prices in the longer-run.

What does this mean for the future of the cattle industry in the U.S. and Tennessee? It is likely U.S. beef cow inventory will have decreased over the past 12 months by 2 to 3 percent, but the expectation is once again herd expansion for 2013. It is also likely Tennessee beef cattle inventory will have declined during 2012, but how much of that was due to drought or to crop production capturing land use is yet to be determined.

Given some degree of normalcy in weather patterns in 2013, heifer retention will increase. With already low cattle inventory, it would be presumed the feeder cattle supply would be reduced which increases feeder cattle prices. Compounding the effects of low inventory on feeder cattle supply is heifer retention. As more heifers are retained in the short-run, even fewer feeder cattle are made available to the feedlot which again should have a positive impact on feeder cattle prices.

In the long-run, increasing breeding inventory will eventually increase the feeder cattle supply and put downward pressure on prices, but that is not likely to happen for a couple more years.

The short and simple of the matter is supply and demand drive all markets including the cattle market. The supply of cattle seems to be the larger issue as we witness cattle producers attempting to grow the herd, but being thwarted by weather/environmental issues. Supply of inputs, such as corn and soybean meal, is also limiting the cattle industry. In general, as feed prices increase then feedlots look to purchase feeder cattle at lower prices and/or look to market fed cattle to packers at a higher price. The only thing that is constant in the cattle industry is that things are constantly changing. t

Workshops set for small acreage farming Landowners and transitional farmers looking to turn their small acreage into profits should make plans to attend a two-day course designed to help them learn how to best utilize their land and other resources.

The “Developing Successful Small Farm Enterprises” course will be at the Middle Tennessee Research and Education Center in Spring Hill on Feb. 25-26, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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$50 per person if registered prior to February 1, 2013. Registration after that date is $60 per person. Preregistration is required as enrollment is limited. The registration fee includes workshop materials, sessions and lunch each day.

Registration forms and information are available by calling 931-375-5301 or by emailing jccampbell@utk.edu. You may also visit online at www.utextension.utk.edu/managecamp. t

All Tennessee pork producers who pay into the Pork Checkoff are stakeholders in the Tennessee Pork Producers Association and are encouraged to attend the TPPA Annual Meeting on Tuesday, January 22, 2013. At 3:00 p.m. Lou Nave, executive director of the Farm Animal Care Coalition of Tennessee (FACCT) will update the group on current FACCT activities at the state level. The presentation will be at the Doubletree Hotel Boardroom in Murfreesboro. Annual meeting attendees will vote on plans for the upcoming year. The agenda will include review of the 2012 TPPA Pork Checkoff financial statement and programs, discussion on Pork Checkoff activities for 2013 and election of the TPPA Executive Committee. The Executive Committee will then elect officers during the meeting. If you are a pork producer and interested in serving as a candidate for the Executive Committee, please contact the TPPA office at 615-274-6533.

The Taste of Elegance Chefs’ Competition also takes place on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013. Chefs present new pork entrées to a panel of judges in this activity. The winner is invited to participate in the National Taste of

Elegance experience which includes a trip to the Napa Valley Culinary Institute in California. This pork promotion highlights new ways for chefs to include pork cuts on the menus of America’s restaurants. The reception for invited guests begins at 5:30 p.m.

Activities for youth in the market hog project will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 22-23, 2013 as a part of the annual TPPA activities.

The state Junior Market Hog Show takes place Wednesday, Jan. 23 at the Tennessee Livestock Center on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University. Youth are invited to participate in the poster (4th-5th grades) or photo (6th-12th grades) pork promotion “just for fun” contests. The state 4-H office and county 4-H offices have complete information about these activities.

The pork industry trade show will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 23 beginning at 8:00 a.m. All are invited to come and watch the Junior Market Hog Show and visit with those involved in Tennessee’s pork industry – 465 hogs are entered in the show with 236 youth from 30 counties scheduled to exhibit.

For any questions on the above activities, please contact the TPPA office at 615-274-6533. t

Farmer’s market boot camps for 2013 For many producers, selling their produce and farm-based products at local farmers markets is, pardon the pun, their bread and butter.

To help vendors better understand how to market their produce and how to address certain business issues, the University of Tennessee Center for Profitable Agriculture and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture are offering farmers market “boot camps” in February and March 2013.

Many of the sessions are designed to help vendors understand marketing techniques that can help make their booths more profitable. For example, the boot camps will include presentations and discussions on effective signage, understanding and connecting with customers and the subtle messaging involved through word and wardrobe choices.

On the business management side, discussions will center on understanding sales tax requirements and exemptions, expanding sales through market-wide electronic payments and insurance applications and limitations.

Workshops will also feature time for attendees to interact with other market vendors and with scheduled speakers.

Organizers of the boot camps emphasize that the sessions will focus on issues for farmers market vendors. Production-related sessions are not planned for these training

opportunities. Educational sessions for producers, farmers market managers and board members are available as part of the Tennessee Horticultural Expo. For details, see the expo website www.tnthe.com The day-long sessions are free to attend and sessions are scheduled in each of the state’s grand divisions.

The entire program will be repeated in each location, so there is no need to attend multiple workshops. Boot camps are scheduled for the following locations and dates: Bolivar, February 11; Dresden, February 12; Cookeville, February 18; Spring Hill, February 19; Knoxville, March 4; Kingsport, March 5.

The workshops will begin with registration at 9 a.m. local time and teaching sessions will begin promptly at 9:30. The workshops will conclude around 2:30 p.m. Complete details can be found online at the Center for Profitable Agriculture website: https:// ag.tennessee.edu/cpa/ Note that pre-registration is required at least five days prior to the workshop. Please pre-register by contacting Nancy Austin in the UT Food Science and Technology Department at naustin@utk.edu or 865-974-7717.

When registering, please provide your: name, phone number and e-mail address. Due to space limitations, registration is limited to 50 participants at the Kingsport location. t

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Begins on page 10 UT Extension works with the Tennessee Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics dietitian Marilyn Holmes adds to Greer’s advice about holiday food choices. “Choose red, orange and darkgreen vegetables like tomatoes, sweet potatoes and broccoli along with other vegetables for your meals,” Holmes says.

“Limit fat and sugar during food preparation to avoid extra calories.”

Greer says it might be okay to have a treat or two here and there during the holidays if people would just stay or become more active. Exercise can take many forms, she says. “Find

fun ways to stay active with family and friends such as dancing to your favorite holiday music or organizing activities like scavenger hunts and walks. If already in the routine of exercising regularly, don’t take a break just because it’s the holidays. In fact, you might add a few extra minutes to your workout this time of year.”

Other tips from Greer include: • Don’t go to holiday parties hungry. Eat something healthy before the party to help resist overeating sweets.

• Eat more low-calorie foods. These foods are also typically more filling, helping you avoid a sugar craving.

www.tnfarmbureau.org • If it’s okay with the host, bring a low-calorie dish to a party. This guarantees at least one “safe” food choice.

• Control your portions.

Moderation is a key with sweets, but it’s also important with all foods.

• Don’t “hang out” by the table or in the kitchen. Avoidance is a good strategy to prevent overeating. If you’re not around it, you can’t eat it.

• Limit alcohol consumption.

Alcohol increases your appetite and lowers your inhibitions, which could make you susceptible to unhealthy eating. If you do drink alcohol, also drink water to avoid dehydration.

• Practice using substitute recipes. Try the following lower fat recipe substitutes: Instead of one whole egg, use two egg whites. Instead of regular sour cream, use low-fat plain yogurt or low-fat sour cream. Instead of whole milk, use skim milk or 1% or 2% milk.

Ice cream can be replaced by frozen yogurt, and cheeses come in low-fat varieties as well.

Put things in perspective, urges Greer. “Enjoy the holidays by centering your entertainment around non-food events like watching movies, ice skating or touring holiday displays,” she recommends. t

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Classified Ads Birds

Beefmaster

Limousin

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

FOR SALE: Limousin bulls and heifers - black, red, polled and homozygous black. Riverside Valley Farm, Hohenwald, TN, 931-628-6730 FOR SALE: Limousin Bulls and Heifers Black, Homozygous black, Homozygous polled.

Prichard Limousin Farm, Brush Creek, TN 615-6838310 www.prichardlimousinfarm.com Limousin Bulls: Registered Purebred Bulls, Heifers.

Proven Predigrees, Balanced EPD’s. Easy Calving, Super Gentle Seedstock. Dreamtime Limousin Farm, Mosheim, TN 423-422-6099

Poultry

Santa Gertrudis

Game Birds

Charolais Registered Charolais Bulls Service Age. The Quality Charolais Place. Punkin Center Farm.

Crossville, TN 931-788-2159 600 lb Charolais, Black Angus Cross Heifers.

Woodbury, 615-563-8996

DOUBLE-POLLED gentle Santa Gertrudis, registered 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

Chiangus Chiangus bulls and heifers. 865-856-3947

Shorthorn

Gelbvieh Black Balancer Bulls. Polled Gentle TAEP Qualified.

865-310-7973 cdkid@msn.com FOR SALE: Gelbvieh & Balancer Bulls, Heifers - black, polled, excellent bloodlines, gentle disposition, TAEP qualified. 931-433-6132; cell 931625-7219

Hereford (Polled) 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

Jersey Reg. Jersey 1st & 2nd lactation cows DHIA tested.

Sunbow Jerseys, sunbow@wk.net Cottage Grove, TN 38224 731-782-3463

Registered, Red, Polled Shorthorn bulls by our calving ease, low birth wt. Jake’s Proud Jazz, son.

Double C Farm. Charles Curtis & Family Rickman, TN 931-260-1596

Horses

For Sale Miniature Donkeys Jacks. Also small mules 9 months & up. Call 615-446-6816 or 615-477-9533

Goats & Sheep

For Sale: Purebred Kiko goats. 931-987-2826 Culleoka, TN GOAT/SHEEP SALE: 2nd & 4th Monday.

Tennessee Livestock Producers, Columbia, TN. 931-212-9962; 931-982-9086

Hogs

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

9th Annual Genetic Excellence Angus Bull Sale

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 Quail, Pheasants, Mallard Ducks, Flight Conditioned. 731-695-1231

Bobwhite Quail, weather-conditioned, flightpen raised, available now. Taking orders for chicks 2013. NPIP certified, Lawrenceburg, TN Keith Daniel 931-762-6369; C.W. Brown 931-762-7275

Exotic & Other Birds CANARIES $75-$100 731-934-4119 Phoenix, Lakenvelder, Chickens, Swans, Pigeons, Peafowls, Ornamental Pheasants, Woodducks, Mandarin, Pintailduck. Woodbury 615-563-8996

Dogs

Australian Cattle Dogs “Heelers” AKC Pet Show Quality blues, reds. 423-626-7519 relindsey2@ yahoo.com; www.lindseysrockytopacd.com; www.lindseysrockytopkennel.com Border Collie Pups Registered Excellent Stock dogs and pets. Also three older males $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 Registered Black Mouth Curs Bred to Tree Squirrel, Coon and Bay Hogs. Shots and Wormed, Call Paulus Shelby 731-423-8781 Registered Mt. Curs Bred to Tree Squirrel and coon, shots and wormed. $150 to $200 Call Paulus Shelby 731-423-8781

Plants

Grasses

Saturday, January 5, 2013 12 Noon Hyder-Burks Agriculture Pavilion Tennessee Tech University Cookeville, TN

Selling 100 Registered Angus Bulls Average EPD’s Of Bulls Selling CED +6, BW +2.3, WW +53, YW +97, MILK +27 Sons of these breed greats sell!

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

Hay & Straw SAV 004 Density 4336

WMR Timeless 458

Boyd New Day 8005

Also Sons Of:

SAV Pioneer 7301 SAV Bismarck 5682 SAV Final Answer 0035 SAV Mustang 9134 TC Aberdeen 759 Connealy Thunder Connealy Mentor 7374

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 Good quality Orchard Grass Mix square bales $3.75 per bale, Crossville area. Day: 931-397-6792; 931-397-6790 Night: 931-863-4791 Hay For Sale 4x5 Rolls, $35/bale. 423-506-3959

Vegetables & Fruits

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. 01-07

Lawn & Garden

For Sale: Nursery grown Black Walnut Trees 5ft. to 8ft. High If planted on farm or wooded area might bring someone a lot of money in 15 years as Timber, cheap. 931-607-0246 Morton’s Horticultural Products, Inc. Free Catalog Greenhouses & Growers Supplies. Drip Tape, Irrigation Supplies. We Manufacture our Greenhouses.

Online Catalog - www.mortonproducts.com 800473-7753; mortonprod@blomand.net 01-05

Forestry

Panther Creek Forestry: Forestry, Timber, Wildlife Managers. Receive top timber prices. Hunting leases available - Cumberland Plateau & Land Between the Lakes. 931-474-6203; benmyers@ panthercreekforestry.net 01-12

Equipment

For Sale 10,000 gallon steel tank, in good condition. Can deliver for reasonable fee. $3,500 OBO 731-614-1033 For Sale 17,500 gallon Steel tank, 3 compartment, good condition. $4,500.00 OBO 731-614-1033 For Sale 30 KW 6cyl. white diesel generator 120 to 480 volts, single or 3 phase 2200 hours, on trailer. $6,000.00 OBO 731-614-1033 For Sale 60 KW generator, 6 cyl. Allis Chalmers diesel, 830 hours, on trailer. 120 to 480 volts single or 3 phase. Excellent condition. $12,000.00 OBO 731-614-1033 For Sale F-2 Gleaner 6cyl. diesel 731-614-1033 $3,000.00 For Sale Gleaner A- 438, black, 4 row corn header $1200. OBO 731-614-1033 For Sale Lowboy dozer bed for truck $3,000.00 OBO. 731-614-1033 For Sale Woodmizer Sawmill LT40 Super Hydraulic 40hp diesel. $17,000.00 731-614-1033 For Sale: New Ideal Manure Spreader. Small Ground Driven model. Excellent for Horse Barn use. 800.00 Jerry Roach, Linden, 931-593-2673 Parting out - 855 NH Bailer. Chains and Bags gone. 731-614-1033

UT BULL TEST STATION SALE Thur., Jan. 24, 2013 • 12 Noon CST

Middle Tennessee Research & Education Center Spring Hill, TN

Auctioneer: Eddie Burks

Selling Approx. 75 BullS AnguS, ChArolAiS

Bulls have been developed on a high roughage ration and managed in large grass pastures. All bulls selling are A.I. Sired and qualify for TAEP Genetics cost share program. Each bull will pass a breeding soundness exam, have a negative test for Bangs, Johne’s, BLV, and BVD PI. All bulls are AMF, NHF, CAF, D2F, and/or M1F by test or parentage. Ultrasound carcass data will be collected on each bull and that data will be available sale day.

Tele-Video site at Greeneville 4-H Camp & Knoxville Livestock Center

LT Bandwagon 3105

Sitz Upward 307R

Also Selling: 100+ Commercial Angus Heifers Open heifers, bred heifers (bred to low birth weight Angus bulls), and heifers with 1st calf at side.

All heifers will have negative test for Bangs, Johne’s, BLV, and BVD PI. Richard Brown Spring Oak Farm 931-239-9785 cell rdbrown@twlakes.net

David Holt Holt Farms 931-397-1751 cell dlholt@twlakes.net

View Our Catalog @ www.angusjournal.com

Kent Brown Jared Brown & Son 931-265-9200 cell jbsangus@twlakes.net

FOR CATALOGS CONTACT: Dr. F. David Kirkpatrick 2640 Morgan Circle, B012 McCord Hall • Knoxville, TN 37996-4588 865-974-7294 • Email: fkirkpat@utk.edu Catalog & Video: http://animalscience.ag.utk.edu/ -- Junior Bull Sale to be held March 7, 2013 --

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Classified Ads Tractors & Implements

D8H Cat Dozer For Sale. Root rake and other extras. Finished Clearing 180 acre farm. Dozer is ready to work. Reduced price $29,900. Call 931788-2159 For Sale: 1 row 3 point Hitch Nursery Transplanter, good as new. $600.00 931-607-0246 Looking to buy New Holland Feed Grinder. 901734-6004

Trucks & Trailers

1989 4 W.D. truck 19,000 miles on New Motor 1000.00. Co-op Hay Fork both for 2500.00 931864-3441 Wanted: Goose Neck Flatbed Trailer with Dove Tail & Ramps, 7k axles, 20ft. If used must be in good condition. 615-598-4598

Other Equipment

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

Property

SPECIAL OFFER! Only $12 while supplies last!

Classic Farm Tractors 2013 Calendar Collector’s Edition

For a $12 donation to the Camp Woodlee YF&R Camp Fund, you will receive a 2013 Classic Farm Tractors Collector’s Edition Calendar. This calendar is 24th 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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Real Estate

Home Improvement

Double Wide Champion Mfgr Home New 3BR, 2BA, Cent H/A 12 sq. ft. To be moved to your Land $62,000 Jackson, TN 731-616-0998; 731427-4086 Easttennesseefarmsforsale.com View online listings for farms, homes, mountain land in North East Tennessee. East Tennessee Realty Services, Greeneville TN 423-639-6395 01-10 Maryville 21 acre pasture. 2 streams, 2 homes.

400K, Firm. 865-984-3247

Construction ATTENTION MOBILE HOME OWNERS: Take a punch at inflation with our super insulated roof over system by Roof King. No more leaks, never roof coat again, save $$ on heating and cooling costs, maintenance free, 100% watertight guaranteed. Call 1-800-276-0176, Roof King. 01-04

Home Security DRIVEWAY ALARMS, $209.95, 1000 feet, no wiring. TN DRIVEWAY AND DOOR CHIME CO 1-800342-9014 01-14

Vacation Rentals

Farm House - near Rock Island Park - Furnished, CHA, daily-weekly rates. 931-235-8054 www.vrbo. com/89925 01-06 GULF SHORES CONDO- 2BR, pool/beach access.

Spring $600/week, Summer $800/week, Fall $500/week. 931-296-4626 01-09 LOG CABIN RENTALS, GATLINBURG. Call Parkside Cabin Rentals 1-866-808-7715; www. parksidecabinrentals.com Old Creek Lodge, Gatlinburg. Private Balconies over Mountain Stream and Gas Fireplaces. 866418-7116 PIGEON FORGE cabins, chalets, cottages, units sleeping 1 to 36 people. Near Dollywood.

Middle Creek Rentals, 1-800-362-1897; www. mcrr93.com 01-13

Business

Insurance Stock

Buying TN Farmers Life and Assurance stock.

731-285-1424 Wanted to buy TN Farmers Life and Assurance stock. 931-381-3580

Financial Services

CASH! Holding a mortgage on property you sold? Sell it for CASH! 615-898-1400 Murfreesboro; 1-800-862-2744 nationwide 01-03

Miscellaneous

Hunting Leases

25,000 mile oil change: www.lubedealer.com/ rust 01-11 BUYING old comics and old toy collections. 615897-2573 For Sale 18 ton Feed Bin with Auger and Stainless Steel bottom, never been used priced reasonable $7,000.00 Firm.

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; 423-7158936

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Total Enclosed $_____________ Make Checks Payable to: Camp Woodlee Fund Mail Orders To: TN Farm Bureau Special Programs Dept.

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Classified Ads CURRENTLY FARMING WITH A DISABILITY? The Tennessee AgrAbility Project is a state-wide non-profit service that provides assistance to agricultural workers with disabilities. For further information, please call 731-855-7656 For Sale School Bell, Doctor Buggie, Horse anvil, Tenn. License Plates, Buggie Lap Rug. 731-446-0602 Looking for someone to come grind up feed on my farm. Alamo, TN 731-697-7360 “PLAY GOSPEL SONGS by ear!” Add chords.

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