Well I guess I know why Gary hasn’t been getting back to me. I’d been discussing the idea of blogging World Ag Expo with Gary Schultz who even attended the NAMA Boot Camp and my blogging class.
Podcasting Is A BusinessWeek Best Idea of 2005
BusinessWeek has announced their “best” lists for 2005. On the Best Ideas list is PODCASTING.
Talk Digger Shows Who’s Linking To You
What a day it has been at ZimmComm. I’m getting ready to hit the road again with my new little Dell notebook and it was giving me fits. In fact, it took a Norton Internet Security tech about an hour to walk me through all the steps necessary to allow Outlook to check and send email! I think I’ve got all the bugs worked out. At the same time Amy’s working on database maintenance and that created a slew of “situations.” Those have all been resolved too.
The W.T.O. & The 2007 Farm Bill
Today, the sixth annual W.T.O. Ministerial meeting gets underway in Hong Kong. On the agenda: The Doha Developmental round of trade negotiations.
This is a good time to briefly discuss some of the technical issues associated with the talks, and what these specific rules could mean for future U.S. domestic farm policy.
Although it’s easy to speak generically about “farm subsidies,” it’s very important to remember that the W.T.O. classifies subsidies into three specific categories- or “boxes.”
A Smoked Pork Loin Martini
I am very behind in posting the winner of the 6th annual Mid-Atlantic Taste of Elegance contest that was held in Baltimore, MD. The winner was James Matthew Wolff, executive chef at Innovative Gourmet Caterers, Owings Mills, Md.
WTO Hong Kong Style
The WTO Hong Kong Ministerial is about to kick off and I’m sure we’ll have some good stuff for you. To kind of get you in the mood you need to watch/listen to Mr. Lamy, the WTO Director General.
Stockton Ag Expo
This image is all I got via email but thankfully it has a website listed. It’s the Stockton Ag Expo. If you print out the “ad” you get $1 off admission and on opening day you also get a pancake breakfast!
Learn From Users On LawnCafe
This is sort of related to agriculture. Have you ever wanted to start your own lawn care business? It’s how I made money in high school. I think I mowed about a gazillion yards. I think I wore out 3 or 4 lawn mowers in the process. This is actually about really making a business out of it and LawnCafe is a website that’s all user forum baby.
DTN Hires Sally Behringer
DTN has hired Sally Behringer, yes, the Sally Behringer, as part of their agribusiness team working on advertising sales. This effectively brings their advertising sales in-house again under the capable management of Kim Lang.
Sara Wyant At WTO In Hong Kong
I wanted to go to Hong Kong but business is very, very busy and then there’s that bird flu thing . . . but Sara Wyant is there and she’s letting her subscribers to Agri-Pulse know what’s going on each day.