I just recently spoke with the Ft. Worth Stock Show and found out that they don’t have internet access availability options for the media. However, they are very aware of the growing need for this and I’m betting it will become available next year. I’m just hoping for good AT&T coverage when I’m there week after next. But it’s not …
Ag Media Summit/IFAJ Congress 2009 Registration
Registration is open for the IFAJ Congress 2009. This is a “must-attend” event for anyone in agricultural communications. I don’t care if you’re a farm broadcaster, podcaster, editor, publisher, blogger or agriblogger. You need to be there. It’s not just that there will be good professional development sessions although that’s reason enough. It’s also because this is your chance to …
Blogging The Chicago Farmers Farmland Investment Fair
I never have been able to work out a deal to blog the Chicago Farmers Farmland Investment Fair but I guess the idea got through to someone. Thanks to Rich Schell for the heads up. Chicago Farmers Offering Seminar on Using Social Media Marketing to Grow Your Business at Farmland Investment Fair! Jeff Korhan, green industry speaker, video blogger, Internet …
Government RSS Feeds For Agriculture
I”m not sure how much ag news will be fed into USA.gov but they’re doing RSS feeds now powered by NewsGator. The release claims you can get a feed for Agriculture but it looks like it’s lumped in with Environment and Energy. However, you can find other specific agriculture feeds here. The Federal government today announced the availability of breaking …
Zimfo Bytes
The Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association (FEMA) and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers announced that FEMA has endorsed the 2010 AG CONNECT Expo. The South Dakota Beef Industry Council in a joint venture with the Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative sponsored a major beef promotion in Washington D.C. at the NBC 4 Health & Fitness Expo in an effort to bring consumer …
Get Your Own YouTube Channel
Much has been made about our new President being so good at using today’s new media tools (blogging, Twitter, etc.) but how about our Pope? The Vatican has officially launched its own YouTube channel which you can find at: http://www.youtube.com/vatican. The channel is being offered in English, Spanish, Italian and German. This channel offers news coverage of the main activities …
There Are 4 More Broadheads
Dean needs more help. I think he’s too busy but up to the challenge at Broadhead+Co. “We are committed to helping our clients navigate these challenging times, and interactive promises to be a key component in this strategy,” said Dean Broadhead, President and CEO. “Our new team members bring a depth of experience and will strengthen our agency’s ability to …
Southern Blogging From Midwest Corn Growers
Cindy noticed that our friend, David Buchholz, David and Associates, is doing a little South American blogging at Midwest Corn Growers, 2009 Study Tour to South America. In this space we allow corn growers, media and others who are interested to learn what we’ve learned and experience a bit of what we experienced on a two-week study tour to Brazil …
Give The Customers Their Turn
After about 230 pictures here in Houston, I’m done. Of course that doesn’t count about 2 hours of video and audio that includes about a dozen interviews. This afternoon it was the customer’s turn to see the show in the arena and then get to ride and drive these new utility tractors and Gators. The sun was shining and I …
Novus Preparing for All Star Poultry Expo
You may have noticed the baseball-themed banner ad here on AgWired for Novus International and the International Poultry Expo, coming up next week in Atlanta. We are very pleased to have Novus sponsor our coverage of the IPE this year and Chuck recently got to chat with Novus director of product management Wendell Knehans about their plans for the event. …