BUSINESS PERSONNEL: FARMER HONORED

Larry Bock, of Gordonville, farmer, agribusiness leader, and Cape Girardeau County Commissioner, has been named "Agricultural Leader of the Year" by the Missouri Association of County Agricultural Agents, at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Bock was recognized for, "active and vocal support of local and state agriculture and the sustaining of the family farm."

The award was presented during a field day for regional specialists of Outreach and Extension at the Bradford Farm, a part of the MU Agricultural Experiment Station.

Gerald Bryan, regional agronomist at Jackson, Mo., introduced Bock and his wife, Shirley, to the group. Bock has been a leader in planning and fundraising for a new University Extension Center being built at Jackson for Cape Girardeau County. The Center is to be completed and occupied by August.

Bock has been on the county Extension Council. He has also served on county and state committees of the USDA ASCS and was on the UM President's Advisory Council for Extension in the 1980s. He has also served on the agronomy committee of the New Trends in Crop Production, the largest farmer educational event in the

area. And, he has been active in both local and state associations of corn and soybean producers.