Yuck. The drive to Louisville this afternoon got bad once I got into southern Indiana. I think I drove through everything – freezing drizzle, freezing rain, rain, snow, sleet, etc. Off and on, off and on. I passed or was passed by a number of farm trucks so I know I’m not the only one who traveled I-64 today. (Yes …
Kristi Pettis’ Boots
The clues helped and the winner of this edition of “Guess Who’s Boots” is Cyndi Young, Brownfield. She beat out Dave Mehlhaff, American Hereford Association by 14 minutes! They correctly guessed that these boots belong to Kristi Pettis, Northern Ag Network. She was proudly displaying them at the Cattle Industry Convention during Sec. of Ag Ed Schafer’s speech last Friday. …
World Ag Forum Empowering Agriculture
On my way to the National Farm Machinery Show I stopped for the combined meeting of the Gateway NAMA and St. Louis Agribusiness Club. Our featured speaker is Mr. Raymond Cesca, President of the World Agricultural Forum. His presentation is “The World Agricultural Forum: Empowering Agriculture to Drive Economic Growth” He’s actually in the middle of it right now. Of …
Broadband Opportunities for Rural America
That’s the title on a new joint website of the Federal Communications Commission and USDA Rural Development. Pretty soon we won’t see any disparity in rural vs. urban broadband accessibility. “Broadband technology is a key driver of economic growth. The ability to share increasing amounts of information, at greater and greater speeds, increases productivity, facilitates interstate commerce, and helps drive …
Michael’s Real Life Tour
It sounds kind of like a new reality show and in a way it is. Country singer Michael Peterson’s “My Real Life, Strong For America Tour” is about spending several days in each town getting to meet lots of members of the community and sharing stories, music, motivation and great ideas about how we can all work to build better …
Feeder Handles Your Feeds
I know some of you are farm podcasting or thinking about it. Here’s a handy looking little program that you might find helpful. I’m currently doing a trial with Feeder by Reinvented Software and it looks promising. I’ve tried several of these over the years (can’t believe I’ve been doing this for years now) and never been happy with the …
AgWired Survey 2008 Contest Giveaway
I know I’ve mentioned this before but it’s your weekly reminder to take the very short AgWired Survey. We did this a couple years ago and just need to update our records which will really help us out when it comes to working with new sponsors and supporters. So, if you haven’t done it yet then go ahead and Git …
National Farm Machinery Show Media Room
The National Farm Machinery Show now has an official media room. Great news for those of us who will be there this week. Last year was my first year and not having a media room made it a challenge. An official National Farm Machinery Show (NFMS) media room designated to serve members of the working press at the NFMS and …
Starting and Running Your Own Small Farm Business
Freelance writer Sarah Aubrey has just published a new book for anyone who wants to start their own small farm business. Good morning! Just wanted to email and let you know that my new book, Starting and Running Your Own Small Farm Business, (Storey Publishing, LLC) is now available. To order a single copy at $19.95 (plus shipping and state …
Angus Productions Getting MultiMedia
I don’t know about you but I’ve wondered just what Angus Productions, Inc. does. When I got into the media room at the Cattle Industry Convention early last week I saw these little cards promoting www.4cattlemen.com and they said it’s producted by API. That raised even more questions in my mind after visiting the site. So to learn more I …