Farm Wire - March 2020

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The Farm Wire

March 2020

Endorsements

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

2020 California Primary

Endorsements

Butte County Supervisor District 1 - Bill Connelly

Butte County Supervisor District 4 - Tod Kimmelshue

Butte County Supervisor District 5 - Doug Teeter

Propositions

Proposition 13 - NO

2020 Drive Thru Dinner Tickets On Sale Now!

Gridley

Wednesday, March 18th

COE Orchard Equipment

1742 State Hwy 99, Gridley

Chico

Thursday, March 19th

Valley Truck & Tractor

489 Country Drive, Chico

It’s that time of year again for the annual Butte County Farm Bureau Drive-Thru Dinners! All proceeds of the dinners benefit the Gerald M. Geiger Memorial Scholarship Fund. BCFB is very proud to be able to offer graduating seniors who plan to major in agriculture, the opportunity to apply for the Gerald M. Geiger Scholarship. Each year BCFB awards approximately $8,000 to local Butte County Seniors!

Drive-Thru Dinner tickets are $15.00 per dinner and includes BBQ tri-tip, rice, coleslaw and dessert all packaged for you to take home; you won’t even have to get out of the car. So, enjoy a night off from cooking for a great cause!

Buy Tickets Here

Pesticide Container Recycling Events

Tuesday, March 3 - South Butte County - East of Biggs

Tuesday, March 10 - Hamilton City

Now Accepting Scholarship Applications!

2020 Gerald M. Geiger

Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship is presented in memory of former Butte County Farm Bureau President, Director and member, Gerald M. Geiger. We are proud to honor Mr. Geiger's tremendous support of agricultural education with the awarding of this scholarship each year to Butte County High School Seniors.

The main requirement of this scholarship is that the recipients must pursue a college degree in agriculture. The Butte County Farm Bureau selects individuals who have shown interest in agriculture with involvement of FFA, livestock animal projects, and agriculture entrepreneurship's, all while being academically successful in the classroom.

Applications are due, in the Butte County Farm Bureau office, by Friday, March 27, 2020 at 4 pm and should be hand delivered or mailed to (postmarks will not be accepted):

Butte County Farm Bureau

Attention: 2020 Scholarship

2580 Feather River Blvd.

Oroville, CA 95965

2020 Scholarship Application

Pick up your FREE SmartWater CSI kit today!

Did You Get Your Kit?

Butte County Farm Bureau is now offering a FREE new member benefit to Agriculture members –

SmartWater CSI ^TM !

SmartWater is a forensic liquid that is uniquely coded to provide traceability when applied to objects. The quick drying invisible liquid can be applied to anything that you want to protect. Once dry, the mark can only be detected under a specific ultraviolet light used by law enforcement officials.

As a Butte County Farm Bureau Agriculture member, you will be provided a SmartWater CSI kit to help you start protecting your valuable equipment, tools, and other belongings. Getting your kit is easy – just stop by the Butte County Farm Bureau office and we can register your tube of SmartWater to you and provide you with a SmartWater kit.

Your SmartWater Kit will include:

1 tube of SmartWater that can mark as many as 50 different items.
SmartWater stickers that you can apply to tools, equipment, etc.
A 12"X18" sign that will notify others that your property is protected by SmartWater.

Once we have registered your SmartWater, you can take it home and begin applying it to your belongings on your farms and ranches. Don’t forget to post your sign in a visible place on your property so that thieves know that you are protected!

Welcome New Members!

1917 Club Business Member

Chuck Tatreau - Norcal Naturals

Calendar of Events

March

3 - Container Recycling - Biggs

5 - BCFB Board Meeting

10 - Container Recycling - Hamilton City

18 - Drive Thru Dinner Gridley

19 - Drive Thru Dinner Chico

27 - Scholarship Applications DUE

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