Stephanie Nussbaum, 18, of Garretson was crowned the 54th South Dakota Dairy Princess in a ceremony Wednesday, March 19, 2008, during the Central Plains Dairy Expo in Sioux Falls. Norling was one of four candidates for the title, which carries with it a $1,000 scholarship from the dairy princess program sponsor, Midwest Dairy Association – South Dakota Division. Nussbaum is …
Egg Board Members Appointed
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has appointed nine members and nine alternates to the American Egg Board for the 2008-2009 term. All members and alternates will serve 2-year terms. The board administers an egg research and promotion program authorized by the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act of 1974. The board is composed of 18 members and 18 alternates representing six …
Katie Allen Joins Brownfield
Brownfield, Ag News for America, is pleased to announce Katie Allen is joining the Brownfield team as its Student Intern. “We are pleased to welcome Katie to Brownfield Ag News,” said Cyndi Young, Brownfield Farm Director. Allen has experience in radio and television and has also done some blogging and freelance writing for a number of publications, which Young says …
Truffle Media Networks Starts Ag Media Conversations
The podcasting folks at Truffle Media Networks are starting a new one to focus on ag podcasting. Although it sounds a lot like my ZimmCast I’m sure glad to see another channel for you to learn about how to integrate new media tools into your agricultural marketing strategy. Agriculture promotion professionals, get ready to download. Ag Media Conversations – the …
Hondo Group WI Grand Opening Scheduled
The Hondo Group is getting ready to have a grand opening for their Darlington, WI office. The grand opening is on May 1 and sounds like a fun party. . . . we are a group of imaginative experts who provide innovative advertising, marketing and public relations services. So just imagine what type of party we can host!
Leading The Charge To NAMA Convention
In just a few weeks we’ll be attending the 2008 National Agri-Marketing Conference and Trade Show. ZimmComm will have a booth there so stop by and see us. In this week’s program you can learn all about the trade show from committee Chair, Rosemary Schimek, Corporate Marketing Manager, Farm Progress Companies. Rosemary says that this year’s trade show is the …
You Might Touch Our iPod
Some of you AgWired NAMA-ites still have your “I’ve Been Blogged” t-shirts from the 2006 convention. They were a very popular item so we’re bringing them back this year. Here’s a few of the ZimmComm girls modeling the shirts we’ll have at our NAMA trade show booth this year. To get one all you’ll have to do is stop by …
Communicating Via New Media Groups
I recently mentioned Clay Shirky’s book, “Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations,” and got my copy last week. I’m going to try to share some tidbits from it as time allows since I think this is a book that will really help many of you ag communicators better understand what we’re doing. By “we” I mean ZimmComm …
Zimfo Bytes
Rep. Kenny Hulshof (R-Mo.) received the Golden Plow award, the highest honor the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) presents to members of Congress, for his advocacy for farmers and ranchers and his efforts on their behalf throughout his time in Congress. The Golden Plow was presented to Rep. Hulshof during a luncheon meeting of members of the AFBF board of …
New Look For AgWired
By now some of you will have noticed that AgWired has a new theme. That’s what we call the look of the website. We’re still working on it but have tried to tie in some of the various ways that I’m connected including Twitter. Please feel free to let me know what you think. It’s just part of the effort …