Hello professional agricultural public relations people. If you’re going to be in Louisville for the Ag Media Summit (where all the cool people will be) then you need this on your calendar.
Mark your calendars now!
Agricultural Relations Council Breakfast at Ag Media Summit
Tuesday, July 31, 7 – 8:30 a.m., Marriott Louisville Downtown
Stay tuned for details.
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Thanks to John Herath, producer of AgriTalk for letting me do an interview with Jay Leno’s Garage Chief, Bernard Juchli today. John also edited it together for me and I think I need to take a lesson from him.
In this interview with Bernard you can learn all about the EcoJet car that’s been on display this weekend here at the CMA Music Festival New Holland tent. Jay just wanted a nice little jet engine powered car and with Bernard’s help and the help of companies like General Motors he got one.
Hopefully by the time you check this post the video will show up on YouTube. It’s been a little slow with the processing this afternoon and I’m tired of waiting so I’m posting it anyway. Bernard was one of the contestants in today’s Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race btw.
At the end of today’s Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race the man took a turn on the course himself. Michael did great with a time of 52.8 seconds. However, that didn’t beat race winner Todd Fritsch’s time.
I did a wrapup interview with Michael which Todd joined in on. Michael says the estimate is up to about 1,500 people out here today and I think that’s pretty accurate. He really appreciates what New Holland is doing and his relationship with the company. Listen to Michael wrap things up in our interview: cma-07-peterson-wrapup.mp3
I’ve got some more interviews and some more video that I’ll post over the coming days. For now it’s time for me to wrap things up in Nashville and work on the next venue which will take place in Washington, DC.
The winner of the Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race is Todd Fritsch. Amazingly Todd was the last contestant and he blew away the competition. I think his time was 52.6 seconds.
I met Todd last year and it appears that his career is doing well. He’s a country boy who plays country music. He was excited when I interviewed right after he won the race. Todd’s charity of choice is the Saddle Up program. So part of the proceeds from the auctioning off of this year’s tractor will go to it. You can hear him talk about it in the interview I did with him: cma-07-fritsch.mp3
One of the contestants out here at the Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race is Rachael Baribeau. She’s an ESPN host of their “In The Zone” program.
Rachael says she’s never been on a tractor like the one used for the competition here today (New Holland Boomer). I think she did really well considering. Right before we got started I did a short interview with her. Like everyone I spoke with today, she really supports what Michael and New Holland are doing especially when it comes to promoting biodiesel. You can listen to my interview with her here: cma-07-baribeau.mp3
If you’d like to see Rachael’s competition run then just check her out on YouTube. (Give it a few minutes if it doesn’t show up right away)
Michael got things started this afternoon at his 2nd Annual Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race. I have the start of it on video for you. (If it doesn’t play for you then check back in a few minutes since it’s stil processing on YouTube)
In the video you’ll see the tractor that all the contestants will sign after they race. It’s showing the course to demonstrate for everyone so they can see what they need to do.
Dont forget to check out the photo album.
I don’t know what the temperature is out here today at the Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race but it hasn’t killed the enthusiasm of this crowd. They are into this event.
We’re just having a great time watching these celebrities compete. It’s all for a good cause as this year’s tractor that they’re all signing will be auctioned off and the proceeds will go to FFA and the charity of the winner’s choice.
I’ve got video and audio to edit and post for you later on today but out here at the race just isn’t the best place to try to do it.
The first driver in the Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race was Lee Brice. He set a pretty high standard.
His time however has been beat and the current leader is A. J. Clark with a time of 53.8 seconds.
I don’t think we’ll have a crowd count but it looks to me like we’ve got twice as many people out here today as last year. If this thing gets any bigger we might have to move to L.P. Field next year!
I guess we’ll have to call it the Mike and Mike show here today. Both Mike’s will be on the microphone announcing and talking with the celebrities as they stop by for their turn at racing a New Holland Boomer.
Here’s Mike Adams (left) and Michael Peterson studying the list of contestants and making sure they’re ready for things.
Besides a crowd it looks like we’ve got a number of media representatives out this year covering the event. It’ll be interesting to see where all this shows up.
