Behind the Scenes
Congratulations Bob Meyer!!
It is not easy to surprise Bob Meyer! Several people (mostly his wife Coni) had been working behind the scenes to find a way to get Bob to the farm show in Marshfield, Wisconsin yesterday where the Marshfield Chamber of Commerce wanted to surprise him with the Central Wisconsin Agri-Business Committee 2012 Friend of Agriculture. Here’s Bob’s story:
I was presented the Marshfield Area Chamber of Commerce “2012 Friend of Agriculture” award today. TOTAL surprise and totally set-up. The mall down the street has their annual farm show going on today and tomorrow, yesterday the County Extension agent called to say he wanted to do an interview re: a seminar he has coming up and asked if we could meet at the farm show today to do it. I get to the farm show, there stands Coni and my daughter, Carrie. Coni had told me she was going to be in Marshfield for an appointment and was meeting Carrie for lunch….I asked why they were standing there…”We are waiting to get into the restaurant”. Meanwhile the county agent is nowhere to be seen….I’m standing there…talking to Coni, Carrie, a few other people. The MACCI Executive Director gets on the P.A. to welcome people to the farm show…blah…blah…blah…starts to talk about their annual Friend of Agriculture award…starts reading about the individual…gets to “the youngest of 9”…….WHAT?
The following article from Wisconsin Ag Connection sums it all up:
Farm Broadcaster Bob Meyer Honored by Marshfield Ag Group
A longtime Wisconsin farm broadcaster has been honored by the Central Wisconsin Agri-Business Committee as its 2012 Friend of Agriculture recipient.
Bob Meyer, who is the morning announcer for WDLB Radio in Marshfield, was presented with the award on Wednesday during a surprise ceremony at the Shoppes at Wood Ridge annual farm show.
Meyer is the Wisconsin correspondent for Brownfield Ag News, a radio network that features agricultural programming to over 300 radio stations throughout the Midwest. He is also the announcer at the Central Wisconsin Draft Horse Show each year and served as the media chair for Clark County Farm Technology Days in 2005.
The Central Wisconsin Agri-Business Committee is a part of the Marshfield Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The group also presented awards to several of the area’s top high school seniors for their work in agriculture.
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Congrats Bob!
Congratulations again Bob! It is such an honor to work with the cream of the crop when it comes to farm broadcasters!