Our Secretary of Agriculture, Ed Schafer, made his first major public policy speech today at the Cattle Industry Convention. Thanks to Andy Vance, Buckeye Ag Network, for snapping a picture for me. It was a pleasure for the ag media to get to meet Schafer. For many of us, it’s our first opportunity and I’m sure not our last. I’m …
Passionate About Beef
The Beef Ambassadors sure do a good job of getting out and promoting beef. I know passion about the product is necessary to be chosen and Jennifer Rassler, Kempton, PA is one of them. She decided to get involved since there are so many people in her area who are not educated about where their food comes from. She says …
Guess Whose Boots
It’s time once again for a Guess Who’s Boots post. So here’s how it works. The first person to correctly identify Whose Boots these are and post it in a comment here will win a ZimmComm Logo speaker for their iPod. Go ahead and give it a try. If needed I can post clues. Let’s see how you do first …
Zimfo Bytes
The Fresno Center for International Trade Development’s 2008 World Ag Expo symposium “Doing Business in Global Markets” focuses on five of the hottest topics in agriculture today: The World of Biofuels; U.S. Free Trade Agreements; China’s Food Quality; Global Competition to U.S. Growers; and The California-Brazil Connection: Ethanol, Biodiesel, Electricity and Beyond. Each topic will feature opinions, panel discussions or …
Boot Shine
Baxter Black has nothing to do with shining boots. He was just signing books at the booth next door while I got by boots shined. I got that done today at the Zinpro booth. While there I learned a lot about the art of shining boots from Mary Sawyers who is a professional and has been doing this for a …
On The Trade Show Floor With Mehlhaff
This morning I got together with Dave Mehlhaff, American Hereford Association, and we took a tour of the NCBA Trade Show. Actually we didn’t make it very far but we found a few friends you may know as we made our way down the aisles. You might want to follow along as we explore some of the booths starting out …
Andy Groseta Talks At LPC Lunch
The Livestock Publications Council held their annual lunch today and the featured speaker was Andy Groseta, incoming NCBA President. Andy welcomed everyone and told the group how import their efforts were in delivering information vital to American cattlemen. The luncheon is actually still going on. I had to leave to attend a different one and am posting this in between. …
NCBA Trade Show
The NCBA Trade Show kicked off yesterday. There was some beef sampling going on. That was tough for this Catholic boy since it was Ash Wednesday. I could only enjoy the sites and smells. I thought it was interesting to hear from a Beef Board member who’s in the meat business say that it’s one of the most important days …
Pequea Spreads a Little Manure Love
Pequea is helping prove that sometimes you’ve got to use video and in this case YouTube. Gotta love a company that’s willing to put the manure on the line in online communications and use some of the new media tools out there! I love the comments that are already being posted. Thanks to Lorena at Schubert Communications for sharing.
Doan’s Got an Agri-Pulse
Congratulations to Stewart Doan for landing a gig with our good friend Sara Wyant. Veteran journalist and farm broadcaster Stewart Doan is joining Agri-Pulse in the new position of senior editor, further expanding the communications firm’s cutting edge coverage of farm and rural policy issues. Doan will contribute to the weekly e-newsletter and provide audio coverage for the company’s expanding …