Well folks, there isn’t much left of 2011! Normally, I would be indifferent towards the coming of the new year. This year, however, it feels a little bittersweet. 2011 has been such a big year!
This year we’ve experienced dangerous and impactful droughts, floods and tornadoes. Other areas have experienced hurricanes, earthquakes and fires. New governmental regulations have been raised and the threats from anti-animal and anti-conventional agriculture groups have continued.
I will not even begin to go into the global headline news we’ve seen this year. It has truly been a crazy year!
Even with these obstacles, agriculture as a whole has had a good year. Exciting things are happening and, as I’ve been told countless times, it’s an exciting time to be in agriculture.
On a personal level, I graduated high school, started gaining experience in agricultural communications and started college. It’s been a bumpy road, similar to our crazy weather situation, but it’s been a great year nonetheless.
To start 2012 out on the right foot, I’d like to share a few links:
Get an expanded edition to what I attempted to do on the right of the screen: agriculture in numbers- the big picture of agriculture this year.
And just for good measure, an editorial from Dan Murphy, a food-industry journalist and commentator, for some suggested New Year’s resolutions for meat-producers in the year 2012.
It’s been a good year, and I look forward to seeing what 2012 has to bring us! I’d say if we keep things in perspective, remember those key values and work together to stay strong, it should be another great year.
Happy New Year!
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