2007 FB Annual Meeting: Leading today. Mapping the future.
You have reached the Michigan Farm Bureau Annual Meeting Web site. Look here during the MFB Annual Meeting (Nov. 27 - 30) for the latest news and photos.
November 30, 2007 Press Releases
MFB board welcomes new young farmer; board leadership unchanged
The Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) Board of Directors has a new Young Farmer Representative;but otherwise the board is made up of familiar faces, as several directors were re-elected at last week’s MFB 88th Annual Meeting. Click for more information
Repeal of state service tax among policies MFB members approve at annual meeting
In approving organizational policy this week at the Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) 88th Annual Meeting in Grand Rapids, MFB members reinforced their opposition to the state’s new service tax by voting in favor of policy that calls for the tax to be repealed. Click for more information
November 29, 2007 Press Releases
Farm coverage earns Kalamazoo Gazette writer MFB award
Debunking the notion that city slickers won’t ever understand life on the farm, Kalamazoo Gazette reporter Rosemary Parker has proven herself to be a valuable asset to west Michigan’s agricultural community. And for that, the Otsego resident and Northville native has earned Michigan Farm Bureau’s (MFB) 2007 Agricultural Communicator of the Year Award for print media. Click for more information
MFB praises ag communication of WEYI TV meteorologist
Among the things gardeners and farmers have in common is a keen eye on the skies. Shedding light on that common ground for the benefit of viewers across the Saginaw Valley has earned WEYI 25 television meteorologist Mark Torregrossa Michigan Farm Bureau’s (MFB) 2007 Agricultural Communicator of the Year Award for broadcast media. Click for more information
MFB honors ‘Distinguished Service’ of two milk industry leaders
This year’s recipients of the Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) Distinguished Service to Agriculture (DSA) Award have nearly 70 years of combined experience between them leading Michigan milk producers through some of the dairy industry’s most dramatic changes in production and marketing. Click for more information
John Deere is cautiously optimistic about cellulosic ethanol
Implement giant John Deere is optimistic about the future of renewable energy, but in its own analysis, sees some challenges to the popular notion of producing mass quantities of ethanol from cellulose by 2015. And the company warns that demand will need to pick up pace with supply as more renewable energy is produced. Click for more information
New 4-H Excellence in Ag Award goes to Clare County volunteer
For not just reciting but demonstrating the 4-H pledge for “clearer thinking, greater loyalty, larger service and better living” in his leadership of a local 4-H club, Jim Williams, of Clare, is the first-ever winner of the new 4-H Excellence in Agriculture Award from the Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) and Michigan 4-H Youth Development. Click for more information
November 28, 2007 Press Releases
Expert says farmers must re-assert their job as food providers in animal welfare debate
Farmers do the job nobody else wants to do and that’s to look at animals as cuisine — not companions. This job of feeding people is an occupation farmers shouldn’t be ashamed of, says Wes Jamison, a University of Florida public relations researcher. Click for more information
Young Farmer contests catch rising stars in Michigan agriculture
It’s not difficult to catch a rising star in agriculture. Just ask the Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB), which has identified 16 from a wide pool of young farmers between the ages of 18 and 35. Click for more information
Discussion Meet tests young farmers in art of conversation
Thirty-three young farmers from across the state will go head-to-head in Michigan Farm Bureau’s annual (MFB) Young Farmer Discussion Meet to determine who masters the art of conversation. Click for more information
Clare County volunteer saluted as MFB Ag Promoter of Year
Whether it’s organizing field trips for youth, mingling with the non-farming public at parades, or supplying news tips to local media, Joan Rexer leaves no row un-hoed in her tireless mission to promote agriculture – even if it means time away from the beauty salon she owns. Click for more information
Huron County teacher is MFB’s Agriscience Educator of Year
Veteran agriscience teacher and FFA adviser Don Wheeler can now add the title of Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) Agriscience Educator of the Year to a long list of accolades that recognize his superior teaching and FFA leadership. Click for more information
MFB’s K-12 Educator of Year title goes to Clare County teacher
Agricultural education isn’t required for elementary students, but Tammi Lipovsky has found a way to masterfully blend important lessons about agriculture and conservation with the standard curriculum, making her a standout for the title of Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) K-12 Educator of the Year. Click for more information
MFB names Young Farmer Award winners
The results of Michigan Farm Bureau’s (MFB) popular young farmer contests are in, and four young farmers have been formally recognized for their superior agricultural involvement and leadership. Click for more information
Muskegon, Shiawassee County young farmers are tops in MFB Discussion Meet
As the winner of Michigan Farm Bureau's (MFB) 2007 Young Farmer Discussion Meet, Muskegon County fruit and vegetable farmer Allen Bonthuis has been formally recognized as a master in the art of conversation. Click for more information
November 27, 2007 Press Releases
Dowling farmer wins MFB award for innovative drain cleaner
Since devising his own high-powered “Pipe Blaster,” clogged drains are no longer a problem on Bruce Ferris’ Barry County dairy farm. Now, the dairyman-turned-inventor is being honored for his ingenuity with Michigan Farm Bureau’s (MFB) 2007 Farmer Idea Exchange Award. Click for more information
MFB finds merit in Berrien County’s GPS unit loan program
The state requires that you report the Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates of water sources on your farm, and you’re a farmer who irrigates but you don’t have a GPS unit. Are you up a creek without a paddle? Not if you’re a farmer in Berrien County! Click for more information
Shiawassee County FB wins first P&E County Excellence Award
The Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) has introduced a new Promotion and Education (P&E) County Award of Excellence and selected the Shiawassee County Farm Bureau as the first award recipient in honor of the organization’s “Ag Adventure” exhibit at the Shiawassee County Fair. Click for more information
MFB honors Oxford Christmas tree farm for being ‘evergreen’
Frank and Cathy Genovese run an “evergreen” business through and through. Not only do they grow and sell Christmas trees, but they apply environmentally friendly, or “green,” practices to nearly every facet of their Candy Cane CHRISTmas Tree Farm in Oakland County, and that includes marketing cutting-edge “living Christmas trees.” Click for more information
Isabella County president is MFB Volunteer of the Year
In recognition of her outstanding work on behalf of Isabella County’s vital agriculture industry, the Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) has honored Shepherd-area farmer Joyce Neyer with its 2007 Volunteer of the Year Award. Click for more information
2007 Pre-Meeting Press Releases
Policy, awards, education on tap for MFB 88th Annual Meeting
The spirit of Michigan Farm Bureau’s (MFB) 88th Annual Meeting is embodied in its theme, “Leading Today. Mapping the Future.,” as more than 1,000 MFB members will gather Nov. 27-30 at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel and DeVos Place in Grand Rapids and carry out these objectives in a variety of ways. Click for more information
MFB members to chew on policy issues at annual meeting
The state’s new service tax, restructuring of the state Legislature, and environmental oversight are just a few of the more than 100 issues farmers will chew on when they gather to adopt organizational policies at the Michigan Farm Bureau (MFB) 88th Annual Meeting. Click for more information
Animal welfare, farm safety, renewable energy are talk topics
Educational sessions at Michigan Farm Bureau’s (MFB) upcoming annual meeting will delve into some of the “newsiest” issues these days, renewable energy and animal welfare, as well as the timeless issue of farm safety. Click for more information
Project Rural Education Day delivers ag lessons to local youth
On Nov. 29, 1,267 third-graders from the Grand Rapids area will take a true “field” trip — one to farm fields, or as close to farm fields as the Exhibit Hall at the DeVos Place can get. Click for more information
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