New MBIC Chairman

Chuck Zimmerman

Andrew McCreaAndrew McCrea is the new Chairman of the Missouri Beef Industry Council. This will be his 6th and last year on the board too. He’s a cattleman from northwest Missouri and an award winning farm broadcaster to boot.

I think the MBIC has some great new leadership.

Audio, Beef

MBIC Board Is Meeting

Chuck Zimmerman

Missouri Beef Industry Council Board MeetingToday I’m attending the board meeting of the Missouri Beef Industry Council. We’re meeting in Kansas City. Pictured here on the left is outgoing MBIC Chairman, David Dick who’s making a point to new Executive Director, John Kleiboeker.

Ag Groups, Beef

Why I Post Paul’s Reports

Chuck Zimmerman

Paul McKellipsYou may wonder why I post stories from Paul McKellips. He’s the guy in Iraq reporting on agriculture and most importantly in my mind, the positive things our soldiers are doing that are changing people’s lives while helping protect us. Well, Paul has volunteered for a whole year in Iraq next year so I’m looking forward to a lot more to come.

He just sent out a letter to those of us who are using his reports and I’m going to share a few excerpts with you. Here’s why he’s doing it:

International

YouTubing It

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s about time we got some agricultural video into YouTube don’t you think? I’m just getting started on this but thought you might enjoy my first upload. I actually posted this earlier this year at the CMA Music Festival but thought it might have some broad appeal in the YouTube universe. I guess we’ll find out. One thing I already learned is to save my raw video files and use them to upload since I’ve been converting them to pretty small Windows Movie Video files. They still work though. I think you can expect to see more video from us in the coming year!

Video

PRIME BioSolutions eMerging

Chuck Zimmerman

eMergeThis seems to make a lot of sense. Merge a cattle oriented technology company with an ethanol production company. They can go hand in hand in some interesting ways. That’s what eMerge Interactive is doing with PRIME BioSolutions.

Agribusiness, Ethanol