Here’s Reece Nanfito, EPIC director of marketing and me having fun at the GasAmerica pump promotion. We weren’t even drinking ethanol yet. Laura took this picture. I think it captures the essence of working with a client your really enjoy doing business with. I’ve spent a lot of time with the folks at EPIC and truly appreciate not only their …
Winning a Flex-Fuel Silverado
HANK FM, along with Gas America and EPIC ran the Green Flag Sweepstakes with the winner being picked yesterday afternoon after the pump promotion. HANK was doing a live remote throughout the event. Here’s how it worked. Participants had to listen to the station or visit a Gas America station for keywords. Then they had to text the word to …
Media Coverage of Pump Promotion
The Gas America pump promotion here in Indianapolis generated about the most media coverage I’ve seen at one of these. I’m sure EPIC is happy. We had two tv choppers hovering overhead throughout the event and there was a big backup of cars trying to get in for $2.25 gas. By the way, have you seen the bumper sticker yet …
Al Pell and Jeff Simmons
It just looks like Al Pell, U. S. Farm Report, is proposing to Jeff Simmons, driver of the Team Ethanol Indy car. Al was actually interviewing Jeff for the show at yesterday’s Gas America pump promotion. I talked with Jeff and he seems to be very upbeat going into race week for the greatest spectacle in racing. 2007 Indy 500 …
Laura Meets Ron
I didn’t get to meet and talk with Indianapolis Speedway director of photography, Ron McQueeney (pictured on the right) until after I’d been covering Indy Car races for a year or so. Laura got to meet the man on her first trip out. She seems pretty comfortable jumping right in there and is getting some great shots. I took this …
Our Healthy Land Talks About Farm Bill
American Farmland Trust is providing tools for people to use when lobbying Congress on the farm bill. It’s on a new section of their website called “Our Healthy Land.” “Congress is Talking About Your Food” and the corresponding website, www.ourhealthyland.org, give consumers an overview of the federal farm bill, and suggests ways in which they can become informed and join …
Hefty Competition at Ag PhD
I don’t know how familiar you are with Brian and Darren Hefty of Ag PhD but they’ve just started making their television show available on their website. They also produce a regular radio feature called “The Ag Minute.” “As farmers ourselves we understand that it might not always be possible to watch Ag PhD as often as farmers would like,” …
Laura McNamara Contributing to AgWired
Hello AgWired fans. In order to keep you even more up to date on what’s new in agribusiness we’d like to welcome Laura McNamara as a contributing editor. Laura is helping me here in Indianapolis this week covering ethanol related activities including the 91st Indy 500 this Sunday. She’s also helping me with posts on our Domestic Fuel website. We …
Feed and a Degree on the ZimmCast
This week’s program contains interviews with Alltech founder, Dr. Pearse Lyons and Owen Roberts, University of Guelph. You can also hear a song from Jen Elliott and Bluestruck called “Curse on You” from the Podsafe Music Network. Dr. Pearse Lyons founded Alltech in 1980 and his company has grown into an international agribusiness. Each year he holds a Symposium for …
Meyocks Team Grows
The Meyocks Group has added two new team members and the president is pleased. Kristin Oelmann joins the agency as an account coordinator. Previously she was a marketing coordinator with Iowa Realty/First Realty GMAC in West Des Moines. A native of Ackley, Iowa, Oelmann earned a bachelor’s degree in communication arts at Wartburg College in 2006. Angel Modtland, a former …