Well what do you think? Did our USTR, Robert Portman and his team do a good job? There’s an agreed upon declaration which is more progress than I think most thought would happen. You can see what the WTO website calls the “draft ministerial text.” I don’t know if it’s the final approved one or not.
President Bush And His iPod
I thought I was done for the day but I thought you might get a kick out of this. Thanks to Micro Persuasion for the link.
Valley Cams Tracker SP Remote Controlled Irrigation
Here’s news from Valmont Irrigation about a new component of their remote controlled irrigation systems. I think it’s interesting because farmers need to be pretty savvy adopters of technology to use these things and they certainly do. For example, if there’s a problem with the system:
Too Many Personalized Search Engines To Choose From
Just when I finally got my personalized Google and MyYahoo pages set up now there’s Windows Live (beta).
Reading Life After The 30-Second Spot
I promised Joe Jaffe that I’d review his book, “Life After The 30-Second Spot,” so I’m getting started. I am not going to sit down and read it cover to cover. I think I’ll take it a little at a time and comment here when I see something you might be interested in.
I just found out that TGIF All You Agrimarketing Professionals
On the road again. Heading back from Des Moines so you won’t see much until this evening or this weekend.
I really think that what the folks at NCGA Announces Yield Contest Winners
The National Corn Yield Contest Winners have been announced by the National Corn Growers Association. The winning yields range from 351 to 232 bushels per acre.
Watch & Listen To WTO Talks Via Webcasts
In case you’re really interested in what’s going on at the WTO talks in Hong Kong they are recording and webcasting many of the public sessions like news conferences and statements. They’re offering them live and archived in video and audio format and even in different languages.