The Farm Post eNews

Friday eNews from the Pike and Scott County Farm Bureaus
 

JULY 22, 2016
TV Ads feature local farmers
Our Farm Bureaus had some television ads produced this month. They will air on Quincy television as part of a Tri-State ad campaign sponsored by area Farm Bureaus.
 
The ads featuring Jim Koeller and Ted Hartman are the result of the Pike County Farm Bureau's water quality grant from the Illinois Farm Bureau. The Thomas Family and Wayne Brown ad will be expanded and used in the St. Louis Science Center's "GROW" agriculture exhibit.
 
The ads are on YouTube and we've posted them on our Facebook page (Two Rivers Farm Bureau).
 
 
EPA Threatens Energy Security
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The Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to reduce the amount of renewable fuels that must be blended into the nation's gasoline supply strikes a blow to conventional ethanol production and dampens the prospects for further development of advanced biofuels, Farm Bureau said in comments recently submitted to the agency.

Renewable fuels have been a tremendous success story for the nation as a whole-reducing the country's dependence on foreign crude oil, decreasing air pollution, increasing farm incomes and providing good paying jobs in rural America.

FBNews article 
Save on Polaris with your membership
The new 2016 Polaris BRUTUS offers new enhancements and attachments that improve productivity, versatility and comfort. A new landplane attachment allows operators to grade, level and aerate soil. Watch the demonstration video to see how. Also new is an ergonomic joystick that allows easy control of attachments.
CCA award nominations open
Illinois Farm Bureau and the Illinois Certified Crop Adviser Board are seeking nominees for the Illinois Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) Award. The online nomination deadline is Sept. 30.

The award recognizes an individual who has performed superior service for his or her farmer clients in nutrient management, soil and water management, integrated pest management and crop production. The CCA award is designed to recognize a crop adviser who delivers exceptional customer service, is highly innovative and a leader in crop advising. Eligible candidates must be certified in Illinois.

A completed nomination must include a nomination form and at least one letter of recommendation form. Applications will be accepted only online this year by 4 p.m. Sept. 30. Find forms by visiting (ilfb.org/iccaaward).
What do POTUS candidates know about ag?
What do the 2016 presidential candidates know about agriculture? Democrat Hillary Clinton attended school in Park Ridge, Illinois, where the general headquarters of AFBF once was located. Chances are she wasn't aware of Farm Bureau or farm issues as a young person.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump feels at home in Manhattan where he negotiated real estate deals-that's the borough of New York City, not Manhattan, Kansas. He was criticized by a primary opponent for having "New York values." New York State has thousands of farms producing a wide variety of agricultural products on about a quarter of the state's land, so the value of agriculture must not be overlooked in the Empire State.

Focus on Ag column and audio
AFBF's Election 16 on line
AFBF's Election16.fb.org website offers rural voters resources and information on the upcoming November elections. The website gives rural voters an informative look at everything from the campaign for president to local issues. Featuring on option to select a state, the website personalizes voting information for users.

Cody Lyon, director of advocacy & political affairs at AFBF, explains in Tuesday's Newsline that the website gives rural voters the information they need to make an informed decision in November.
TODAY IN HISTORY
JULY 22, 1796
CLEVELAND, OHIO
FOUNDED
On July 22, 1796, a surveying party led by Moses Cleavland surveys the town, Cleveland that recently hosted the 2016 Republican National Convention, was named after him.
  
Moses Cleaveland (1754-1806) was born and raised in Connecticut. After studying law at Yale College, he served as a General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Moses was a shareholder in the Connecticut Land Company which purchased land in the Western Reserve, or New Connecticut.

This involvement led Moses Cleaveland on an expedition into the Ohio wilderness. He was responsible for surveying the land as well as negotiating land rights with the Indians living there. The Indians who initially challenged the surveying party's right to be on the land received livestock, whiskey, and various trinkets from Cleaveland in exchange for an assurance of safety.

On July 22, 1796, Moses arrived at the mouth of the Cuyahoga River and decided that the land just to the east of it would be the capital of the new territory. His surveyors laid out a town, including a 10-acre Public Square, on the high bluffs overlooking Lake Erie and the winding Cuyahoga.

Cleaveland and most of his men returned to Connecticut in October, having laid out towns and plots all across the territory east of the Cuyahoga River. 
 
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