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ZimmCast 745 – ZimmComm News & NAMA/NAFB Interviews

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Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. In this episode I’m going to share a couple of interviews from the NAMA Agri-Marketing Conference. One is with Gardner Hatch, Executive Director, NAFB and Debbie Boyle, Vice President, Kynetic. They talk about a new NAFB listener survey. Then I have an interview with Melanie Rice, Brownfield Ag News, about becoming the new President …

Audio, Media, NAFB, NAMA, ZimmCast, ZimmComm Announcement

2025 Agri-Marketing Conference

Chuck Zimmerman

The 2025 Agri-Marketing Conference is underway. I have started some photo albums on the NAMA Flickr account. There’s one for student competition photos and one for the overall conference. 2025 Agri-Marketing Conference Photo Album 2025 Agri-Marketing Conference – Student Photo Album Today we have meetings of the NAMA Board, Chapter Leaders, a workshop, and then the party begins. We’ll have …

Ag Groups, Agencies, Agribusiness, Audio, Media, NAMA

Registration Open for 2025 Ag Media Summit

Chuck Zimmerman

Registration opened today for the Agricultural Media Summit, July 27-30, 2025 in Rogers, AR. You can find it here. Got questions? Here are some FAQs for you. Stay at the Embassy Suite Northwest Arkansas Hotel, Spa & Convention Center. THE AGRICULTURAL MEDIA SUMMIT began in 1999, and is the largest gathering of the agriculture industry’s top writers, editors, photographers, publishers …

Ag Groups, Ag Media Summit, Agencies, Media

2025 Agri-Marketing Conference Preview

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s almost time for the 2025 Agri-Marketing Conference. To get a preview of all the activities I spoke with Carrie Isaacson, Broadhead, Chair for this year’s conference. You can listen to my conversation with Carrie here: (11:06) FUEL YOUR FUTURE AT ​NAMAPALOOZA Get ready for the 2025 Agri-Marketing Conference — your front-row seat to the future of agri-marketing! This high-energy …

Agencies, Audio, NAMA

ZimmCast 744 – Agri-Pulse Summit & Ag Day

Chuck Zimmerman

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. The first day of spring started the day after the annual Agri-Pulse Ag & Food Summit and National Ag Day Activities. We have published virtual newsrooms on our AgNewsWire website and story posts on AgWired. So, in this episode I’d like to share a few of the interviews and audio from the events. I’ll …

Ag Day, Ag Groups, Agri-Pulse, Agribusiness, Audio, ZimmCast

ZimmCast 743 – Syngenta at Commodity Classic

Chuck Zimmerman

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. In this episode I’m going to share some Commodity Classic which was almost at the highest attendance ever. We were in the Mile High city of Denver, CO. The weather was mostly perfect but we did have some wind, rain and snow at the end. Next year the event will take place in San …

Ag Groups, Agribusiness, Audio, Commodity Classic, Syngenta, ZimmCast

2025 Ag Day Essay Contest Winners

Chuck Zimmerman

The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) has announced the 2025 National Ag Day video winners. The winners were chosen based on the theme: Agriculture: Why Food Security Equals National Security. The first-place winner, Tuongvy Nguyen of Saint Petersburg, Florida, receives a $1,500 prize. The second-place winner, Kristen Dallas from Las Vegas, Nevada will receive $1,000. Isabella Newell from Waltonville, Illinois …

Ag Day, Ag Groups

Beef Quality Assurance Update and Awards at CattleCon

Chuck Zimmerman

Translation of Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) materials into Spanish is underway. Veterinarians, producers, and anyone involved with worker training recognize the value of material provided in a language that the employee understands and multiple ways of providing that information, such as written, oral communication, or video. This is a major goal of the BQA program as educational resources expand. I …

Ag Groups, Audio, Beef, Beef Checkoff, NCBA