Speaking of NAMA invites. You’ll be able to play i Got It! with Farm Progress Companies.
Can you tell the NAMA Convention is getting close?
i Got It! is a “popular, fast-paced Q&A game punctuated with ag history and facts.” You need to visit them at their booth (200and 202). You have to play to win and they’re having a drawing for an ipod touch (just like us).
So you’ll have more than one chance to upgrade your iPod hardware (you do have iPod hardware don’t you?).
The game’s questions are pretty difficult like this one:
Q. Who is your favorite Farm Progress sales representative?
(A. There’s no wrong answer.)
No-Till Farmer is now producing video. Another publication joins the multi-media producer ranks. It’s a great idea but you do have to fill out a registration form to see it. I know why that is but it does put up a barrier for farmers or anyone who wants to see the video. I’d recommend letting them be public guys. You’ll get a lot more eyeballs on the content that way. And if you’re going to be doing a lot of them then consider putting them into a podcast feed or using an online service like YouTube to host them.
In just a few weeks we’ll be attending the 2008 National Agri-Marketing Conference and Trade Show. ZimmComm will have a booth there so stop by and see us. In this week’s program you can learn all about the trade show from committee Chair, Rosemary Schimek, Corporate Marketing Manager, 
What is your company doing to promote or celebrate 
Here’s something Successful Farming is doing. They’ve recorded the Ag Day PSA’s to run on Successful Farming Radio.
What do Bret Oelke, George Rehm, Jochum Wiersma and Mark Whitney have in common? They all blog for 
Cory is a native of Binger, Okla., and is the marketing and public relations coordinator for the Stillwater Convention and Visitors Bureau and is principal of AGRI Public Relations. He says the initial response to the new directory is extremely positive, perhaps even surprisingly so. He says the directory will be useful for any level of farm or farm targeted company and is being priced to be very affordable. I think it sounds like it will be the most comprehensive directory of its kind. The target is a summer release. You’ll notice that I don’t have a web link here (yet). That’s because the website is in its final stages of development. I’ll update you when that becomes available.
In another showing of how mobile information is getting you can now get your 
If you liked Herman Purdy’s first book then you might want to get the update which is available soon.
I just got my latest quarterly Agri Council Intelligence Report and thought you’d be interested in a couple of things that caught my eye. Here’s one of the latest ads from the 
While I’m on the subject of World Ag Expo I’ve got another report from Bill Baker, 
Freelance writer Sarah Aubrey has just published a new book for anyone who wants to start their own small farm business.
She says that www.4cattlemen.com is now in its 6th year and that they provide coverage of 4 major shows per year. Besides the Cattle Industry Convention they do the Beef Improvement Federation, National Angus Conference and Range Beef Cow Symposium and they’re thinking about adding more. She says they bring several staff members to the shows with some doing written summaries of the meetings and others doing video production which she says they’re doing more and more of.
Congratulations to Stewart Doan for landing a gig with our good friend Sara Wyant.
The Innovative Dairy Farmer of the Year was named by the 
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“Ag’s New Sizzle was our theme for this year’s conference, and the new sizzle was evident in the number and the professionalism of producers at the event,” said Greg Vincent, editor of TOP PRODUCER and the architect of this year’s event. “It was clear they want to get a handle on the hot opportunities the farm economy provides them, but they also want help managing the greater risks in these unprecedented times.”
John says they kicked off the Crop Tech Tour in 2007 and have several tours planned for this year around the corn belt. He’s also very happy about their involvement with 
There’s a reason we were taught in college journalism classes to “never work with animals or small children.” In this video from 
I’m a subscriber to 
Another finOvation award has been announced. This one for