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Indy Racing, Monsanto and EPIC

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m fresh off another on-location adventure with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council. This season I’ll be covering about 6 IRL races. The next one is the big one in Indianapolis. This past week it was in Kansas City and so the ZimmCast this week features some interviews from that event. We had a lot of fun there. We in …

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Country Living Association Strikes Gold

Chuck Zimmerman

The Country Living Association has a new sponsor and has started a one minute radio show which they’re trying to syndicate nationally. You can read the radio show script on their website but you can’t listen to it. Seems like it might have made a good podcast, especially considering the target audience. Land O’Lakes Purina Feed, a leader in animal …

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New Michael Peterson Website

Chuck Zimmerman

Michael Peterson has a new website. His agency called today and asked if I would do a post about it and I said, “Sure.” I like Mike. As I’m sure you must know by now, Michael has been involved with a CD promotion for over a year now. So that’s why when you visit his site you’ll see a little …

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IFAJ Trailer on YouTube

Chuck Zimmerman

You know I’m a big fan of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) so when I saw a link to an “IFAJ Trailer” I had to YouTube it for you. Cindy and I just made our reservations for the IFAJ Congress this fall in Japan. The early registration deadline is today. Nothing like waiting until the last minute, eh? …

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RSS is Simple, Really

Chuck Zimmerman

Are you still one of those people who don’t understand what RSS is? Wonder no more. The people at Commoncraft have made understanding very easy (I think). Click To Play I have tried my best to describe this to many people and I find that it works best to show it in action, which I do in many of my …

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Pam’s Selling Her Hams

Chuck Zimmerman

No. This is not about the hams on Pam but the hams that Pam sells. It’s Pams-hams. According to her website, she’s the retired marketing director of Honeybaked in Michigan. So in her retirement she’s still selling hams. This time for herself. You’ve got to love that spirit and how the web allows us to do things that years ago …

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Dan Wheldon Wins Kansas City Indy 300

Chuck Zimmerman

Ethanol wins another Indy car race. Actually, driver Dan Wheldon won the race. He’s getting to be regular at this. It was a great race with very little incidents. The ethanol car driven by Jeff Simmons came in tenth so way to got Jeff. I didn’t post much here this weekend since I’ve doing a lot of photography and interviews. …

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Jeff Simmons After Qualifying

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s the end of the day for me here at Kansas Speedway. The Indy car qualifying is over now and Jeff Simmons got through it okay. His qualifying time is 210.994 MPH. That ethanol fuel definitely has a kick. After they qualify the drivers all come by the IRL Bull Pen for pics and interviews. Of course I interviewed Jeff. …

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Ethanol Fuel Tankers

Chuck Zimmerman

Special tankers are on location here at Kansas Speedway to fill the Indy Cars with ethanol. These are set up right next to the regular fueling station. It’s just one of the challenges the IRL has to deal with in making this season’s conversion to all ethanol fuel. 2007 Kansas Lottery Indy 300 Photo Album

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Danica Patrick Press Conference

Chuck Zimmerman

I don’t know if you’re a Danica fan or not but some AgWired readers are. Danica was part of an Indy Racing League press conference on Friday. She got most of the questions. A full day of activities is taking place without interruption today. The sun is out and you probably couldn’t ask for better racing weather. 2007 Kansas Lottery …

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