Manitoba Pork Council is circulating premise registration forms to the more than two thousand swine production units across the province. The Canadian swine industry, as part of its preparation for participation in a national multi-species livestock identification and traceability system, is collecting registration information from all farms that produce swine. In conjunction with the premise registration, swine farms will also receive new tattoo numbers.
Farm Journal’s Henderson Wins Grand Neal
Pame Henderson has won a big award for Farm Journal. I hope Pam enjoyed the presentation. The Waldorf-Astoria is a nice little facility don’t you know.
Rural Broadband Use Growing Fast
I almost missed a memo from the PEW Internet & American Life Project (pdf) that shows that although rural broadband internet use is lower in rural vs. urban America, it’s catching up fast.
Some New Media Tidbits
I thought I was done for the day until I stared checking my feeds. Email me if you don’t know what “checking my feeds” means.
Gator Style Information Conference
Here’s a conference I wish I could attend. At my alma mater no less. How ’bout them Gators? I wonder if “electronic publishing” could be code for blogging?
Magazines and a Website Working Together
StopSoybeanRust.com won an award at the recent Media Industry Newsletter’s Best of the Web ceremony in New York. The website is a joint venture of Successful Farming’s Agriculture Online and Vance Publishing.
Texas Style Farm Podcasting
I just love it when someone “gets it.” Texas A&M gets it.
Sinift New GM For Intl. Agri-Center
He must have done a good job as the “interim” manager this year.
Zimfo Bites
I missed World Water Day but I did drink water and take a shower.
Plant pathology journalism award deadline extended to April 21.
The Fisheries Scholarship Fund awarded 9 research institutes with funds to study the health benefits of seafood and seafood safety technology.
Pork, The Other White Meat brand sold for $60 million.
Blog Machine Low On Fuel
Just because I haven’t posted much doesn’t mean there’s nothing going on. After 4 hours of meetings in Omaha and the 5 1/2 hour drive back and a little time emailing there just isn’t enough fuel in this engine for more.