Greg & Lei Gunthorp wrote:
>
> We just got back home from the weekend of a lifetime. I had mentioned
> earlier that we were finalists in the Farm Bureau Young Farmer
> Achievement contest. Perhaps I shouldn't have sent this across the
> lists but I'm still pretty shocked. I had promised a lot of people
> that I would let them know if we won the truck or not. Well not only
> were we lucky enough to win the years free use of a dodge 4X4 pickup
> but I also won the discussion meet! I won $2000 worth of computer
> equipment for the discussion meet. I figured our 100 acre farm was
> about 4900 acres and 5 million short on debt to win a Farm Bureau
> Young Farmer Achievement contest. The discussion meet topics were
> cloning, urban sprawl, large/small farms, and the changing
> demographics of Farm Bureau membership. I made it through the first
> three rounds and then I got to discuss my thoughts on the changing
> demographics of Farm Bureau membership in front of about 1900 farm
> bureau members. It was very exciting to talk about family values,
> strong rural communities and the need for long term solutions to a
> Farm Bureau crowd. If anyone has any ideas on the cloning, urban
> sprawl, large/small farms, and the changing demographics of FB
> membership I would like to hear them. At the next level the prize is
> a truck only they don't take it back after a year. The achievement
> award is a 4X4 Dodge extended cab dually and an artic cat 4 wheeler.
> I'd really like that 4-wheeler and the cash equivalent of that truck
> would be awful nice!
>
> We won't come back to reality until Wednesday morning when we sell 10
> cent pigs. The finals of the national discussion meet and achievement
> award will be at the AFBF convention in Albequerque, NM on January
> 9-12.
>
> Best wishes and happy holidays,
> Greg Gunthorp,
> Free range hog farmer
> LaGrange, Indiana
> hey4hogs@kuntrynet.com
> visit our farm at www.grassfarmer.com
>
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