Corn Comments Podcast with Jim Woster.
In this week’s Corn Comments Podcast, Jim Woster highlights the importance of educating folks about agriculture with this being National Ag Week. South Dakota Corn strives to inform both children and adults about agriculture in a fun and interactive way with it’s Amazing Corn Adventure trailer. Click on the link above to listen to this week’s segment.
To finish celebrating South Dakota Corn’s National Ag Week promotion, “THANKS South Dakota FARMERS” we will be giving away FREE Frozen Custard for a Year to one person at each South Dakota Culver’s location through our Facebook Page!
But time is running out to register. So be sure to visit www.facebook.com/SouthDakotaCorn by March 10th to get signed up.
The 10 winners will be announced on our Facebook page on March 19, 2012 and will receive a confirmation email message from the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council. Winners receive one free pint of Culver’s Fresh Frozen Custard each month in your choice of vanilla, chocolate or the flavor of the day at the Culver’s in the specified city.
Best of luck to you.
National Ag Week is great opportunity for agriculture, South Dakota’s number one industry to tell its story. The story of hard work and ingenuity filled with both successes and struggles. Farming has never been easy, but with the continued advancements in seed, equipment technology and farming practices the future looks brighter than ever.
With the average consumer being two, three or even four generations removed from the farm, it’s no wonder why it can be difficult for them to understand the tremendous impact agriculture has on our great state.
Think of it this way, agriculture generates 20% of our state’s economic activity with a total impact of $21 billion annually. One out of every five dollars spent was involved with agriculture.
Have you ever wondered why the economic recession wasn’t nearly as hard on South Dakota as it was on other states? Agriculture’s improving commodity markets, efficiency, production and demand have a lot to do with it. Agriculture is also a huge job creator employing more than 80,000 South Dakotans, around 10% of the state’s total population.
Part of that workforce includes our state’s 46,000 family farmers who each raise enough food to feed 155 people each year! That’s incredible when you consider that just 20 years ago, each farmer only fed 85 people on average.
Whether it’s boosting our economy or nourishing our bodies, South Dakotan’s have agriculture to thank.
Thanks South Dakota Farmers!
Corn Comments Podcast with Jim Woster.
National Ag Week is almost here and South Dakota Corn is happy to announce the “THANKS South Dakota FARMERS” promotion.
On National Ag Day, Thursday, March 8th South Dakota Corn will be giving away dishes of FREE Custard all day at each Culver’s location across South Dakota.
In addition to the free dish of custard, participants will have the opportunity to Win Free Custard for a Year through our Facebook Page! There will be a drawing for one winner at each South Dakota Culver’s location.
To Register:
1) Stop by a Culver’s location during National Ag Week March 4-10th to pick up an entry number.
2) Visit the South Dakota Corn Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/SouthDakotaCorn
3) Click on the Culver’s Giveaway tab
4) Enter your name, entry number, email and Culver’s location to enter.
You must enter by March 10, 2012. Winners will be announced on this page on March 19, 2012 and will receive a confirmation email message from the South Dakota Corn Utilization Council. Winners receive one free pint of Culver’s Fresh Frozen Custard each month in your choice of vanilla, chocolate or the flavor of the day at the Culver’s in the specified city.
National Ag Day in South Dakota is special one as we celebrate our state’s #1 industry. An industry employs 143,000 South Dakotans and produces $21 billion in annual economic activity. South Dakota is home to 46,000 producers on 31,500 farms. 98% of the farms in South Dakota are family owned and operated and each producer feeds an average of 155 people per year.
Why do we celebrate National Ag Day? Because our farmers and ranchers provide us with the safest, most abundant, highest quality, least expensive and best tasting food in the entire world. Americans spend less than 10% of their disposable income on food.
Our farmers don’t want to be thanked, but I would encourage you to do so anyways showing your appreciation for our food supply that you and I take for granted on a daily basis.
Start a conversation with someone who works in agriculture and ask questions to learn more about where our food comes from and why farmers do the things they do. A few simple questions could go a long way towards educating consumers about why American Agriculture is so great.
For planting, growing and harvesting.
For raising, feeding and producing.
For starting at sunrise and finishing at sunset.
For every missed vacation.
For loving every minute of it.
Thank a Farmer
Click here for 10 reasons to Thank a Farmer Today!
Stop out at any South Dakota Culver’s location today (Tuesday, March 15, 2011) for a FREE scoop of Fresh, Frozen Custard and the opportunity to learn more about how farmers produce the food we eat.
During the week of March 14 – 20th, we are celebrating National Ag Week by thanking farmers for all that they do, but let’s not forget what they provide us with the other 51 weeks each year. National Ag Week is to recognize that farmer who does his or her very best when providing for their animals and land they live off of.
South Dakota is dominated by agriculture and which is something we should all appreciate. Our farmers raise some of the best beef, pork and poultry in the world. Not to mention record corn and soybean crops in tough conditions.
What do you have to be thankful for?
How about the dairy men and women that milk their cows every morning and night
How about the farmers checking on their calves at 3 a.m. in the freezing cold
How about those grain farmers producing record crops that provide food, feed, fuel and fiber
So the next time your grilling a steak or eating that sweet corn, take a second to think about that farmer that has devoted his life to raising the animals and grains that helped produce not only the best tasting, but some of the safest and most inexpensive food in the world.
Another commodity being produced by our farmers is of course, ethanol. Ethanol truly is a homegrown fuel, starting with a seed and eventually being put in your gas tank while never leaving the state. Our farmers and ethanol producers are providing South Dakota with a clean-burning fuel alternative that is not only benefitting our environment, but also our economy by keeping those dollars in our state.
We do have a great amount to be thankful for, so if you come across a farmer not only during the next week, but any time of year say those two kind words…”Thank You.”
Below are some links to videos of events taking place during National Ag Week in South Dakota.
You can find South Dakota Corn everywhere. We’re talking to you—and each other—about the future of the industry that sustains us. And we have a lot to say. Be a part of the conversation.
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