Volume 63, Number 12 December 2011
Agriculture & Livestock Journal
The Official Publication of the Nevada Farm Bureau Federation
Nevada Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Wrap-Up... The 2011 Nevada Farm Bureau Annual Meeting was held in Fallon on November 17-19, and it was a very successful and productive annual meeting.
The annual meeting committee did a great job in planning the meeting. The committee was comprised of Nevada Farm Bureau leaders: Cindy Hardy, Jamie Perkins, Marlene Shier, Carla Pomeroy, Julie Wolf, Sonya Johnson and Nevada Farm Bureau staff.
make their own branding iron, and the start their own herd of cattle in the classroom and form allotments for grazing. “Cattle Ranching in the Classroom” also gives students a brief look at the history of ranching and the American cowboy and its relationship to today’s public land ranching.
Pre-Meeting Workshops Prior to the official start of the 2011 Nevada Farm Bureau Annual Meeting, Farm Bureau members and Churchill County school teachers were invited to participate in Ag in the Classroom workshops. Nevada Ag in the Classroom Coordinator, Dennis Hellwinkel presented “Taking Agriculture into the Classroom” and “Cattle Ranching in the Classroom.” “Taking Agriculture into the Classroom” gave Nevada Farm Bureau members the opportunity to learn how to approach teachers, school administrators, and how to engage and interact with students. The second workshop was designed for both Nevada Farm Bureau members and for Churchill County teachers. “Cattle Ranching in the Classroom” is a fun, educational lesson for all students. This workshop allows students to learn how read and create brands,
Nevada AITC Coordinator Dennis Hellwinkel presenting “Cattle Ranching in the Classroom.”
Featured Speaker and Workshop Dick Wittman was selected to speak and hold a workshop during the annual meeting. Wittman started the annual meeting off with a kickoff address at the Churchill County Museum on November 17. Continued on Page 2
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Wittman’s Keynote Address “Taking Inventory of Your Management Processes – Principles in Intergenerational Transfer” was delivered to Farm Bureau members. On November 18, Wittman held a breakout session titled “Strategies for Implementing Professional Farm Management in the Family Business.” The breakout session case study workshop was fun, interactive, and hands on. Sue Van Patton’s Churchill High School Culinary Class catered the Thursday evening meal at the museum. The meal was great and it gave the high school kids the opportunity to hone their skills.
Policy Nevada Farm Bureau is driven by the policy created by members. The main reason for an annual meeting is to create policy. Nevada Farm Bureau policy affects not only farmers and ranchers, but all Nevadans. Included in the mailing of this Agriculture & Livestock Journal is a copy of the 2012 Nevada Farm Bureau policy with all the revisions that were voted on during the annual meeting. Nevada Farm Bureau has also submitted two policy recommendations to the American Farm Bureau Federation Resolutions Committee. The committee will meet to discuss submitted policy from state Farm Bureaus. After the Resolutions Committee meets, approved policy will be sent to the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting to be voted on. Policy Nevada Farm Bureau submitted pertains to Animal Care and Ag in the Classroom. YF&R Discussion Meet
Dick Wittman Speaking to Farm Bureau members at the Churchill County Museum.
The YF&R Discussion Meet was held on November 18 and included nine participants, an increase from last year. This year the participants were: Irene Barlow,
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Kaley Sproul, George Pomeroy, Jasmine Dulgar, Charles Mathews, William Mathews, Dann Mathews, Hannah Hardy, and Kevin Smith. Cash prizes are given to the top four competitors. Those prizes are $500, $250, $100, and $50. In addition to cash prizes, the overall winner also had the opportunity to represent Nevada Farm Bureau at the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii or the National YF&R Discussion Meet in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The winner of the 2011 Nevada Farm Bureau Discussion Meet was Irene Barlow of Logandale. Irene won $500 and will represent Nevada at the American Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Honolulu. Charles Mathews placed 2nd, Dann Mathews placed 3rd, and Kaley Sproul placed 4th. Congratulations to all the contestants. We hope you participate again next year!
Conference. The winner to the 2012 trip was once again Bevan Lister. Back-to-back winner! Congratulations to Bevan and JoAnn! Tours Nevada Farm Bureau members were treated to three great tours. Members visited Desert Oasis Teff, Liberty Jersey Farm, and Churchill Vineyards. Carla Pomeroy made the arrangements for the tours. Nevada Farm Bureau would like to thank Valerie Christoph for arranging a bus for the tour. Logos Christian Academy in Fallon donated the bus for the tours and Mark Roberson volunteered to drive to bus. Video Contest The 2011 NVFB Women’s Leadership Video Contest had two entries this year. One entry for the Young Farmer & Rancher category and one for the Senior Division. Each video won $100 from Nevada Farm Bureau and $100 from Clark County Farm Bureau. The videos can be viewed at www.youtube.com/ nvfbvideocontest. During the Women’s Leadership Committee Meeting, they decided that in addition to a video contest, they will be unveiling a photo contest for 2012. Stay tuned for more information. Silent Auction
Discussion Meet winner Irene Barlow (L) and Nevada Farm Bureau YF&R Chair Jamie Perkins (R) during the 2011 Nevada Farm Bureau Annual Meeting.
Incentive Trip This year at our annual meeting, Nevada Farm Bureau gave away a trip to the 2012 American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting taking place in Honolulu, Hawaii. The trip includes airfare, hotel, and registration to the annual meeting. Last year Bevan and JoAnn Lister won the incentive trip and traveled to Orlando, Florida for the American Farm Bureau Federation National Leadership
Many individuals and county Farm Bureaus contributed items to this year’s annual silent auction. There were a number of great items with proceeds benefiting the Nevada Heritage Foundation, Young Farmers & Ranchers, and Women’s Leadership Committee. This year more than $1600 was raised to support those programs. Thanks for the county’s and individuals who donated items, and congratulations to everyone who participated in the auction. 2012 Annual Meeting? We had an excellent meeting this year in Fallon, with a great turnout, great food, and great company. Next year’s annual meeting location has yet to be determined, but several county leaders have expressed interest in having it in their county. We hope that you will join us next year!
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Farm Bureau Perspectives By: James “Hank” Combs
Annual Meeting Recap & A Look Forward to 2012 I hope everyone had a happy and safe Thanksgiving, and that you said a special thank you to all the farmers that provided the food for your feast. If it was anything like our family meal, those farmers raise way too much food because we had plenty and it took us three days to eat all the leftovers. The 2011 Nevada Farm Bureau Annual Meeting has come and gone, and I have to say the meeting was extremely educational, fun, and productive. Fallon was a great venue and Churchill County Farm Bureau did a great job in working with the state office in coordinating the convention. Churchill County Farm Bureau President Sonya Johnson along with District Director Carla Pomeroy and board member Julie Wolf did a fantastic job. They arranged the tours, worked with the caterers, and reached out to bring in volunteer help to assist with the convention. I would like to thank all of our members for electing me to my 7th term as President. It is an honor and privilege to serve all of Nevada’s farmers and ranchers. Delegates also elected our 2012 state officers. Paul Mathews of Panaca, NV was re-elected as Vice President and Carla Pomeroy of Fallon was re-elected as District Director. Women’s Leadership Committee chairman, Cindy Hardy of Logandale was re-elected as was committee vice chairman Marlene Shier of Winnemucca. I would like to thank our annual meeting sponsors. We had generous support from Ott’s Farm Equipment, Big R, Walco International, Schroeder Law Offices, Napa Auto Parts, and Virgil and Pat Getto. I would also like to thank our partners who helped make our convention even better, COUNTRY Financial, Farm Bureau Bank, Champion Chevrolet, and Range Magazine. Nevada Farm Bureau Policy As I mentioned in last month’s article, Nevada Farm Bureau is organized for you, to protect your way of life
and business. The main premise of an annual meeting is developing policy that helps you and your farming/ranching operations. This year voting delegates voted on policy regarding water, public lands, immigration, taxes, and government regulations. To view Nevada Farm Bureau policy visit our policy website at http://policy. nvfb.org. Delegates also voted on policy that will be sent to the American Farm Bureau Federation. We have submitted two policy recommendations to the American Farm Bureau Federation Resolutions Committee. I sit on the AFBF Resolutions Committee and will attend the committee meeting in Washington, D.C. on December 14 and 15. The policy we are submitting amends American Farm Bureau Federation Education Policy #150, pertaining to Ag in the Classroom. The second policy adds to American Farm Bureau Federation Policy #301 “Animal Care”. Looking Forward 2012 is shaping up to be a great year for Nevada Farm Bureau. Our Board of Directors will continue working on our organizational goals that we revised last year. Also for 2012 we will be implementing a Political Action Committee (PAC). We have a number of people interested in implementing and participating in a PAC. We are also looking at changing the time of the year that we develop policy at the county Farm Bureau level. To make policy development more accessible to our members, we are looking at changing the policy development to the winter months. We will keep you upto-date on those changes.
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During the Discussion Meet in Hawaii, Irene will have a chance to compete for a either a 2012 Chevrolet Silverado or 2012 GMC Sierra Truck. She will also compete with Discussion Meet winners from across the nation. Good Luck Irene, we will be cheering you on!!
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By: Jamie Perkins, Chair This was my fifth time attending the Nevada Farm Bureau Annual Meeting. This was also my 5th year being involved in some way with the Young Farmer and Rancher Discussion Meet. And, I have to say that it just keeps getting better. The state meeting as a whole was great. The first year I was involved in the annual meeting was also the year I competed in the Discussion Meet. That year only two of us actually showed up to compete, we had to beg the other three to participate. We have worked to grow since then, and this year was our biggest yet—with nine competitors. Not only that, but for the past four years, we have generally had at least four FFA state officers come to compete, and this year there was only one involved—not that we don’t love them, but it is great to see that our reach is extending out into the field of more young farmers and ranchers in Nevada.
And a big thanks to all who were willing to give it a shot, many were competing for the first time and had never even seen a Discussion Meet in action. Of course, there are also cash prizes for the winners; so, it’s definitely worth a try. Thanks to our judges and other room helpers who make the Discussion Meet happen. It is a great contest, but also a great way to teach our younger generation how to run a successful board meeting while learning about hot topics in the agriculture industry. If you are interested or know someone who is, next year’s topics will be out in a few months!
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This year’s competition had a great final round, with competitors: Kaley Sproul, our State FFA officer who is also from Clark County (4th), Dann Mathews of Lincoln (3rd), Charles Mathews of Washoe (2nd), and Irene Barlow, also of Clark (1st). This is also the first time in three years that we did not have a collegiate winner, so, Irene will go on to compete at the AFBF Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii next month. Irene’s trip to Hawaii is sponsored by COUNTRY Financial.
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Dust Regulations are Blowin’ in the Wind Dust is a fact of life in rural areas, from driving on unpaved roads, to plowing farm fields and moving cattle from one location to the next. Recently dust has even made its way to Washington, D.C. Coming under attack by activists, it has been made the focus of congressional hearings and legislation. Rural dust is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency, but a bill currently pending in Congress would remove naturally occurring dust from EPA oversight and out of the bull’s-eye of activist groups. A Dust Up Dust is no stranger to farmers and ranchers. In some parts of the country, like the arid West and Southwest, it’s as much a part of the ranch as the livestock and hay. Rural dust is regulated through the Clean Air Act’s National Ambient Standard. Areas, like in California and Arizona, that have a tough time meeting this EPA standard, are required to take further measures to reduce dust. But, unfortunately, a recent petition to EPA by activists has stirred up a dust storm in Washington. The activist group WildEarth Guardians has targeted 15 areas in the U.S. as being in violation of EPA’s dust standard. The group has given EPA 90 days to find the areas in violation of the law or it will take the agency to court. EPA’s standard serves to protect public health, and consequently focuses monitoring to larger population centers. Yet, of the 15 areas that WildEarth Guardians are targeting, nine have populations with less than 20,000 people. The group wants EPA to clamp down on dust in areas like Parachute (pop. 1,006), Pagosa Springs (pop. 1,591) and Lamar (pop. 8,659), all in Colorado. These are hardly the population centers in which these standards are meant to focus. By trying to meet additional regulations, these areas will literally have to limit driving on unpaved roads and plowing in fields, while hoping the rain falls and the wind doesn’t blow. Failure could result in loss of federal highway funds, among other consequences. Bite the Dust Currently, rural dust regulations are blowing in the wind, with many trying to determine which direction they may take. The Farm Bureau-supported Dust Regulation Prevention Act (H.R. 1633 in the House and S. 1528 in the Senate) would help eliminate uncertainty of regulation once and for all. The legislation would remove naturally occurring dust in rural areas from EPA oversight unless scientific evidence can establish a causal link between rural dust and health effects. EPA admits that scientific evidence at best only “suggests” possible short-term health effects from rural dust, and further admits there is “inconclusive” evidence to show any long-term effects. Most importantly, passage of the bill would also give certainty to farmers and ranchers that activities, which are natural and integral parts of their farms, are not unduly restricted. They would be protected from being regulated as a result of blowing wind or a lack of rainfall or any other conditions from Mother Nature, over which they have no control.
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