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 …
Passing of Gene Hemphill
Cindy and I are very sad about the passing of Gene Hemphill. He was a great man who smiled a lot and always wanted to help anyone. He was also a very good friend. I don’t know how many hours or days we worked together, especially some unique projects like a trip to Jay Leno’s garage where we ate pizza …
Meister Media Launches CEAg World Industry Reports
Meister Media Worldwide has announced the launch of its newest product, the CEAg World Industry Reports. Each of the four quarterly reports will provide a deep dive into the most critical topics for growers in the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry. The first issue, focused on vertical farming, is available in print and digital editions via CEAgWorld.com, and will be …
ZimmCast 736 – Syngenta Advancing Innovation
Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. In this episode I am going to share some audio from the recent Syngenta Media Summit 2024 that was held in the new crop protection facility in Greensboro, NC. I am grateful for the opportunity to be with a group of agricultural journalists and have personal time with Syngenta leadership. You’ll hear more about …
ZimmCast 735 – Preview of 2024 NAMA Fall Conference
Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. It’s time for the 2024 NAMA Fall Conference which will be held in Minneapolis, MN, October 14-16. The theme is “Fall Back” and you’ll hear why in my interview with Laura Rustmann, Director of Marketing and Sales, J.L. Farmakis, Inc. and Chair of the committee that is organizing the conference. BTW. You can register …
Rest in Peace Greg Henderson
It was a very shocking and sudden notice of the passing last week of Greg Henderson, Editorial Director, Drovers at Farm Journal Media, at the age of 67. Greg attended the Ag Media Summit where I saw him last and spent some time chatting with him and taking his picture on the stage. Post Update – From a news release …
2024 IFAJ Congress – Switzerland
The 2024 IFAJ Congress was held in Switzerland this year and has just ended. Back in 2005 Cindy and I went to our first IFAJ Congress in 2005 which was in Switzerland. It is one of my favorite countries of the 40 I’ve traveled to. I miss seeing so many of our international journalist friends. The gavel was passed from …
2024 Ag Media Summit Awards
A big part of the Ag Media Summit are the awards. There are many of them from each organization represented including Livestock Publication Council, The Ag Communicators Network, and National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow. There are photos of all of them in the online summit photo album. I want to highlight two of our best friends that received awards starting …
Ag Media Summit in Full Swing
During the weekend attendees were able to participate in Saturday tours and on Sunday the associations held their board meeting, followed by the 1st Timer Reception and then the Welcome Party with a Roaring 20’s theme. Here’s an example of just a few photos from there. So, now we’re starting with a breakfast, sponsored by Rabobank, and a session on …
AgriTalk Celebrates 30 Years
It was 30 years ago this month that the nation’s first and only radio talk show focused entirely on agriculture and rural America debuted. It was, and still is, called simply “AgriTalk,” starting Aug. 1, 1994 as a one hour program hosted by Ken Root first, then Mike Adams until 2018 when it expanded to a two hour format with …