Hello AAEA members. Your cooperation is requested in taking a short survey. AAEA Members only! Can you help us out? AAEA members Karen Simon, Jim Evans, Owen Roberts in addition to Stephen Banning are conducting a survey of AAEA member attitudes as an update of a published study that was done with AAEA members ten years ago. We hope you …
COSDA-naughts Learning New Media
Thanks to Ted Quanrud, North Dakota, I’ve got a picture from my COSDA blogging class. We went at it hard and heavy for 4 hours and had a great discussion (even though the hotel’s internet access died right when I started). Today we’re going to focus on podcasting and I’ve opened up lots of web pages “just in case.” After …
National FFA Alumni Association Blog
Master agriblogger, Joy Carter, Georgia Peanut Commission, has put her skills to work for the National FFA Alumni Association. She’ll be posting from the convention in Indianapolis this week and is one of the presenters at the National FFA Alumni Workshops. Here’s a few items she wants you to be aware of: Alumni Benefit Auctions – Online Timed Benefit Auction …
Catching Up With Ev Griner
During last week’s Sunbelt Ag Expo the first person I interviewed was Ev Griner. Ev has been in broadcasting since 1948 (60 years)! He’s an icon of the farm broadcasting business in the deep southeast and is still producing daily programming for Southeast AgNet. I’ve known Ev for a lot of years but hadn’t seen him in over 10 years. …
Iowa Farmer Participates in World Food Prize
There were many corporate, government and organization types at the World Food Prize symposium last week in Des Moines – but there were lots of real farmers as well, from all over the world. The opportunity for farmers from different countries to network with each other is very valuable, especially for sharing ideas to increase productivity. Laura Foell is a …
COSDA Blogging Class Underway
Here we are in the COSDA blogging class. I’ll add a picture later but for now I’m just showing how to do a post in WordPress. We’re having a really good discussion and I’m hearing a lot of excellent questions, some of which pertain to a government organization blogging. Post Update: The picture is our group having lunch just now …
Zimfo Bytes
The United Soybean Board (USB) currently seeks nominations for its annual Outstanding Achievement Award and Excellence in Communications Award. This is given to an individual, organization or group that has made an outstanding positive impact on the soybean industry and the soybean checkoff. Click here for a nomination form or contact Jennifer Anthony, 888-235-4332, ext. 1978. Deadline is Dec. 1, …
Welcome To COSDA
The COSDA meeting is underway here in Topeka, KS. This morning I’ll be conducting a training session on blogging, tomorrow on podcasting. This is what the scene was like driving here last night on I-70. Another beautiful midwest sunset. I got in just in time for the end of the Colorado hospitality suite. While there I sampled Goat Artisan Vodka. …
Truth About Trade and Technology Global Roundtable
For the third year, the Truth About Trade and Technology (TATT) held a Global Farmer to Farmer Roundtable in conjunction with the World Food Prize events. Over 20 farmers from as many nations participated in the event this year to discuss biotech agriculture in their countries, according to TATT chairman Dean Kleckner. “Either how we’re using it and here’s what …
COSDA ’till the Cows Come Home
I’m ready to “COSDA ‘Till The Cows Come Home.” That’s what the Communication Officers of State Departments of Agriculture are doing in Topeka, KS. I’ll be teaching two 1/2 day classes there starting tomorrow morning when we focus on blogging. Then on Tuesday it’s a session on podcasting. Of course you’ll learn more about COSDA and what we’re doing right …