RFA Ethanol Podcast

Dueling Press Conferences on the Road

Cindy Zimmerman

Chuck is out hunting with no internet access, I am on location covering the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit and two groups decide to have dueling telephone press conferences. What’s a blogger to do? What I did was put my cell phone on speaker and record it on to my mini Marantz. Worked out pretty well too – not all broadcast quality, …

Equipment, Ethanol, Food

Nokia To Deliver Ag Info To Mobile Phones

Chuck Zimmerman

Nokia is bringing a whole new dimension to the idea of mobile information delivery. They just announced a plan to bring agricultural information and education services to non-urban consumers in emerging markets with a service called Nokia Life Tools. Can the United States be far behind? Or are there companies already delivering ag information to mobile phones here in America? …

Equipment, International

MyMachinery.com Launches

Chuck Zimmerman

You can now find my machinery online. I mean, you can now find your machinery at MyMachinery.com. Farm Journal Media announced today its launch of MyMachinery.com, a new agricultural equipment–focused Web site. With this Web site launch, Farm Journal Media is also forming a new partnership with Fastline Publications, Inc. MyMachinery.com will be a comprehensive site that unites the entire machinery …

Equipment, Media

Credit Crunch Affecting Ag

Chuck Zimmerman

It looks like this whole credit crunch issue is affecting agriculture according to some testimony on Capitol Hill today by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. You can watch a video of it here. The Chair of AEM’s Small Enterprise Committee, Richard A. Brown, testified on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 before the House Committee on Small Business at 10 a.m. EST. …

AEM, Equipment

Advice On Reaching The Ruralpolitans

Chuck Zimmerman

In this week’s ZimmCast you’ll hear the viewpoints of two industry leading experts on the rural lifestyle market. It seems like this is all anyone wants to talk about in the agrimarketing world these days. Keep your eye on AgWired if you’d like to learn more about it. The Marketing Director for John Deere Commercial and Consumer Equipment is Dennis …

Audio, Equipment, John Deere, ZimmCast

Year of the Utility Tractor

Chuck Zimmerman

We’ve heard from John Deere that this is the “Year of the Utility Tractor.” That means they’re showing their commitment to the rural lifestyle market. In this week’s ZimmCast I’ll have some very interesting interviews about how John Deere is targeting this market. Before I left the Drive Green media event I spoke with Barry Nelson, Public Relations Manager. He …

Audio, Equipment, John Deere, Tractor

Drive Green Utility Tractor Road Show

Chuck Zimmerman

Shortly after the first of the year this mammoth John Deere truck will hit the road visiting select dealers from Texas to Georgia with the Drive Green Utility Tractor Road Show. I’ll be joining the tour and The dealers we’ll be visiting will be offering the new utility tractors to their customers and customers will have a chance to ride …

Audio, Equipment, John Deere, Video