The Farm Post eNews

Friday eNews from the Pike and Scott County Farm Bureaus
 

AUGUST 12, 2016

Legislative Supper draws crowd
Over 125 farm bureau leaders and local officials from Pike and Scott counties attended the annual Legislative Appreciation Steak Fry in Pittsfield this past Monday.

The group heard presentations from Congressman Ray LaHood, Senator Sam McCann and Representative C.D. Davidsmeyer.

Senator McCann and Representative Davidsmeyer also were presented the Illinois Farm Bureau Friend of Agriculture award at the meeting . The FOA is given to legislators who support Illinois Farm Bureau positions in the Illinois General Assembly.
New pipeline in Scott
Spire Energy has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to build a new pipeline in Scott County.

The proposed line will connect with the Rockies Express pipeline near Alsey and go through Greene and Jersey counties before crossing the Mississippi River into Missouri.

Spire will hold an informational meeting on August 16 from 5-7:30 pm in the Funk Building at the fairgrounds.

Farm Bureau will hold a meeting of member landowners at the KC Hall in Carrollton at 7:00 pm on August 23.
IFB at ISF this week
Illinois Farm Bureau's (IFB) RFD Radio Network (RFDRN) is broadcasting shows from the Illinois State Fair.

Did you catch
"RFD Today" or "Town & Country Partners" broadcasts on your favorite local radio station? If not, click on the hyperlinks to listen in.

Next week, be sure to stop by the Illinois State Fair Commodities Pavilion on the fairgrounds Monday and Tuesday for some conversations with newsmakers on the IFB stage - along with the opportunity for some great Illinois food.
Complete short IDOT survey
idot
The Illinois Department of Transportation is asking you to help them to obtain feedback on the goals of the Long Range Transportation Plan for Illinois.

Completion of the survey won't take but a couple of minutes and will help IDOT invest its resources wisely.

http://tinyurl.com/2017LRTP
The Perfect Watermelon
Watermelons are coming on strong here in the middle of August.

How do you pick a perfect watermelon?

Look for a yellow belly! A large yellow spot indicates the fruit is ripe and ready to eat.

More at NWA website.
Discounts on save on Polaris brand
The 2016 Polaris BRUTUS is now available. This year's model offers a new landplane attachment for grading, leveling and aerating soil. The 2016 models include an ergonomic joystick that provides easy control of front attachments. For a limited time, eligible Farm Bureau members in participating states can save $1,000 on a new BRUTUS vehicle.

Visit a participating Polaris dealer for details or learn more at
http://bit.ly/29eHHUB.
TODAY IN HISTORY
AUGUST 12, 1981
IBM INTROS PC

On August 12, 1981, at a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria ballroom in New York City, IBM announced the IBM Personal Computer with a price tag of $1,565 ($4,300 today).

The $1,565 price bought a system unit, a keyboard and a color/graphics capability. Options included a display, a printer, two diskette drives, extra memory, communications, game adapter and application packages including one for text processing.

The system unit was powered by an Intel 8088 microprocessor operating at speeds measured in millionths of a second. It was the size of a portable typewriter and contained 40K of read-only memory and 16K of user memory, as well as a built-in speaker for generating music.

Containing 83 keys, the keyboard was connected to the unit by a six-foot coiled cable, which meant users could rest it in their lap or on the desktop without moving the rest of the system. It also included such advanced functions for the times as a numeric keypad and 10 special keys that enabled users to write and edit text, figure accounts and store data.

Read more here.

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