Here’s something you won’t see on the evening tv news. Soldier farmers helping rebuild the ag economy in Afghanistan. We’ve already seen this type of work being done in Iraq thanks to Paul McKellips. It looks like soldiers from several states are doing something similar to this in Afghanistan. Despite recent progress, Afghanistan remains a poor country. Its agriculture industry, …
Manitoba Ban on Swine Expansion Expected to Discourage Environmentally Friendly Farming
Harry Siemens – The Manitoba Chamber of Commerce warns the province’s proposed ban on swine industry development in eastern Manitoba will discourage the adoption of new technologies designed to make hog farming more environmentally friendly. Bill 17, the Manitoba Environment Amendment Act, which bans swine barn construction or expansion in most of eastern Manitoba, passed the Manitoba Legislature on Wednesday, September …
Lori Hallowell is Bader Rutter Vice President
Congratulations to Lori Hallowell. Lori Hallowell has been promoted to vice president at Bader Rutter in the agency’s account management and public relations groups. Hallowell joined the agency in 1994 as an account executive. Her energy and passion for the business have been key in the growth of Merial, the agency’s animal health client. A native of Palmyra, Neb., Hallowell …
MCOOL will take some time to sort out
Harry Siemens / Farmscape – North American pork producers, processors, and retailers continue to prepare for the introduction of the mandatory country of origin labeling which took affect officially on September 30, 2008. Saskatchewan Pork Development Board policy analyst Mark Ferguson believes U.S. processors and retailers will determine the impact of the new labelling requirements on Canadian pork producers. “Although …
FINDERBINDER Agricultural Media Directory Ready
It looks like the Finderbinder for ag media is about ready. As of today, public relations executives and media buyers serving the agricultural media directory have a new tool for current, detailed information on local news media. The FINDERBINDER® Agricultural Media Directory catalogs more than 1,500 agricultural newspapers, magazines, online publications, broadcast outlets in the United States. “The FINDERBINDER® will …
NAFB Foundation Tractors Available
If you’d like to help out the NAFB Foundation then place your order for a tractor. Joe Ertl has personally autographed each of the Massey Ferguson 1150 numbered 1/16 scale toy tractors for the NAFB. To make it a unique toy for the organization, Joe designed a replica of a tractor radio mounted to the fender. There are only 200 …
Nuestro Rancho is Our Ranch Beef
Give me a steak from “our ranch.” The American Hereford Association (AHA) and Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) LLC staffs have created a new Hereford-based beef brand specifically targeting Hispanic shoppers. In 31 Hispanic grocery stores throughout the Los Angeles area, shoppers now have the opportunity to buy Hereford beef labeled Nuestro Rancho, from a service case cut just the way …
Mother Nature Gets a Network
It looks like Mother Nature needed a network and found two guys to start one for her. Chuck Leavell pointed me to this story which pretty much explains what they have in mind. Joel Babbit, 54, a longtime Atlanta ad executive, and Chuck Leavell, 56, keyboardist for the Rolling Stones, are creating a new online company — the Mother Nature …
September ZimmNews
The latest edition of ZimmNews has now been delivered to in-boxes everywhere. In case you didn’t get it or just want to look at it online then you can find it here: September ZimmNews Some highlights include: New Media Tip Where Have We Been Where Are We Going Southern Peanut Farmers Blog Precision Pays Has New Look Best of the …
Picture Gadgets
Hello photo enthusiasts. If you like pictures and especially if you like taking them then you’re probably wondering what to do with all of them in this digital world. So I thought I’d give you a few ideas. Of course you can print them but if you travel around a lot then what? Well, you can keep them on your …