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Trump Talks Up Farmers in Iowa

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President Donald Trump celebrated the passage of his One Big Beautiful Bill and touted his plans for the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding next year with an address at the Iowa State Fairgrounds focused on farmers. “This bill rescues over two million family farms from the so-called estate tax or the death tax. In other words, before Trump, you …

Audio, Exports, Farming, labor

ZimmCast 748 – Preview of 2025 Ag Media Summit

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Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. Let’s get a preview of the 2025 Agricultural Media Summit with Shelia Grobosky, BioZyme, and AMS Steering Committee Chair and LPC President. It’s all about meetings, keynote and general sessions, breakouts, InfoExpo, awards, ACT student members, sponsors and more. Listen to the episode here: (15:05) That’s the ZimmCast for now. Please let us know …

Ag Media Summit, Agribusiness, Audio, Media, ZimmCast

Alltech Releases 2024 Sustainability Report

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Alltech’s newly-released 2024 Sustainability Report highlights progress toward emissions reduction, champions agriculture’s role in building resilient food systems “Our vision of Working Together for a Planet of Plenty® recognizes that thriving farms and food businesses are essential for a more sustainable planet,” said Dr. Mark Lyons, president and CEO of Alltech. “When producers are equipped to succeed — to be …

AgWired Animal, Alltech, Audio, Cattle Industry Conference, Livestock

Farmers and Ranchers Join Trump for Tax Relief

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Representatives of the nation’s farmers and ranchers were front and center Thursday at a White House event urging Congress to pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and deliver tax relief. President Donald Trump welcomed National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Past-President Kevin Kester from California and Virginia Cattlemen’s Association member Jeb Cullipher to represent those in the agriculture industry who will …

AgWired Animal, Audio, NCBA

Preview 2025 Tech Hub LIVE

Cindy Zimmerman

The fifth annual Tech Hub LIVE Conference and Expo returns to the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines July 21-23 with the theme “TECH THAT WORKS: Driving Efficiencies for Retailer Success and Farmer Resilience.” Powered by the CropLife Media Group™, in partnership with the Global AgTech Initiative and AgriBusiness Global brands, Tech Hub LIVE continues to grow as the industry’s …

ag retailers, Agribusiness, AgWired Precision, Audio, Events, Tech Hub LIVE, Technology

ZimmCast 747 – Preview of 2025 IFAJ Congress

Chuck Zimmerman

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. In this program we’re going to get a preview of the 2025 IFAJ Congress which will be held in Nairobi, Kenya, October 15–18. After our preview I’m going to add a most recent example of how you can make your news release talk. More at the end. So, let’s get started. I have Steve …

Ag Groups, Audio, IFAJ, International, Media, ZimmCast

Performance Nutrition Expands Urea Phosphite Technology

Cindy Zimmerman

Performance Nutrition has expanded its Prudent line of urea phosphite-based fertilizers with the commercial launch of two new products now available through Performance Nutrition’s distribution partners throughout the United States. PRUDENT AG and PRUDENT SI expand upon Performance Nutrition’s urea phosphite technology platform that provides superior phosphite mobility for better root and foliar absorption, improved resilience and abiotic stress tolerance, …

AgWired Precision, Audio, Crop Protection, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture

Preview of 2025 AgGateway Mid-Year Mtg.

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s time for the Mid-Year Meeting of AgGateway. To get a preview I talked with Brent Kemp, President/CEO, AgGateway. In 2025, AgGateway is celebrating 20 years of active engagement with leading agriculture companies in the pursuit of seamless digital connectivity and interoperability across the value chain. We welcome all industry stakeholders to join us for three days of learning and …

AgGateway, Audio, Precision Agriculture

MAHA Creates Concerns for Farmers

Cindy Zimmerman

President Donald Trump’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission issued its first report on childhood health Thursday, creating concerns in the agriculture community about what it could mean for the future of crop protection tools. Making the announcement at the White House with President Trump, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy said the report is a call to action …

Audio, Farming, Food, USDA