Don’t Miss This

Chuck Zimmerman

Olean Testicle FestivalI asked you to send in your favorite summer festivals but so far no response. I guess I’ll just have to keep finding my own. There’s this perennial favorite in Missouri. It’s the 13th Annual Olean Testicle Festival. That’s pronounced, Oh-lee-ann.

Uncategorized

Audio Still Available From Harris Nesbitt

Chuck Zimmerman

Agriculture and Protein ConferenceIn case you missed it, Harris Nesbitt, the U.S. investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group held its first annual Agriculture and Protein conference. The conference was held on Thursday, May 18, at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City. You can still hear the presentations though from companies like Bunge, Monsanto, Corn Products International and others. The idea was to provide investors with greater insight into the agriculture industry.

Agribusiness

Poultry Innovator Nominations Sought

Chuck Zimmerman

PoultryPoultry Magazine is looking for nominations for an “Industry Innovator” — a poultry processor whose products, processes or overall approach to marketing or management have improved not only its own bottom line, but raised the standard of excellence for the entire poultry industry.

Publication

Educational Videos Now Available Via Internet

Chuck Zimmerman

Harry SiemensAn educational video production company in White Fox, Saskatchewan has launched a new internet based delivery system for making available its training videos. Since 2001 DNL Farms has been producing videos to teach swine industry employees the skills they’ll need to work with pigs and last week the company launched a new internet based delivery system.

International

Australian Blogging Workshop

Chuck Zimmerman

Porter Novelli Adelaide GroupI just finished a blogging/podcasting workshop with the Porter Novelli agency in Adelaide, Australia. I only wish I had been able to be there in person. This fine looking group did send me a picture from during the presentation. I had control of their computer with NetMeeting and we were on speakerphone.

Agencies, International, Podcasts

Will it be for Food or Fuel?

Chuck Zimmerman

Harry Siemens“India – what an eye opener,” says friend and colleague John Duvenaud of Winnipeg, Man. He recently returned from Indian where he attended the World Bean Congress . “There is industrial scale farming but the bulk by far is one or 2 acre plots with oxen or horses – no fertilizer, bin run
seed, primitive equipment.

International

EPIC Progress On ZimmCast

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmCast70 - EPIC ProgressSince I’m posting this before leaving the Indianapolis Motor Speedway you can probably guess what the ZimmCast is about this week. Actually I interviewed Tom Slunecka, Executive Director of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC) and we talked about what a year it’s been for the ethanol industry and the organization.

Audio, Ethanol, Indy Racing, ZimmCast