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Creating Farm Podcasting Listeners

Chuck Zimmerman

You’ve got to love all the companies that are giving away iPods to producers so they can listen to our farm podcasts! Take Schering-Plough which is giving away an iPod here at World Dairy Expo (Booth 3817). That’ll be one more dairy producer who can subscribe to our Milking Parlor podcast. The idea of listening to content when you want …

Agribusiness, Podcasts, World Dairy Expo

Badger NAMA Chapter Meeting

Chuck Zimmerman

The Badger chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association held a meeting here at Expo and members from other chapters around the country were invited to attend. It provided a great opportunity for networking and we had a program too. On hand was Leigh Rubin, syndicated comic artist. We were welcomed by chapter President, Betsy Francoeur, Bader Rutter. Afterward some of …

NAMA, World Dairy Expo

Farm Podcasting at World Dairy Expo

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m not the only farm podcaster here at World Dairy Expo. You can find DairyCast on display in the main exhibit hall building. If you’re feeling all stressed out then you should stop by for a stress release cow. Host Ned Arthur is wandering around recording sessions and interviews for current and upcoming episodes of the program. I’m sure the …

Podcasts, World Dairy Expo

National Dairy Animal Well-Being Initiative Announced

Chuck Zimmerman

This morning at World Dairy Expo a producer-led coalition of dairy groups and companies announced the National Dairy Animal Well-Being Initiative. They’re proposing dairy animal well-being guidelines and principles. The effort held a press conference with several speakers. One of the groups participating in the effort is the National Milk Producers Federation. I spoke with their Senior Vice President of …

Ag Groups, Audio, Wackos, 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

Obligatory Agri Talk Picture

Cindy Zimmerman

We are covering World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin this week, along with over 175 other media representatives from all over the world. Many of them are farm broadcasters – and here is our obligatory Agri Talk picture, kind of a tradition for us to post a photo of them from every event we both attend. Some other farm broadcasters …

Agencies, BASF, Dairy, Farm Shows, Media, World Dairy Expo

The Milking Parlor Podcast

Chuck Zimmerman

The ranks of the farm podcast now have a new addition. It’s “The Milking Parlor” podcast, the official podcast of World Dairy Diary. The Milking Parlor will feature interviews with dairy industry leaders and producers. World Dairy Expo and our event coverage sponsors are providing us with a great platform to launch this new service. The podcast provides you with …

Dairy, Podcasts, World Dairy Expo

LPC Meeting At WDE

Chuck Zimmerman

LPC Breakfast at WDEThanks to Diane Johnson for sending in a couple pictures from the Livestock Publications Council meeting that took place at World Dairy Expo in Madison, WI. Pictured first are Terri Smith, Select Sires Inc., JoDee Sattler, Dairy Business Communications, Cathy Bewley, Select Sires Inc.

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