News

New Young Farmer Chair
Jarrod Shimp, a black angus beef farmer from Bruce Crossing will serve as the Young Farmer Chair in 2010! Welcome aboard.

Summary of 2009 Annual Meeting
The Copper Country Farm Bureau Annual Meeting was held on Saturday, October 10,2009, at the Keweenaw Bay Fire Hall. Thirty two people were present. Duane Kolpack was elected as a representative from Ontonagon County. Bob Wahmhoff was elected as a representative of Baraga County. Jim Countryman was elected as an at large member. Gary Palosaari was re-elected into the Houghton County position. Judy Szyszkoski was appointed to the P&E Committee Chair position. Click for more information

Washington Legislative Seminar
Copper Country Farm Bureau, by participating in the CORE program at Michigan Farm Bureau, is eligible to send two representatives to Washington D.C. for the Legislative Seminar. This year, Gary and Carol Saari attended. Click for more information

Lansing Legislative Seminar
Twenty four hour trip to Lansing makes a LONG day. Click for more information

Judy Szyszkoski appointed to the Michigan Farm Bureau P&E Committee
Congratulations to Judy. She will be attending her first state P&E committee meeting in the end of January. Stay tuned for a report.

Wintery weather results in good Christmas tree sales.
The Wahmhoff's have been busy with Christmas Trees at the Lake Superior Tree Farm and Nursery. Click for more information

Copper Country Farm Bureau Annual Meeting
October 11, 2008 CCFB held the county annual meeting at the Keweenaw Bay Fire Hall. Click for more information

Clifford D. Palosaari
Long time dairy farmer Clifford (Evelyn) Palosaari died on Oct. 28, 2008. Click for more information

Gierke Blueberries 2008
A steady stream of customers kept the scale busy Click for more information

Copper Country Farm Bureau Annual Meeting
Copper Country Farm Bureau's Annual Meeting for 2008 will be held on October 11th, with the registration beginning at 6:30 p.m. Click for more information

Kiwanis Family Fair at the Copper Country Mall a big hit!
Judy Szyszkoski was contacted by the Copper Country Kiwanis members organizing the event. "They said we must contact you for Farm Bureau and have you come!" Click for more information

2008 Washington Legislative Seminar
2008 Washington Legislative Seminar was attended by Sally Narhi and Carol Saari from CCFB. Click for more information

Poster Contest Winner
Third grade student Weston Sindermann was chosen the winner of the poster contest. Click for more information

Volunteers Needed
The Copper Country Mall will be holding the Kiwanis Fun Day on March 15, 2008. Copper Country Farm Bureau has been asked to participate. Click for more information

Copper Country Farm Bureau Annual Meeting
The October 13, 2007 Annual Meeting was a big success. From a delicious meal, good dialogue on the resolutions, to a crowd pleasing performance from a local 6th grade student, Courtney Clisch, and comments from Michigan Farm Bureau President Wayne Wood, the evening was very successful. Click for more information

Farm Tour suffers due to rain, but not the crops!
The Copper Country Farm Tour, held in conjunction with the Michigan Foodways exhibit from the Michigan State Museum and the Smithsonian's "Key Ingredients" took place on August 11th in partially cloudy to rainy conditions. Click for more information

Copper Country Farm Bureau Farm Tour
Saturday, August 11th, will be the date of a farm tour consisting of 5 different farms. Snowland Livestock, on the Pike River Road will feature sheep and draft horses, Rolling Acres on the North Entry Road, is a dairy farm, the Gierke Blueberry Farm is on the Klingville Road, the Lake Superior Tree Farm is on US 41 south of Chassell and the Keweenaw Berry Farm Bakery and Restaurant will be the final stop. Click for more information