Why is it that Christmas hype always seems to come before Halloween hype? Well, I’m jumping on the bandwagon with this post about RFD-TV‘s exciting news about which group will be putting viewers in the Christmas spirit throughout the network’s programming in November and December. Mulberry Lane, the Midwest’s most popular sister group, will perform their 2007 Christmas show at …
Zimfo Bites
The National Pork Checkoff Board is accepting nominations to fill five, three-year terms as directors of the board. In addition, candidates are being sought for two open seats on the Board’s Nominating Committee to serve two-year terms starting in 2008. Nominees may be submitted by state pork producer associations, farm organizations and anyone who pays the Pork Checkoff, which includes …
Getting Some Ethanol Truth
Next week I’ll be in Washington, DC for the Cellulosic Ethanol Summit. Thanks to the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council and the Renewable Fuels Association for sponsoring my coverage which will primarily be on Domestic Fuel. It’s going to be interesting to see how far along we really are towards having the cellulosic process commercially viable. If it is “here …
Case IH Magnum Has a Good Design
You not only have to be “muscular” but you really need to look good out in the field. That’s what you’ll be in a Case IH Magnum. For the first time in the company’s history, Case IH has been honored with a prestigious Good Design™ Award from The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. The Case IH Magnum tractor …
Wal-Mart Selling Broadband Internet Access
According to a story on Business Week, Walmart will begin selling broadband internet access. That would be of the satellite variety. They’ll begin re-selling Hughes Communications satellite service right away. It’s not a huge market but one of the barriers to satellite access has been price. The bet is that the price will go down now that the big dog …
NAFB Convention Hotel Sold Out
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting has had to make arrangements for extra rooms at hotels nearby the Westin Crown Plaza since as of today it’s sold out for their convention. Contact the office if you still need to make a reservation. If you’re an Allied Industry Council member then they’d like your opinion on some things prior to the …
Florida Farm Bureau Leader Blogs
The President of Florida Farm Bureau Federation is blogging. He’s John Hoblick and you can find him here. Here’s an excerpt: In this first post, I will focus on the Florida Farm Bureau Annual Meeting at the Hilton in Daytona Beach. I am looking forward to it. You are planning to be there, aren’t you? Our 66th annual meeting will …
4,000 Posts on AgWired
I call it a milestone. This is post number 4,000 since starting out on the great agriblogging adventure. AgWired has gone through several designs since it was first started in August of 2004. We really don’t count the serious start of the site though until April of 2005 at the NAMA convention. So most of these posts have been done …
ls Food a Right?
October 16 is World Food Day as coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This year’s theme is “The Right to Food.” I’m all for bringing attention to the fact that there are people starving and we should do all we can to feed them with our excess. However, if you listen to the following statement …
Budding Agribloggers in Canada
You might recall that I recently conducted a new media class for a day at the University of Guelph. The grad students in that class all had their own blog started by the end of the day. I finally got a list of their websites and thought I’d share with you. Check them out and let them know what you …