Arfb 2010 convention program

The 76th Annual Convention December 1–3, 2010

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featured speak ers

Mike Beebe Governor

Randy Veach

President, ARFB

Wes Moore

Author & Army Combat Veteran 2

where to find it The Embassy Suites Hotel and Hot Springs Convention Center is located at 400 Convention Boulevard in Hot Springs.

All meetings of the board of directors will take place in the hotel; all other convention meetings will take place in the convention center, located between the Embassy Suites Hotel and the Austin Hotel.

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SH UT T L E B U S E S For your convenience, shuttle service will be available from the Arlington Hotel for all three days of the ARFB convention. Shuttle service times are as follows: • Wednesday, Dec. 1, 6:15 a.m.–6 p.m.

• Thursday, Dec. 2, 6:15 a.m.–6 p.m.

• Friday, Dec. 3, 6:15 a.m.–6 p.m.

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special events FARM BUREAU WOMEN’S LUNCHEON & COTTON FASHION SHOW: Noon, Thursday in the Hot Springs Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A. Great food and a great cotton fashion show. Tickets can be purchased at the information desk for $15 each.

YF&R DISCUSSION MEET FINALS: 12:30 p.m., Wednesday in Rooms 203–4 of the Hot Springs Convention Center. The Discussion Meet simulates a committee meeting where discussion and active participation are expected from each participant. Winner will receive use of a Kubota tractor with front-wheel assist and loader for one year, courtesy of Kubota, and the choice of a Honda 500 ATV or a Kawasaki 550 Mule, compliments of Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company. The winner also receives an expense-paid trip to the American Farm Bureau Convention in Atlanta to compete in the national discussion meet.

YF&R ACHIEVEMENT AWARD CONTEST: The winner of the competition will be announced at the Awards Program during the Thursday afternoon general session.

This program is designed to reward young farmers and ranchers (age 18 to 35) who are active in Farm Bureau and in their communities. The winner will receive a Chevrolet 1500 4x4 Crew Cab Truck, courtesy of Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company, and will represent Arkansas at the national contest in Atlanta.

AG IN THE CLASSROOM SILENT AUCTION: From 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Thursday in the Horner Hall Ballroom Lobby. Proceeds from this auction, sponsored by the ARFB Women’s Committee, will help support Ag in the Classroom programs. Items won in the auction can be picked up after 4 p.m. Thursday in the Horner Hall Ballroom Lobby.

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COUNTY GROUP PHOTOS: County group photos will be taken in the area adjacent to convention registration in the Grand Hall Lobby. Times are: 5–6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 1 and 11:45 a.m.–1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 2.

YF&R EXCELLENCE IN AGRICULTURE AWARD CONTEST: The winner of this competition will be announced at the Awards Program during the Thursday afternoon general session. This program is designed to reward young farmers and ranchers (age 18 to 35) who are active in Farm Bureau and in their communities, but who are not full-time farmers. The winner will receive a John Deere lawnmower, courtesy of John Deere Inc. and Arkansas John Deere dealers, and a John Deere 4X4 Gator, provided by Farm Credit and Arkansas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. The winner will also represent Arkansas at the national contest in Atlanta.

CARDIOVASCULAR SCREENINGS: Stroke Detection Plus, a state-of-the-art vascular screening company and Arkansas Farm Bureau ValuePlus partner, will offer its services to convention attendees in Room 103 from 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

Wednesday and 8 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Thursday. Appointments are necessary and can be made by calling 877-732-8258.

Four different tests are available. They are $45 each when purchased separately, but $99 when purchased as a package. This price is exclusive to Arkansas Farm Bureau members and is substantially discounted.

Screenings are available for: Stroke: This screening uses ultrasound imaging to scan the carotid arteries, along each side of your neck, to detect narrowing or blockages. The buildup of fatty plaque in these arteries can lead to a stroke.

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: This comprehensive screening uses ultrasound imaging to scan and measure the abdominal aortic vessel, right above your belly button, for the existence of an aneurysm that can rupture and possibly be fatal.

Peripheral Vascular Disease: This screening measures blood flow through the peripheral arteries in the arms and legs and checks for blockages from plaque.

Osteoporosis: This painless ultrasound screening measures the density of your skeletal system, looking for low or abnormal bone mass.

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w e d n e s d a y, d e c . 1 schedule of events

9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

REGISTRATION Grand Hall Lobby

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

STROKE DETECTION PLUS Room 103 (By Appointment Only)

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

DISPLAYS/SILENT AUCTION Horner Hall Ballroom Lobby

12:30 p.m.

YF&R DISCUSSION MEET Rooms 203–4

12:30 p.m.

GENERAL SESSION Horner Hall Ballroom President Randy Veach presiding PRESENTATION OF COLORS Hot Springs Veterans of Foreign Wars PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Matt Simon Chairman Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee NATIONAL ANTHEM Victoria Taylor Searcy High School FFA INVOCATION Susan Anglin Chairwoman State Women’s Committee ENTERTAINMENT Victoria Taylor ADDRESS The Honorable Mike Beebe Governor of Arkansas

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UofA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE Distinguished Service Awards AG EDUCATION Superior Teacher Awards AG-IN-THE-CLASSROOM Teacher of the Year MEMORIAL SERVICE ADDRESS Wes Moore Author and Army Combat Veteran Door Prize Drawing — must be present to win (tickets will be available until 12:30 p.m.)

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3 p.m.

ADJOURN

2:45 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

REGISTRATION Grand Hall Lobby

3:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

SPECIAL CONFERENCES Cotton — Rooms 201–2 Equine — Room 209 Environmental Issues — Room 208 Public Policy — Room 207 YF&R Discussion Meet Finals — Rooms 203–4 Mineral Issues — Room 102

4:45 p.m.

YF&R RECEPTION Room 206

5 p.m.

RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE OPEN HEARING Room 207

t h u r s d a y, d e c . 2 schedule of events

6:45 a.m. to 8 a.m.

PRESIDENTS’ AWARDS BREAKFAST Hall A

7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

SEW WITH COTTON REGISTRATION Room 209

8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

STROKE DETECTION PLUS Room 103 (By Appointment Only)

8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

REGISTRATION Grand Hall Lobby

8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

DISPLAYS/SILENT AUCTION Horner Hall Ballroom Lobby

8:15 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

SPECIAL CONFERENCES Beef Cattle — Rooms 207–8 Rice — Rooms 203–4 Wheat & Feed Grains — Rooms 201–2 Horticulture — Room 102

10:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

SPECIAL CONFERENCES Soybeans — Rooms 207–8 Poultry — Rooms 203–4 Forestry — Rooms 201–2 Health, Safety and Rural Development — Room 102

Noon

ARFB WOMEN’S COMMITTEE LUNCH/ SEW WITH COTTON FASHION SHOW Hall A

2 p.m.

GENERAL SESSION Horner Hall Ballroom Vice President Rich Hillman presiding ENTERTAINMENT Jon Dennie

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AWARDS Outstanding County Women’s Program YF&R Discussion Meet Winner YF&R Excellence in Ag Award YF&R Achievement Winner Membership Gainer Awards Membership Retention Award Farm Bureau Gold Star Awards Area Excellence Awards President’s Award ADDRESS Randy Veach President Arkansas Farm Bureau FRIENDS OF FARM BUREAU AWARDS (Invited) U.S. Representative Marion Berry U.S. Representative Mike Ross U.S. Representative John Boozman U.S. Senator Mark Pryor U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln Door Prize Drawing — must be present to win (tickets will be available until 2 p.m.)

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3:30 p.m.

ADJOURN

3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION Hall A

5:15 p.m.

CAUCUS OF VOTING DELEGATES Rooms 201, 202, 203, 204, 207, 208, 209

caucus of voting delegates Craighead Crittenden Cross

Clay Greene Independence Jackson

Baxter Benton Boone Carroll

Crawford Howard Little River North Logan

Cleburne Conway Faulkner Franklin

Arkansas Cleveland Desha

Ashley Bradley Calhoun Chicot Clark 10

District 1 — Room 201 Lee Mississippi Phillips

District 2 — Room 202 Lawrence Monroe Prairie Randolph

District 3 — Room 203 Fulton Izard Madison Marion

District 4 — Room 204 South Logan Miller Montgomery Pike

District 5 — Room 207 Garland Hot Spring Johnson Perry

District 6 — Room 208 Drew Jefferson Lincoln

District 7 — Room 209 Columbia Dallas Grant Hempstead Lafayette

Poinsett St. Francis

Sharp White Woodruff

Newton Searcy Stone Washington

Polk Scott Sebastian Sevier

Pope Van Buren Yell

Lonoke Pulaski Saline

Nevada Ouachita Union

f r i d a y, d e c . 3 schedule of events

7 a.m.

BREAKFAST FOR VOTING DELEGATES Hall A

8 a.m.

BUSINESS SESSION Horner Hall Ballroom President Randy Veach presiding Report of Credentials Committee Report of Rules Committee Introduction of Parliamentarian Caucus Reports Ewell Welch Executive Vice President Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation Election of Board Members Election of Voting Delegates to the American Farm Bureau Convention Business Report Ewell Welch Report of Nominating Committee Election of President and Vice President Discussion and Action on Resolutions ADJOURN

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Agendas for Special Conferences Wednesday, Dec. 1 Cotton ..............................................

Equine ..............................................

Environmental Issues .......................

Public Policy .....................................

Mineral Issues....................................

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Thursday, Dec. 2 Beef Cattle ........................................

Rice ...................................................

Wheat & Feed Grains .......................

Horticulture ......................................

Soybeans ...........................................

Poultry ..............................................

Forestry .............................................

Health, Safety & Rural Development ..

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3:15 – 4:45 p.m. • Wednesday, Dec. 1 Rooms 201–2

cotton 3:15 p.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks Dow Brantley, Chairman ARFB Cotton Division The Cotton Market: Where to From Here Dr. O.A. Cleveland Professor Emeritus Mississippi State University A Look at LibertyLink and WideStrike Cotton Technology Dr. Tom Barber Cotton Agronomist UofA Division of Agriculture Meeting Resistant Pigweed Head-on Dr. Ken Smith Weed Scientist UofA Division of Agriculture

4:45 p.m.

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Adjourn

3:15 – 4:45 p.m. • Wednesday, Dec. 1 Room 209

equine 3:15 p.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks Earl Pepper, Chairman ARFB Equine Division Areas of Equine Interest and Activity Dr. Mark Russell UofA Division of Agriculture Concerns Involving Veterinary Medicine and Certain Equine Treatment Practices: Practices Performed by Non-Vets Jim House Arkansas State Representative District 89 A Veterinarian’s Perspective Dr. Jess Clements, DVM Farriers’ Viewpoint John David McVay

4:45 p.m.

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Adjourn

3:15 – 4:45 p.m. • Wednesday, Dec. 1 Room 208

environmental issues 3:15 p.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks Terry Dabbs, Chairman ARFB Environmental Issues Committee Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasures (SPCC) Don Smith Senior On-Scene Coordinator Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 Questions & Answers The Keystone Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture Dr. Marty Matlock Professor UofA College of Biological & Agricultural Engineering Questions & Answers

4:45 p.m.

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Adjourn

3:15 – 4:45 p.m. • Wednesday, Dec. 1 Room 207

public policy 3:15 p.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks, Update on Food Security Task Force Vice President Rich Hillman, Chairman ARFB Food Security Task Force Update on Farm Policy Tara Smith Director of Congressional Relations American Farm Bureau Federation

4:45 p.m.

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Adjourn

3:15 – 4:45 p.m. • Wednesday, Dec. 1 Room 102

mineral issues 3:15 p.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks Jon Carroll, Chairman ARFB Board of Directors Mineral Issues Stephen C. Gardner, P.A. Attorney at Law Lawrence Bengal Director Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission Allen Fore Director of Community Relations Kinder-Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.

4:45 p.m.

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Adjourn

8:15 – 9:45 a.m. • Thursday, Dec. 2 Rooms 207–8

beef cattle 8:15 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks Billy Sharp, Chairman ARFB Beef Cattle Division Factors Affecting the Selling Price of Arkansas Calves: Results of the 2010 Auction Market Survey Dr. Tom Troxel Associate Director UofA Department of Animal Science Beef Research and Promotion: A Report on the Checkoff Program Tom Jones Secretary/Treasurer ARFB Vice Chairman Cattlemen’s Beef Board A Progress Report on the UofA Department of Animal Sciences Dr. Keith Lusby Professor and Head UofA Department of Animal Science

9:45 a.m.

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Adjourn

8:15 – 9:45 a.m. • Thursday, Dec. 2 Rooms 203–4

rice 8:15 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks Joe Christian, Chairman ARFB Rice Division The Keystone Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture Dr. Marty Matlock Professor UofA College of Biological & Agricultural Engineering 2010-2011 Miss Arkansas Rice Pesticide Application Permits: Where We Stand John Bailey Permits Branch Manager Water Division Ark. Department of Environmental Quality

9:45 a.m.

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Adjourn

8:15 – 9:45 a.m. • Thursday, Dec. 2 Rooms 201–2

wheat & feed grains 8:15 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks Terry Dabbs, Chairman ARFB Wheat & Feed Grains Division REAP Grants: Get 25 percent off Irrigation Equipment, Grain Dryers and More Bruce Everly Energy Improvement Matters Over-the-Top Weed Control for Sorghum Dickie Edmund DuPoint Crop Protection Arkansas Wheat Breeding Program Dr. Robert Bacon Head UofA Crop, Soil & Environmental Sciences Department

9:45 a.m.

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Adjourn

8:15 – 9:45 a.m. • Thursday, Dec. 2 Room 102

hor ticulture 8:15 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks Jeremy Gillam, Chairman ARFB Horticulture Division Market Maker Dr. Ron Rainey Extension Economist UofA Division of Agriculture Horticulture Crop Insurance: Programs on the Horizon Travis Johnson USDA Risk Management Agency Questions & Answers

9:45 a.m.

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Adjourn

10:15 – 11:45 a.m. • Thursday, Dec. 2 Rooms 207–8

soybeans 10:15 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks Rusty Smith, Chairman ARFB Soybean Division Roundup Ready 1 Patent Expiration Tara Smith Director Congressional Relations American Farm Bureau Federation Review of the 2010 Soybean Crop and Outlook for 2011 — Will Quality Seed Be in Short Supply?

Jeremy Ross Agronomist UofA Division of Agriculture

11:45 a.m.

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Adjourn

10:15 – 11:45 a.m. • Thursday, Dec. 2 Rooms 203–4

poultr y 10:15 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks Allen Stewart, Chairman ARFB Poultry Division Finding Grant Money for Poultry House Energy Upgrades Bruce Everly Energy Improvement Matters Confined Animal Feeding Operations: New Rules Ryan Benefield Deputy Director Ark. Department of Environmental Quality Questions & Answers

11:45 a.m.

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Adjourn

10:15 – 11:45 a.m. • Thursday, Dec. 2 Rooms 201–2

forestr y 10:15 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks Grant Pace, Chairman ARFB Forestry Division State of Arkansas Forestry John Shannon State Forester Arkansas Forestry Commission Opportunities through the BCAP Program Tony Franco Chief Price Support/Conservation District USDA Farm Service Agency

11:45 a.m.

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10:15 – 11:45 a.m. • Thursday, Dec. 2 Room 102

health, safet y and rural development 10:15 a.m.

Welcome and Opening Remarks Richard Armstrong, Chairman ARFB Health, Safety and Rural Development Committee Advanced-Practice Nursing in Arkansas Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, RN, MS Assistant Director UofA Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Planning Your Safety Day Matt Jackson ARFB Safety Coordinator Broadband Internet Education and E-communities Connect Arkansas ARHealth Networks Report

11:45 a.m.

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Adjourn

We Would like to express our AppreciAtion to the 2010 convention cosponsors: Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Company Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company of Arkansas, Inc.

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