The annual Downes-O’Neill/eDairy Outlook Conference, which is intended for dairy producers, processors, and end users, will be held June 18-19 in Chicago. Soybean checkoff farmer-leaders announced the winners of the USB Outstanding Achievement Award and USB Excellence Award at Commodity Classic in Nashville, Tenn. The checkoff’s highest honor, the USB Outstanding Achievement Award, was awarded to Dr. Richard Wilson, retired …
Hushon Joins Filament Marketing
Josh Hushon has joined Filament Marketing as a marketing executive. He’ll be working on strategic marketing plan implementation. Hushon most recently spent four and a half years at Hoard’s Dairyman as associate editor. In this role, he coordinated coverage of manure handling, environmental regulations, cow comfort, buildings and equipment, animal welfare and content for the Young Dairymen page. He also …
New Viewer Software From AutoFarm
Another company I just didn’t have time to visit with at Commodity Classic is AutoFarm. They’ve got some new products out including software that displays data on precision displays. This is a screen shot of what it looks like. AutoFarm® announces the upcoming release of AF-Viewer™ II software. Developed by Farm Works Software exclusively for AutoFarm, AF-Viewer II will offer …
Agriblogging With AAEA
Hello from ZimmComm World Headquarters in Holts Summit, MO. Right now I’m conducting a webinar along with John Phipps, John’s World, for the American Agricultural Editors Association. Thanks to Linda Smith, Top Producer, for putting these professional development webinars together. This is just one in a series that the organization is conducting this year. We’re talking about blogging and how …
Still More Than a Number at Wyffels Hybrids
Continuing the theme of their customers being “more than a number” Wyffels Hybrids was on display at Commodity Classic. With the help of Stewart Doan we got an interview with Kim Jones. Kim says that the company is unique and independent offering a full range of traits in their hybrids, proprietary genetics packages and personal service. She says that because …
Stoller USA Pushing Yield
At the Commodity Classic Cindy and I couldn’t make it to all the booths that we wanted to so we enlisted the help of Stewart Doan. Stewart did several interviews for us including this one with Dave Redmond, National Sales Manager for Stoller USA. We wanted to find out what was new with this company. Dave tells Stewart that Stoller …
AG Day Essay Contest Winner
The winner of the 2008 Ag Day Essay Contest coordinated by the Agriculture Council of America is Katlin Wiest. ACA called upon seventh- to 12th-grade students nationwide to submit original essays of 450 words about the importance of agriculture in the United States. Under the theme “Agriculture – Bigger Than You Think,” students were encouraged to focus their essays on …
AAEA Webinar on Editorial Blogs – Benefit to Publications
Just in case you’ve been putting it off there’s still time to get registered for tomorrow’s AAEA webinar on blogging. You don’t have to wait for the Agricultural Media Summit to boost your knowledge. The Member Services Committee is offering a one-hour Webinar on editorial blogs – benefit to publications, how to make them valuable to readers, and the ins …
AgWired Survey Contest Winner
I can’t believe all you people who entered our AgWired Survey Contest haven’t been beating me up for not announcing the winner yet. The survey closed on time but with the travel schedule it took a while to get it taken care of (including the ones we ran on our Domestic Fuel and World Dairy Diary sites). But we have …
Catch An AgBuzz
What do Bret Oelke, George Rehm, Jochum Wiersma and Mark Whitney have in common? They all blog for AgBuzz.com. It’s published by Minnesota Farm Guide in conjunction with the University of Minnesota. The purpose of AgBuzz is to gain interaction between producers and extension service staff. The benefits of AgBuzz are to everyone, bloggers, readers, and extension services. Comments are …