SwineCast®is announcing a new partnership with the Iowa Pork Producers Association to provide coverage of the seminars at the 2008 Iowa Pork Congress in Des Moines, IA. SwineCast, sponsored by Elanco, will record the audio from each of the more than a dozen speaker presentations and make the recordings available online following Pork Congress. Each of the speaker’s PowerPoint presentations …
Cotton Board Media Roundtable
I sat in on the Cotton Board’s media roundtable this afternoon but couldn’t stay to interview the participants. However, it was fascinating. The topic was “How Sustainability is Impacting Every Stop in Cotton’s Pipeline.” Doesn’t sound particularly exciting but one of the speakers was Peter McGrath, EVP of J.C. Penney Company. It was an eye opener to hear him talk …
Cottonseed Oil Comeback Tour
Ben Morgan is the Executive Vice President of the National Cottonseed Products Association. He’s here taking a break from the Cottonseed Oil Comeback Tour. The Tour is really a virtual tour they’re doing with a website that includes a blog! In my interview Ben talks about what the organization does and this project. Download my interview with Ben Morgan here: …
BASF Beltwide Booth
It seems like Headline has made headlines for BASF and that’s brought in a lot of growers to their booth here at the Beltwide trade show. This isn’t all of the crew here but most of them right before the show got started today. I did a couple interviews in their booth including the following one with Tom McKemie, BASF …
Beltwide Trade Show
The trade show got started here at noon today at the Beltwide. To see what’s it’s like feel free to watch the video. It’s a walk through right as things were getting started. This afternoon there have been a couple of press conferences. The pace here seems kind of slow and relaxed compared to many of the meetings I attend. …
New Holland’s Booming finOvation
Another finOvation award has been announced. This one for New Holland. Farm Industry News, a monthly magazine that provides high-income farmers with information about new products and technology for the farm, has presented a finOvation award to New Holland’s T2410 and T2420 Boomer™ tractors. The awards are presented to the best innovations of 2007 designed to help producers farm more …
Zimfo Bytes
The 20th annual Texas High Plains Grain Elevator Workshop is moving to the Ashmore Inn and Suites in Amarillo. Topics of discussion include: railcar fumigation, aeration, new 10,000-bushel storage bags, stored-corn protectants, stored-grain pests, using weather data for early prediction of beetles, weed control, and much more. Pre-registration is requested by Jan. 15. For more information, contact Greg Cronholm at …
Cotton Helps The Media
The media here at Beltwide were treated to a great reception last night, sponsored by Monsanto/DP&L. A real treat on the menu was the sushi. Yes, sushi in Nashville. There’s actually a sushi bar in the Opryland Hotel. I don’t remember that from my last visit. This place is constantly changing. Here’s the Cotton Council’s communications man greeting us. If …
Explore Spanish Cuisine
2008 is the Year of Spanish Cuisine for Chef Jose Andres. On a mission to celebrate foods influenced by the Spanish culture, Jose has set three goals: explore Spain, try something new with hotel dining in Los Angeles and load up on veggies. From a new television show – Jose Made in Spain on public television – to a new …
Beltwide Personal Scheduler
One of the cool things that my sponsor is doing here at Beltwide is making the electronic personal scheduler available. This is a very busy conference. It’s one of those ones where there’s way more to do than you have time to do it. So you have to plan your time. To make it easier you can go to one …