John Deere is sponsoring my coverage of the National Farm Machinery Show so today they get all the love. I’ve done at least 7 interviews so far with more to go. Some of them will be featured on the Precision Pays website as well. Before it got too difficult to walk through I shot a video clip of their booth …
Boot Shine
Baxter Black has nothing to do with shining boots. He was just signing books at the booth next door while I got by boots shined. I got that done today at the Zinpro booth. While there I learned a lot about the art of shining boots from Mary Sawyers who is a professional and has been doing this for a …
On The Trade Show Floor With Mehlhaff
This morning I got together with Dave Mehlhaff, American Hereford Association, and we took a tour of the NCBA Trade Show. Actually we didn’t make it very far but we found a few friends you may know as we made our way down the aisles. You might want to follow along as we explore some of the booths starting out …
Pequea Spreads a Little Manure Love
Pequea is helping prove that sometimes you’ve got to use video and in this case YouTube. Gotta love a company that’s willing to put the manure on the line in online communications and use some of the new media tools out there! I love the comments that are already being posted. Thanks to Lorena at Schubert Communications for sharing.
Taking the Oath to Serve the Beef Board
I attended my first swearing-in ceremony today of the new Beef Board members. Representing the Sec. of Agriculture was Craig Morris, USDA Deputy Administrator of AMS’ Livestock and Seed Program. Here you can see them taking the oath. I spoke with Craig prior to the swearing in and he says this is one of the highlights of his job. He …
Cattle Convention News Center
Joe Schuele and Grace Webb, NCBA, say hello from the news center at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center where the Cattle Industry Convention is getting kicked off. I really didn’t expect anyone to be there working early this morning but there they were with the media room all set up and hot food and coffee. It did start out at a …
Mizzou Capstone Class
I’m going to be adding to this post later today. Right now I’m just posting as a demo for this class. I told you I’d update this post and I’ve still got a YouTube clip to add which I’m editing right now. Bill Allen invited me in to talk to his Ag Journalism Capstone class today since they’ve now all …
Why Not YouTube Your Announcement
I’m not going to get all political on you here, just using this YouTube video as an example of how to use new media. Our Missouri Governor Matt Blunt made a very major announcement yesterday afternoon that he would not be running for re-election to a second term. No other hints or allegations and it has surprised a lot of …
International Harvester
This video has been out for a while but just in case you’ve missed it. . . I can only link you to the video version for some reason. First time I’ve seen that. The comments are worth a read. You can watch this YouTube clip which has the song: If you’re just interested in the lyrics you can find …
Giving It A Go In London
Would you classify this as hobby farming? I don’t think it’ll fit into a “rural lifestyle” category. It’s “Giving It A Go.” I’ve been following them for a while as they sort of give it a go. My house mates and I live is a small mid-terrace house in south London. We have decided to try and get the small …