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February 9, 2017

Debra Durheim

FOOD AWARENESS ...

Commemorating food awareness activities

MFB focusing on food awareness during February and March

February 9, 2017

BULLISH MARKETS ...

The breeding bull: Herd’s ultimate athlete

Condition your bulls for an all-star performance this breeding season

February 8, 2017

cover-crop

WORKSHOPS ...

Improve cover crop management

Workshops to be held in two locations to discuss cover crop challenges

February 8, 2017

MFBF Promotion and Education Committee. Pictured front row left to right: DiDi Edwards, Rachel Arneson, Debra Durheim - chair, Valerie Evje. Back row left to right, Tony Seykora, Peter Bakken, Eric Kuehl, Mark Maiers, Julie Nyhof-Marquardt and Melinda Groth. Not pictured: Rochelle Krusemark, Brian Randolph, Gary Doucette. (Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation via Facebook)

RECOGNITION ...

Leaders recognized at MFBF conference

MFBF Promotion & Education Committee presents two awards

February 8, 2017

Garlic herb pork sirloin tip roast served with roasted asparagus and steamed broccoli. (Bruce Matsunaga via Flickr)

NUTRITION ...

Pork sirloin is heart healthy

American Heart Association adds pork sirloin to Heart-Check Certified list

February 7, 2017

horse eating

HORSE DIET ...

Invitation to complete (another) survey

Extension wants to know how oats are currently being used in horse diets

February 7, 2017

The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) Committee presented two awards at the MFBF Leadership Conference, February 3-4, at the Sanford Convention Center in Bemidji. The recipients of the MFBF YF&R Golden Pitchfork Award was presented to Sarah and Miles Kuschel. The award is presented to those who are not afraid of hard work and heavy lifting. Pictured left to right are MFBF President Kevin Paap and Sarah and Miles Kuschel. (Courtesy of Minnesota Farm Bureau)

RECOGNITION ...

Young farmers recognize leaders

Over 225 MFB members from across the state attend leadership conference

February 7, 2017

CERTIFICATION ...

BQA certification now free, online, 24/7

New interactive online experience open to beef and dairy producers

February 6, 2017

The Hope House of Bemidji was the recipient of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) Leadership Conference service project led by the MFBF Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) Committee and MFBF Promotion & Education (P&E) Committee held February 3-4, at the Sanford Convention Center in Bemidji. Attendees brought in donations for the house. The Minnesota Farm Bureau (MFB) Foundation also sponsored some supply donations along with a monetary donation of $1,000. Pictured left to right are MFBF President Kevin Paap, Barbara Fisher – Hope House part-time administrator/community mental health practitioner, Stan Kimmes – Beltrami County Farm Bureau president, MFBFP&E Chair Debra Durheim and MFBF YF&R Chair Pam Uhlenkamp. ( Courtesy of Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation)

SERVICE PROJECT ...

MFBF supports Hope House

Conference attendees conduct service project for the Hope House of Bemidji

February 6, 2017

The Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation (MFBF) Young Farmers and Ranchers (YF&R) Discussion Meet was held during the Leadership Conference at the Sanford Convention Center in Bemidji on February 4. The eight semi-finalists who competed and were selected are pictured front row, left to right, Megan Roberts from Blue Earth County, DiDi Edwards from Nobles County, and Katie Winslow and Amanda Carlson from Goodhue County. Back row, left to right, Carl Sackreiter from Winona County, Angela Guentzel from LeSueur County, Kirby Schmidt from Itasca County and Nathan Roth from Wadena County. The semi-finalists will compete in the final two rounds of competition at the MFBF Annual Meeting in November. (Courtesy of Minnesota Farm Bureau)

SEMI-FINALISTS ...

YF&R Discussion Meet Semi-finalists

Contestants judged on basic knowledge of critical farm issues