Corn Guy to the Rescue

Chuck Zimmerman

Will Corn Guy.tv say the day for corn growers everywhere? Who is Corn Guy? You’ll have to watch the series to find out. It’s all part of a new program being conducted by the American Lung Association of the Upper Midwest’s Minnesota E85 Team. America, meet a new superhero: Corn Guy, now seen on his own website: www.cornguy.tv. The Minnesota …

Corn, Ethanol, Video

Country Living Olympics Water Bucket Filling

Chuck Zimmerman

Water Bucket Filling would not be my favorite chore out on the farm but it’s just one of those things you have to do. I prefer taking pictures of other people doing it for competition. I can’t even remember the exact details of how this one worked but you had to run back and forth moving water from one tub …

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Country Living Olympics Hay Scramble

Chuck Zimmerman

Not all of the competitors at the Country Living Olympics were big people. Take this competition for example. The Hay Scramble was just that and the dust was flying. These little dynamos were searching for $1 dollar coins. I think there were a couple hundred dollars worth hidden under the hay pile. They got to keep what they found. You …

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The Business of California Farming

Chuck Zimmerman

The Futures Channel has produced a short movie on California agriculture. They’d love your feedback. Thanks to Jenna who’s in charge of their distribution for the alert to it. It’s meant to be an instructional video for classroom use. Do your students know where their food comes from? There are more than 350 different commodities grown in California, including rice, …

Media, Organic, Video

Buckeye Video On Demand

Chuck Zimmerman

The BARN stands for Buckeye Ag Radio Network but Andy and Lindsay are into a lot more than radio these days. Take a look at what they’ve done with their video since I mentioned blip.tv to Andy at World Dairy Expo. Here’s a sample: Buckeye Video On Demand. Very cool and well done y’all.

Media, Video

The Champions of World Dairy Expo

Chuck Zimmerman

The 2007 World Dairy Expo is over and it ended with a great Parade of Champions. You can see pictures of all the action in my photo album. There’s 242 of them in there! Here’s your Supreme Champion, Indian Acres Mm Pistachio Pie, Ashley Elise Sears, So. Deerfield, MA . Jersey was the Reserve Supreme Champion, Llolyn Jude Griffen-et, Peter …

Dairy, Video, World Dairy Expo

Getting a Charleston|Orwig Dairy Perspective

Chuck Zimmerman

In case you’d like a little more dairy news today I thought you might enjoy this. A quiet place to get away from the crowd at World Dairy Expo is the Charleston|Orwig suite in the Coliseum where they hold meetings and entertain clients. Since Charleston|Orwig is one of our sponsors for coverage of World Dairy Expo this year, I did …

Agencies, Audio, Dairy, Video, World Dairy Expo

Japan Ministry of Agriculture Press Conference

Chuck Zimmerman

During our visit to the Tokyo University of Agriculture we attended a press conference with Mr. Masanori Sato, Director General in charge of International Affairs, Japan Ministry of Agriculture. I’ve got a video of his presentation so you can see him make a statement and then listen to the interpreter. In this segment he talks about the dietary policy and …

IFAJ, International, Pioneer, Video

One Way to Cook Rice

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m starting to get caught up on my posting here in Japan. As you’ve been able to see, Cindy has certainly found time to do some editing of content from her trip to Germany last week! I posted a picture from our reception in Tokyo the other night and now I’ve got a video clip to go with it. Cindy …

IFAJ, Pioneer, Video