The Agricultural Relations Council held their breakfast this morning to bestow some scholarship awards.
Before that though we heard a presentation on the Kentucky horse industry from Jim Navolio. Jim was head of the Kentucky Equine Education Project which was started to raise awareness of how important this industry is to the state. He says that it’s amazing how little legislative support the industry gets in light of how much it contributes, especially through taxes.
AgWired coverage of the Ag Media Summit
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This week I’m attending the Agricultural Media Summit. As if you didn’t know that by now. So this week’s program is a live demo for my “Podcasting For Publishers” session.
credits you need to listen to this program. It’s a great potential extra income source for farmers and as our speaker said yesterday, we’re going to see more and more programs like this.
InfoExpo officially kicked off with a reception this afternoon. There is a lot to see and talk about in this year’s show because it’s bigger and better than ever.
Ralph Grossi, President, 
Getting back to the AMS Idol contest, here’s all the contestants.
This is why I like taking the pictures as opposed to being in them. Poking my head through an animal cutout would not be the way I want to be remembered but hey, I take the pics when they ask.
The winner of the first AMS Idol contest is Angie Greving, 
If you didn’t make it to the AMS Idol competition then never fear. AgWired is here (or was there). 
Our opening reception here at the AMS featured a unique competition called AMS Idol.