It’s nice to see an organization promoting and using its website! It’s an interactive medium after all. Take this contest being run by Holstein Association USA. You can meet each of the Holstein Association’s members of the day in their booth at World Dairy Expo between 11am and 2pm.
Bou-Matic Gets Monster Exposure
I used this story on World Dairy Diary and think it’s too cool not to use on AgWired as well. I wish I had some video to post but not until after the show airs.
Lifestyle Veterinarians
We’re certainly hearing a lot about “lifestyle” farming these days. How about lifestyle veterinarians or is it veterinarians who have a lifestyle? That’s the subject of a relatively new magazine called Vetz. Here’s information on their second issue:
Google Blog Search
Just to make it easier to search the blogosphere, Google is beta testing a special search engine for blogs! Check it out and do a search for AgWired!
Cotton Leadership Training Begins
Isn’t this a great looking group? Their leadership training got started at the National Cotton Council headquarters and included communications training.
Johnson New Deputy Under Secretary
How many of you know Allan Johnson? Congratulate him for his new role at USDA!!
New Promotion Board Appointments
Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns was busy making appointments again this week.
Canned Beef On It’s Way To Hurricane Evacuees
Many Americans are working together to help hurricane evacuees and that certainly holds true of people in agriculture as you can see in my last post. The Missouri Beef Industry Council has made a donation of $5,000 through the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association for a program to send beef products with a long shelf life to aid the people in need. This program was initiated by Heartland Farm Foods (Montgomery City, MO) CEO, Mark Uthlaut. In this week’s MBIC Report, Mark discusses how the program came together and the unique canned beef product his company has made available.
Agriculture Steps Up To Help Out Hurricane Needy
I’ve been collecting news releases from various agricultural companies and organizations that are working to provide help to people impacted by Hurricane Katrina. There’s a lot and I think it shows how helpful Americans are, especially those involved in the food chain! There’s no way to post all of the various efforts but I’ll try to summarize what I have so far. I know there’s much more going on out there. Feel free to add to this post using the comment feature if you know of more.
Hurricane Impact On Missouri Corn Growers
Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath has been getting all the attention lately. It has certainly had an effect on agriculture and in this week’s CornTalk, Cindy Zimmerman interviews Missouri Corn Growers Association Vice President Mike Geske of New Madrid county in the bootheel. Mike talks about the impact of Hurricane Katrina on Missouri corn growers in terms of transportation costs, corn prices and input costs.