“There will be all kinds of vendors — parts vendors, antique stuff, toy vendors and a couple of guys selling tires for antique equipment,” said Barry Maury, vendors coordinator for the show. “We’ve been getting a few more vendors about every show,” Maury said. “We have people coming from at least 15 states, including Florida, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Nebraska and Tennessee.”

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It’s planting season at Farm Bureau — policy planting season, that is. The soil is primed and ready. Some of you have already planted policies at your county and state levels. For others, the policy development process is about to begin. This is one of the most exciting times in Farm Bureau. It is truly our grassroots organization in action: You, the Farm Bureau member, telling your county, state and national organizations what issues are affecting your farm. The process begins with each of you speaking up, and then all of us joining in to make our voices heard for American agriculture.

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As soybeans continue maturing and move into pod-filling stages, growers should be on the lookout for symptoms of brown stem rot and sudden death syndrome. Understanding diseases that are plaguing your fields now is the first step toward prevention. Sudden Death Syndrome: Sudden death syndrome of soybeans is a soil-borne fungal disease cause by Fusarium virguliforme. This fungal infection begins to affect the plant early in the growing season; however, foliar symptoms of SDS typically do not appear until beginning pod and later growth stages.

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