The egg is an icon of Easter, but where did the Easter egg tradition come from? PAAS says egg coloring is a 5,000 year old practice. The egg decorating company also takes a look at egg trends for Easter 2008. Persians first began using colored eggs to celebrate spring in 3,000 B.C. Today, egg decorating is a favorite family activity. …
Happy National Ag Day – Kiss a Farmer
Hello and Happy National Ag Day. This is the day we honor our nation’s farmers for providing safe, abundant and affordable products, a strong economy, a source of renewable energy, and a world of job opportunities. Leave a comment here about what you’re doing today. I just did a check on Google News and only saw one story so far. …
Creative Cow Judging
Advertising agency blogs are a fantastic opportunity to showcase your talent. I mean, if you’re going to say you’re creative then show it. Here’s one way Charleston Orwig has done so on Field Assignment. Every year we give our creative team entry forms for the Hoard’s Dairyman Cow Judging Contest and very limited advice on making picks.
Give a Tweet About Twitter
I thought I had written about Twitter before but I am seriously behind in making sure you know about what I can only describe as a sort of micro-blogging application. I’ve had a Twitter account for almost exactly a year now but just started using it. At first I just didn’t see the point but that’s changed . You’re going …
Celebrating Ag Day in Pennsylvania
Here’s how the Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, Dennis Wolff, will be celebrating National Ag Day. Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff will join Lancaster County agricultural leaders at 10:30 a.m. on March 20 to recognize National Agriculture Day during an event at Graywood Farms in Peach Bottom, Lancaster County. If you’re interested in going you can find the farm here. If the …
The Ultimate Country Music Fan Experience
Hey country music fans. I’m already looking forward to this year’s CMA Music Festival, better known as Fan Fair. With New Holland’s support I’ll be there once again. I just submitted my media credentials request since CMA was already wondering if I’d be there again. I think I was probably the first blogger to get credentialed by them. That’s been …
Zimfo Bytes
This time next year, Bayer CropScience plans to introduce corn growers to a new, proprietary safener and two new corn preemergence weed-control products: Balance® FLEXX and Corvus™ herbicides. The new corn herbicides account for two of at least six new product innovations the company expects to bring to market for corn growers in the next three years. Missouri’s elected officials …
Novus International Makes News
Novus International is making news again. To start with they’ve got a new Executive Director – Dr. Scott Fleetwood. Then they’ve also just announced a new website. You’ll be hearing a lot more from Novus this summer as they sponsor AgWired coverage of World Pork Expo! Novus International, Inc., a leader in animal health and nutrition, is proud to announce …
Great American BBQ Tour
It’s getting to that time of year when we can grill outside comfortably and I can’t wait. The Kansas City Barbeque Society is using springtime to kick off their Great American BBQ Tour and Ernie and Linda Poland will be the tour team. Now there’s a sweet (and smoky) gig! KCBS announced today that Ernie and Linda Poland, proud KCBS …
New Media Presentation in KC, MO
I’m doing a presentation in Kansas City and during the meeting saw that my good friend Barry Nelson, John Deere, is on YouTube giving a speech in a corn field. It was done by Nathan Schock, POET. See what you think. Does Barry need some media training?