Getting Social with Dairy

carly

“Using Popular Media to Tell Dairy Farming’s Story” was the topic of a Tuesday morning seminar at World Dairy Expo conducted by Jolene Griffin of Dairy Management Inc. (pictured on the left) and Polly Ligon O’Grady of Weber Shandwick (right). Who would have imagined even just a few years ago that things with funny names like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and …

Audio, Novus International, World Dairy Expo

ZimmComm Will Be Very Dairy

Chuck Zimmerman

We’re heading into dairy industry time. First up is the World Dairy Expo which kicks off tomorrow. Cindy will be attending along with daughter Carly. They’ll begin posting tomorrow morning here but primarily on World Dairy Diary. The dairy industry’s spotlight will be trained on Madison, Wisconsin, when the 43rd edition of World Dairy Expo takes place September 29 through …

Alltech, World Dairy Expo

Dairy and NFL Helping Kids Get Fit

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m still in World Dairy Expo mode and thought you might be interested in this program. Grant Kohler is a dairy farmer from Utah where he milks 300 cows with a family operation. He was attending World Dairy Expo to talk about the Childhood Nutrition Fitness Initiative that’s a joint project of the National Dairy Council and the National Football …

Ag Groups, Audio, Dairy, World Dairy Expo

Get Dairy Impact Photos

Chuck Zimmerman

If you’re a media person needing some dairy information, especially photos, then Dairy Impact is where you need to go. This is a website of the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Here’s WMMB, Vice President, Producer Communications & Programs, Matt Joyce, showing it off to World Dairy Expo Dairy Woman of the Year, Marion Barlass at this year’s Expo. Matt says …

Ag Groups, Dairy, Media, World Dairy Expo

Have a Flat Iron and a Glass of Milk

Chuck Zimmerman

The Cattlemen’s Beef Board and the Wisconsin Beef Council were exhibiting at World Dairy Expo. Lucinda Williams is a dairy producer and Vice Chair of the Beef Board. She says they were there to remind dairy producers that they’re also beef producers. I got there just in time to sample some of their flat iron steaks they were serving. In …

Ag Groups, Audio, Beef, World Dairy Expo

Farm Babe Talking It Up at World Dairy Expo

Chuck Zimmerman

After a morning of interviews and photos I’m hitting the road back to ZimmComm World Headquarters. I’ll leave you with this one of a hard working farm broadcaster, the Farm Babe herself, Pam Jahnke, Wisconsin Farm Report. Once again Pam invited farm broadcasters to her home and made us feel welcome as her husband, Buck, grilled brats and burgers. We …

Media, World Dairy Expo

AgriTalk at World Dairy Expo

Chuck Zimmerman

Yes, I know, it’s AgriTalk again. No nice studio or even comfy table here at World Dairy Expo. This time host, Mike Adams, just had a couple of chairs out in the hall outside the media room. However, he was able to pull off another good show with guests like Joe Bavido, Dairy Management, Inc. So, there you go. AgriTalk, …

World Dairy Expo

NAFB at World Dairy Expo

Chuck Zimmerman

Members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters posed for a photo at World Dairy Expo. This is in the room sponsored by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board for their 2008 Talk Session. Basically, WMMB invites in a number of people who are available for interviews. I got several which will be featured in our Milking Parlor Podcast on World …

NAFB, World Dairy Expo

National Dairy Animal Well-Being Guidelines Announced

Chuck Zimmerman

At last year’s World Dairy Expo we heard about the announcement of the National Dairy Animal Well-Being Initiative. This morning they released the official principles and guidelines. The facilitator for the Initiative is Charlie Arnot. He described the process that got us to this point and says that now it’s time for the Initiative to move to the next step. …

Ag Groups, Audio, Dairy, World Dairy Expo