send news release today

Propane Powered Mowers

Chuck Zimmerman

The propane powered mowers shown at Sunbelt Ag Expo got a lot of attention from farmers and other attendees. On hand to show them off was Richard Carr, National Sales Manager, EnviroGard, a division of Onyx Environmental Solutions. Richard says they manufacture their own line of mowers but also provide conversion kits for existing mowers. He says you’ll get better …

Audio, Propane, Sunbelt Ag Expo, Video

Soybeans Feeding the World

Cindy Zimmerman

The role of soybeans in helping to feed a growing world population was emphasized at the World Food Prize events in Des Moines this past week by the prominent presence of soybean industry groups like the United Soybean Board. I spoke with USB CEO John Becherer (pictured here on the right with World Food Prize Foundation president Ambassador Ken Quinn) …

Audio, Soybean, USB, World Food Prize

The Food and Fuel Story of Soy

Cindy Zimmerman

Here are a couple of ladies who are World Food Prize winners in my book. They are Victoria Carver (left) with the Iowa Soybean Association who serves on the recently created National Biodiesel Board Sustainability Task Force and Linda Funk with the Soyfoods Council and Soy For Life. I had a chance to visit with both of these lovely ladies …

Audio, Biodiesel, Soybean, World Food Prize

World Food Prize Winners Meet the Press

Cindy Zimmerman

The 2008 World Food Prize winners met the press on Thursday, which was also World Food Day. Former Senators Bob Dole and George McGovern took questions from the media on a variety of topics ranging from funding for the school lunch program, to biofuels, to the world financial situation. The two are splitting the $250,000 World Food Prize for their …

Audio, Media, World Food Prize

Soy Sponsored World Food Prize Luncheon

Cindy Zimmerman

Several soybean groups – including the United Soybean Board, Iowa Soybean Association, Soy Foods Council, WISHH, and World Soy Foundation – jointly sponsored the luncheon today at the World Food Prize symposium. There was a record crowd of more than 750 in attendance, including over 100 students participating in the WFP Youth Institute. Appropriately, the event today is held on …

Audio, Soybean, USB, World Food Prize

Grilling With Propane at Sunbelt Ag Expo

Chuck Zimmerman

There’s no question that if you grill food you’re going to attract a crowd. That’s what Joel Garrett, Garrett Grills, is doing for his second year at the Georgia Propane Gas Association building at the Sunbelt Ag Expo. I don’t think he, or the other members of the cooking crew, could cook fast enough to feed everyone but they were …

Audio, Food, Propane, Sunbelt Ag Expo, Video

Schafer Addresses Farm Foundation Conference

John Davis

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer has just finished addressing the folks attending the latest Farm Foundation’s Transition to a Bioeconomy Conference going on in St. Louis, Mo. Schafer reminded the crowd how hard the current administration has worked to promote the biofuels field in this country, and thus, how hard it had worked to help the farmers who are …

Audio, Biodiesel, Ethanol, Farm Foundation

Georgia Propane Gas Association President

Chuck Zimmerman

The President of the Georgia Propane Gas Association is Lynda Humm. She was behind the registration table for their Sunbelt Ag Expo drawings every time I came by their building. You won’t find a friendlier person in the propane industry. I thought it was interesting that her company primarily supplies propane to fork lift operators. However, she knows the value …

Audio, Propane, Sunbelt Ag Expo, Video

Participating in World Food Prize Events

Cindy Zimmerman

One of the participants in the 2008 World Food Prize symposium who caught my eye yesterday was Dr. Gale Buchanan, USDA Under Secretary for Research Education and Economics. I saw him sitting in on every session I attended, so I caught up with him for an interview about the event and what he thought. This year’s World Food Prize winners …

Audio, Biodiesel, International, Peanuts, World Food Prize