Shipping crisis snarls ag exports
Delays lead to increased costs

As congestion at ocean ports along the West Coast has continued, Alexis Jacobson has seen her schedule thrown into chaos.
Jacobson is the international sales manager for BOSSCO Trading, a company based in Tangent, Oregon that sells grass straw from farms around the Willamette Valley to customers in Japan and South Korea. The straw is used as feed for beef and dairy cattle.
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Assessing Legislation’s Impact on Your Family Farm Business

New legislation is being introduced in Congress or state legislatures. How do you get beyond the political sound bites and screaming headlines to understand what that legislation will truly mean for your family’s farm business?
Introducing Kallie Epperson
1. Role at FFB: Ag Loan Marketing
 
2. Family: Mitchell (fiance) and Ema (stepdaughter)
 
3. Education: I have a B.B.A., emphasis in Marketing, from Southern Arkansas University and I am currently finishing my M.B.A. degree.
 
4. Hobbies: I love being on the water in the summer, going to the lake or river, and fishing. I also love to decorate.
 
5. What is your favorite thing about working at FFB?
I have been able to learn new things. I didn't grow up farming, but I have learned there are so many aspects to farming and it is way larger than I believed it to be.
 
6. Do you have an unknown talent?
I can twirl a baton, even two batons! I was a majorette through school.
 
7. Favorite place you have visited?
I would say Cancun, Mexico. I love going to the beach where I can get a tan and relax, although the feeling of coming home is the best!
 
8. What is one thing you would like to learn more about?
I would love to learn more about plants and gardening. The land we live on is dry soil, so I would love to learn how to cultivate and make it more beautiful.
 
9. Words you live by or funny stories about you
I am creative and I tend to be absent-minded, this leads to many funny stories, too many to pick one.

I try to live by the Bible.
My favorite verse is "Be still, and know that I am God," Psalm 46:10.
Check out Kallie's favorite desert recipe
Four-Layer Delight

First Layer: 1 cup flour
          1/2 cup nuts
         1 stick oleo

Melt oleo and pour over flour and nuts. Mix well and spread into 9x11 pan.
Bake 15 minutes at 375. Cool completely

Second Layer:

Cream 8 oz. cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, and 1 cup Cool Whip.
Spread on cooled crust.

Third Layer:

1 pkg. chocolate instant pudding (any flavor can be used) add 1 and 3/4 cup milk. Blend and pour over second layer.

Fourth Layer:

Top with remaining Cool Whip and sprinkle with nuts. Chill and serve.
(9 oz. container of cool whip is needed)
Plan Now for Improving “Winter” Damaged Pastures
Check out all of your options available to help pasture paddocks to recover and become productive grazing paddocks again.

Roads and highways aren’t the only things that have suffered from a winter that’s alternated between sub-freezing temperatures, and abundant rainfall on top of already saturated surfaces. As spring quickly approaches, pastures and paddocks that served as cattle feeding areas this winter are a sea of pocked up mud.
Come See Us!
We plan on attending the following shows and hope to see you there!

Farm & Ranch Show Schedule 2022:
  • August 2-4: Minnesota Farmfest in Redwood County, MN
  • September 20-22: Farm Science Review in London, OH