Monday, March 30, 2009

YF&R Legislative Day

We only had 1 member that was able to attend the Legislative Day at the Capital. Adam Martens, our Treasurer, attended the day at the capital. He had a very informative day. If you would like to read more about the day or see the pictures taken by OFB staff, please log on to www.okfarmbureau.org .


Our next meeting is April 13. Come prepared with ideas on communtiy projects, fundraisers and speakers for future meetings. If you know of anyone interested in joining the YR&R organization, it is never too late!!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Plymouth Valley Winery

On March 10, 2009 at 5:00 PM, the Young Farmers and Ranchers group met at the Plymouth ValleY Winery to prune grape vines. This was our first fund-raiser. For four hours of our time, the owners Dennis and Elaine Flaming donated money to get our group started.

It was cold, but we had a good group show up to do the work. We pruned from about 5 to around 8:30. After the work, we were all treated to a wine tasting in the facility.

Thank you to Dennis and Elaine Flaming for the opportunity to earn money and for the wine tasting experience.

The members who were present for the event were : Chance Voth, Angie Voth, Clint and Jessica Wilcox, Daniel and Kay Koehn, and Ryan and Monica Wahl.




Electing Officers

On March 9, 2009 a group of Young Farmers and Ranchers met at the home of Ryan and Monica Wahl. We began the meeting with pizza and dessert and then began to talk about the officers that neede to be voted on. Our officers were elected with the help of Major Co Farm Bureau's county President Dennis Flaming. The officers are as follows:

President: Chance Voth

Vice-Presidnt: Corey Dayton

Secretary: Jessica Wilcox

Treasurer: Adam Martens

Board Rep: Ryan Wahl


We voted on when and where our meetings would be held. Until Farm Bureau's new building is ready, we will meet at Ryan and Monica Wahl's house (3 miles south of town on the East side) on the 2nd Monday of the month at 6:30 PM.

First fund-raiser will be March 10 at 5:00 PM at the Plymouth Valley Winery. We are giving 4 hours of our time pruning the grape vines for a very nice donation to get out group started.