{"id":383,"date":"2007-01-15T08:03:19","date_gmt":"2007-01-15T15:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=383"},"modified":"2007-01-15T14:33:34","modified_gmt":"2007-01-15T21:33:34","slug":"who-won-big-at-region-iii-best-of-nama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/?p=383","title":{"rendered":"Who Won Big at Region III Best of NAMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" alt=\"Region III Best of Show PR\" title=\"Region III Best of Show PR\" src=\"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/images\/reg3bos.jpg\" \/>Over 80 attendees braved  temperatures in the negative numbers to celebrate the Best of Region 3 at the  Marriott Courtyard in Moorhead, Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by the Northern Prairie  chapter of NAMA, the event honored the best work of the North Central,  Iowa, Cornbelt  and Northern Prairie Chapters. The region had 319 entries and the judging was  held in Kansas  City in November.<\/p>\n<p>Emcees, Roger Reierson, AdFarm  and Cliff Meyer, Farm &#038; Ranch Guide\/MN Farm Guide, kept the group  entertained and the show moving along.<\/p>\n<p>First and merit awards were given in  61 categories and 3 best of shows were awarded.  Best of Show Awards are as  follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Advertising<br \/>\n<\/strong>Category: Brochures,  Catalogs-directed to dealers, distributors or sales  reps<br \/>\nNational Pork  Board<br \/>\nThe  Richards Group<br \/>\n<em> The Other White  Album<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Public  Relations<br \/>\n<\/strong>Category: Customer  Events<br \/>\nMinneapolis Grain  Exchange<br \/>\nIdea  Outpost<br \/>\n<em> Minneapolis Grain Exchange  125th Anniversary Celebration<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Specialty  Categories<br \/>\nWyeth  Animal Health<br \/>\nAdculture Group  Inc.<br \/>\n<em>LeptoVax and  Duramune<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>All first and  merit winners are eligible to advance to the national competition.  Winners will  be notified by February 1 on how to advance their  entries.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to all of  the Region 3 sponsors:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Gold  Sponsors<\/strong><br \/>\nFarm &#038;  Ranch Guide\/Iowa Farmer Today\/Minnesota Farm  Guide\/Tri-State Neighbor<br \/>\nPadilla Speer  Beardsley<br \/>\nStrategic  America<\/p>\n<p><strong>Silver  Sponsors<\/strong><br \/>\nAdculture  Group, Inc.<br \/>\nAdFarm<br \/>\nBroadhead +  Co.<br \/>\nCHS  Inc.<br \/>\nFarm Progress  Companies<br \/>\nJ.L.  Farmakis<br \/>\nLearfield  Communications<br \/>\nNationwide  Agribusiness<br \/>\nOsborn &#038;  Barr Communications<br \/>\nPioneer  Hi-Bred International<br \/>\n<em>Successful  Farming<\/em>\/Agriculture Online\/<em>Living the Country  Life<\/em><br \/>\nSyngenta<br \/>\nTwo Rivers  Marketing<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bronze  Sponsors<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociations  Inc.\/CNA<br \/>\nColle+McVoy<br \/>\nJohn Deere Credit<br \/>\nMorgan&#038;Myers<br \/>\nPaulsen Marketing Communications<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 80 attendees braved temperatures in the negative numbers to celebrate the Best of Region 3 at the Marriott Courtyard in Moorhead, Minnesota. Hosted by the Northern Prairie chapter of NAMA, the event honored the best work of the North Central, Iowa, Cornbelt and Northern Prairie Chapters. The region had 319 entries and the judging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,278,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agri-marketing-conf","category-best-of-nama","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.namablog.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}