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Just doing my job

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Julie Buntjer

If it were possible to bottle up kindness, excitement and surprise, I think my bottle would be overflowing after this past week. What would I do with that bottle? Well, I’d wait until I had one of those awful days, … Continue reading →

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A candid conversation

Posted on February 1, 2010 by Julie Buntjer

I was sitting in the Atlanta, Ga., airport on Friday afternoon, sharing lunch with a Minnesota Soybean Growers Association staff member, an MSGA board member, a member of the Midwest Shippers Association and one of the ad agency representatives that … Continue reading →

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The debate over animal agriculture

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Julie Buntjer

Those of you Farm Bleat readers who also read the Daily Globe will notice a story in today’s edition regarding the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and its attack on animal agriculture. It was the subject of a … Continue reading →

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Barges and Bourbon Street

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Julie Buntjer

The Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council See For Yourself program participants arrived in Atlanta, Ga., just as the sun began to set this afternoon. After an evening of free time, we are geared up for the International Poultry Expo … Continue reading →

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The flavor of New Orleans

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Julie Buntjer

As I’m writing my blog tonight from Bourbon Street in New Orleans, La., a sidewalk musician is playing, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Certainly, it isn’t something I could ever expect to hear outside the window of my home back in … Continue reading →

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