U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer held a conference call with reporters to discuss accomplishments of the Bush administration. We were on the call and I thought I’d share a segment with you in this week’s program. I’ve been pointing out the increased investment in rural broadband through the Rural Development department here on AgWired since we got started …
Promoting Welfare of Animals
Animal welfare is a hot topic right now in the agribusiness world and anyone involved in animal agriculture should know that they’ve got a friend in Washington, DC called the Foundation For Biomedical Research. FBR has a new voice as I mentioned recently and that’s Paul McKellips. He’s bringing his multimedia skills to the organization to help get out good …
Happy New Year From ZimmComm New Media
This is your Happy New Year ZimmCast. In it you’ll hear my thoughts on this year’s growth in online communications, especially in agriculture. Agriblogging and Farm Podcasting have exploded and we’re thankful to not only be a part of the conversation but help others along the way. Last week was a milestone for me with ZimmCast 200. Over the course …
Trucking On Down The Farm Podcast Highway
The year is trucking right along and in this week’s program we keep on trucking with ZimmCast #200. To keep with the trucking theme the program has an interview with Ron Lang, John Deere, who is the Drive Green Utility Tractor Show driver. I’m going a regular feature for the project called the Truck Driver’s Diary and just updated it …
Representing Aerial Applicators
After following along on AgWired last week you may have a better understanding of the National Agricultural Aviation Association but after listening to this week’s ZimmCast you’ll have an even better one. That’s because I interviewed NAAA Executive Director, Andrew Moore and he tells us all about it. Andrew has a farm background which fits in very nicely with the …
Multimedia Musings With DTN/The Progressive Farmer
While I was in Chicago for the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundations Seminar I also got to stop in at the DTN/The Progressive Farmer 2008 Ag Summit. They’ve been a sponsor of AgWired and some of our collateral material like the ZimmNews and ZimmCast for a few months now. I found publisher, Adrian Blake, and we sat down for a discussion. I …
What’s New With BASF
Let’s go back to the NAFB Convention and Trade Talk for this week’s program and learn what’s new with BASF. To find out I interviewed Amber Shirley, Technical Services Specialist and Craig Lindholm, Marketing Manager – Seed Treatment. You’ll hear them both talk about plant health. Here in this picture is Amber getting interviewed before I got my turn. She …
Driving Green This Holiday Season
Happy Thanksgiving week to all of you. I know you’re hard at it so you can enjoy your holiday weekend. Cindy and I are doing the same. In this week’s program I had to brag a little about our latest agriblogging project with John Deere. I think Robert, our web guy, has outdone himself with DriveGreenTractors.com. It is cool and …
Marketing To Idyllic Lifestyle Seekers
Somehow this post got deleted so I’m not sure what I originally posted but let me get it fixed. At the NAMA Trends In Agriculture conference I learned about “Idyllic Lifestyle Seekers” from Dan Duffy, CEO, United Country Real Estate. He was on the program to talk about how they’re marketing to those you like to live a rural lifestyle. …
Learn About The Alliance For Abundant Food & Energy
You’ve probably heard about the Alliance For Abundant Food and Energy. But do you know what it’s all about? Well fear not because in this week’s program I interview Alliance Executive Director, Mark Kornblau. He describes their mission, why a new organization was needed and the marketing tactics they’re employing to get their message out. The Alliance for Abundant Food …