At New York Drive and Allen Avenue, a Guard member at the blockade said a man had shown him the Facebook post then ducked under the yellow police tape and ran past the guards.

Though I taped several moments on archaic iPhones and posted them to Instagram in the nascent days of mobile social media, I thought my favorites would be lost forever.

He said the government's 25-year plan would see more focus on food production, profitability and clearing planning red tape for farmers.

As a tape recording of the White House gathering demonstrated, however, the president made no such comment.

The idea was to capture the excitement of their live show direct to tape – with an audience of family and friends to stop them obsessing over the technicalities of recording.