Jake Putnam is interviewed by KTVB on the passage of the Farm BillBoise--With record high fuel and rising food prices, the news media is showing a lot of interest in agriculture. The gasoline / rising food price issue continues to grab headlines with few positive stories. Idaho Farm Bureau board member Terry Jones says that reporters are not going to go away and farmers need to gear up and be ready to ‘light a candle, rather than curse the darkness.’
Jones is the newest member of the Farm Bureau’s speaker bureau and says more quotable, camera-ready spokesmen are needed in all of Idaho’s counties that can talk about why food prices are rising. Reporters are looking for farmers and ranchers that they can profile in their stories and hopefully bring understanding to the issues.
“Let’s set the story straight right now,” Jones said Tuesday. “First of all we’re the only business people in America that go to the market place with hat in hand. We don’t set prices, we’ve never set prices. We live with whatever price we get, yes we are getting good prices now but our inputs are going up almost as fast as prices,” he adds. “Again, this shows a disconnect between John Q. Public and producers; they don’t understand us. We've taken each other for granted and we need to get back in contact with our people and let then know the real story.”
If you’re a farmer and want to be a spokesman contact: jputnam@idahofb.org
Jones is the newest member of the Farm Bureau’s speaker bureau and says more quotable, camera-ready spokesmen are needed in all of Idaho’s counties that can talk about why food prices are rising. Reporters are looking for farmers and ranchers that they can profile in their stories and hopefully bring understanding to the issues.
“Let’s set the story straight right now,” Jones said Tuesday. “First of all we’re the only business people in America that go to the market place with hat in hand. We don’t set prices, we’ve never set prices. We live with whatever price we get, yes we are getting good prices now but our inputs are going up almost as fast as prices,” he adds. “Again, this shows a disconnect between John Q. Public and producers; they don’t understand us. We've taken each other for granted and we need to get back in contact with our people and let then know the real story.”
If you’re a farmer and want to be a spokesman contact: jputnam@idahofb.org
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