Penn & Teller on Dr. Borlaug

Chuck Zimmerman

There is absolutely no way I can improve on what Penn & Teller say about Dr. Norman E. Borlaug. This video has been out for a while but I just saw it for the first time and I’m still laughing. Penn Jillette narrates this video and let’s just say he expresses my thoughts on Greenpeace wackos perfectly with the word, …

Food, Video, Wackos

A New Holland Legend Returns

Chuck Zimmerman

The New Holland Rustler utility vehicle isn’t the only attention grabber here at the Farm Progress Show. The retro Boomer 8N is also front and center. I spoke with New Holland Product Manager, Paul Trella, about their new products like the Boomer 8N. The latest addition to the company’s Boomer line, the redesigned 8N features distinctive, timeless styling, a Continuously …

Audio, Farm Progress Show, New Holland, Tractor, Video

If You Haven’t Already, Reach Teach Learn

Joanna Schroeder

Have you ever summited Mt. Everest? I haven’t but Lance Fox has. He is a technical service veterinarian for Alpharma, and his successes both in his job and in his personal life have trained him to become a natural role model for children across America as part of the Reach Teach Learn ag educational program. “My role is to educate …

Ag Media Summit, Audio, IFAJ, Novus International, Pioneer, Video

Hunt Junkies Goes To Devils Country

Chuck Zimmerman

My main man Russell Graves has been putting his new Canon 5D Mark II digital SLR to good use in the production of his Hunt Junkies show. He needed a new camera after his previous one met with the “untimely death” referred to in his description of the latest episode. I talked Russell into attending the recent Ag Media Summit …

Hunting, Video

A Tour of Ft. Worth, Texas Part 1

Joanna Schroeder

AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and Although I lived in Dallas-Ft. Worth for several years, there is always more to see. I spent the day touring around Ft. Worth as part of the IFAJ conference and visited the Rocky Top Therapy Center (www.rockytoptherapy.org) located in Keller, Texas, the Texas Motor Speedway in Ft. Worth and Superior Livestock …

Ag Media Summit, IFAJ, Novus International, Video

Rocking and Rolling With New Holland/Michael Peterson

Chuck Zimmerman

Here are two biofuels promoters. Chuck Leavell, Rolling Stones (left) and Joe Jobe, CEO of the National Biodiesel Board. They were race contestants in the New Holland/Michael Peterson Celebrity Tractor Race. I caught both of them in the tent for a short interview. It was very noisy. They were having a lot of fun. Of course when I interviewed them …

Audio, Biodiesel, New Holland, Video