In the spirit of Thanksgiving which is almost upon us I thought you might want some news on the big day. There’s no shortage of it and I’ve been saving up some for you. American Farm Bureau says that a turkey meal is still affordable. Whether it be surfing the Web or dialing a toll-free phone number, California consumers will …
Get Maryland’s Best
Maryland’s Best program has a new website. It’s got sections for the consumer and the wholesale buyer.
New American Angus Leaders
Here’s a picture of the new leadership of the American Angus Association. I don’t know who’s who though. A fine looking bunch don’t you think?
Mid Missouri Ag Club Website
Cindy and I finished our turn voluntarily running the Mid Missouri Ag Club this past summer and it’s in new hands.
These folks have put some more effort into it and now it has a website!
That’s a lot of Soybeans
Here’s Kip and Dale (Kip Cullers and Dale Ludwig – l-r). I have to post this since Haley Wansing sent a picture and I’ve received about a half a dozen news releases on it. You see, Kip has a world record soybean production record. He farms in Purdy, MO. If you read this segment from MSA’s news release you can figure out where the other news releases came from.
Starting Display Advertising
You may have noticed today that we started display advertising on AgWired. I’d like to thank and welcome the Evan Slack Network and Commodity Update for being the first two advertisers. You’ll find them rotating in the left sidebar. There’s also a posting column ad for AgNewsWire.AgWired.com and a right sidebar ad for NAMA.
Positions are open and I’m getting a lot of interest and have more sold starting in 2007. So give me a call if you’d like to create a little brand awareness in the agricultural marketing community.
Live News On RFD-TV
My goodness, this is like deja vu. Mike Miller will be anchoring agricultural news on RFD-TV starting in January. I haven’t seen Mike in many years but was thrilled to run into him in Kansas City last week. Mike’s always been a good friend.
In fact, Mike talked me into working with him on an agricultural tv venture in Houston, Texas many moons ago. (Remember that Mike?) I stayed at his house and we commuted in to the studios each day. Oh my gosh does that bring back memories. That was before I joined Learfield Communications and the Brownfield Network and moved to Jefferson City, MO.
Finding The Good News In Iraq
Hopefully you’re familiar with Paul McKellips and his reports on the good news of what’s happening in Iraq, especially as it relates to agriculture. If not, then I suggest you listen to this week’s ZimmCast to hear from the man himself. I was very happy to get to meet Paul in Kansas City last week and we sat down for …
Farm Blog & Podcast Listing
I’m slowly but surely working on my listing pages here on AgWired and thought I’d solicit your help. Let’s start with the Blogs & Podcasts page.
If you have an ag-related blog or podcast or know of one that’s not listed can you email me a link/description to it? I’d appreciate it. I’d like this to be a constantly updated listing. I’m off to a good start but I know there’s a lot more out there.
The same holds true with my pages for Agencies, Media and Companies & Ag Groups. I’d like them to be website links and haven’t finished them yet. This way you’ll have a quick resource page to find a web link when you need one.
Thanks for your assistance. If you’ll get me your links I promise to have these pages updated by the end of the week.
The ThinkTank Agency Website
The strategy is changing at Blasdel, Cleaver, Schwalbe Communications. Yes they now have a website as Leigh Ann and Kelly informed me last week.