The sky was on fire this morning looking to the east, toward Kansas City. I thought you might enjoy this picture. It’ll help set the stage for a lot more to come from the NAMA Agribusiness Forum and NAFB Convention.
Farm Policy Developments Center On Congressional Budget Action & Trade Talks
Developments in U.S. farm policy this week included important legislative action in Congress, as well as a trip to Latin America by President Bush.
The Senate on Thursday passed a five-year budget reduction bill by a vote of 52 to 47.
The legislation, which is slated to garner budget saving of $35 billion, contained approximately $3 billion in cuts to agricultural programs.
D&PL Opens New Greenhouse Facility
Delta and Pine Land just built some new homes for plants (greenhouses) and it looks like they’ve designed them to manage separation since we wouldn’t want to mix up the whole trait thing. I want to know what “introgression” means though. It’s just a little too early in the morning for me to handle a word that big.
ABG, Inc. & Adayana Announce Merger
ABG, Inc. agrees to merge with Adayana. The company will provide customized training that’s so badly needed in companies today. I can vouch for that. Even here at ZimmComm, as we grow we know how difficult it’s going to be to find people who have the training needed to deal with the new high tech, agwired world.
Off To Kansas City For NAMA/NAFB
It’s a short posting day here on AgWired. It’s a big week of meetings in Kansas City. I’m heading that way as I know many of you are as well.
National Beef Ambassador Announced
Amanda beat a sharp group of contestants in the Beef Ambassador Competition. This news just came in. Hot off the wire.
ZimmComm Introduces AgNewsWire.AgWired.com
Let me take this opportunity to announce a new service just started by little ole ZimmComm. I know this is self serving but hey, it’s our website. What kind of promoters would we be if we didn’t use this opportunity too?
Winter Convention Registration Time
Winter convention time is coming up and there’s no way to list them all since every state commodity group is having a meeting. However, a couple of note that I thought I’d make sure you’re aware of include:
Agribusiness Forum Chairman Scott Kurfman
This is going to be a busy week of blogging since it’s time for the NAMA Agribusiness Forum and the NAFB convention (big pdf file) immediately following.
Blog The Truth About Your Company
There’s a good little article on PRWeek that is worth reading called “Note to corporate bloggers: The truth shall set you free.”