Lunch was on Novus International today at the International Poultry/Feed Expos in Atlanta for the Southern Poultry Scientific Society (SPSS) meeting here. The SPSS meeting is part of the International Poultry Scientific Forum being held in conjunction with all the other poultry and feed events. It’s really kind of amazing how many events are going on here around the expos …
Welcome to the IPE/IFE
Welcome to AgWired’s coverage of the International Poultry Expo/International Feed Expo, sponsored by Novus International. It’s just an international event here in Hot-Lanta! A number of pre-expo events are taking place here today – like summits, seminars and technical sessions – but the real show gets underway tomorrow here at the Georgia World Congress center. The expo is a joint …
Feeding RSS In St. Louis
This afternoon I got to visit with Bob Callanan and Cassandra Schlef, American Soybean Association. We talked about RSS feeds which I believe you’ll soon see ASA making greater use of to distribute information. In our session we started out looking at how RSS works from the user perspective and then moved to the publishing side. I really believe this …
Ditchin’ South Dakota
Classes are in full swing, homework is piling up, I’m in my senior semester at SDSU, the snow is getting deep and I’m ditching school to head to sunny Arizona for the Cattle Industry’s Annual Trade Show and Convention. I’ll be catching up with Chuck in Phoenix as we gather with ranchers, industry professionals and friends for some good conversations …
Secretary Vilsack First Teleconference
Our new U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, just held his first teleconference and I’ve got it recorded for you. He makes a short opening statement then takes Q&A from select media who could ask questions (I was not one of them). I was interested in things like biofuels and rural development of broadband internet access. Both are mentioned several …
Zimfo Bytes
The Progressive Agriculture Foundation (PAF) recently achieved the pinnacles of charity-related standards set by both the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the IRS. The Foundation has been awarded the BBB Wise Giving Alliance National Charity Seal demonstrating its commitment to accountability and ethical practices. The 2009 Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board director elections are quickly approaching. Producers who would like to …
Video Marketing
Does your company need justification for creating video for online use? Here’s some interesting information on today’s eMarketer.com. Every retailer knows the importance of moving product, but online the idea may be taking on a whole new meaning. According to comScore, the number of online shoppers who watched retail videos grew 40% in a single year. It is not surprising …
Monster Machine For The New Media Warrior
If you’re in the market for a new notebook computer and if you can afford it then Apple has the answer coming out soon. You can pre-order them now. This is the 17″ Macbook Pro. It’s basically made for the road warrior, agriblogging, farm podcasting, new media mogul of today. There are a growing number of us and I applaud …
Heading to the Poultry Expo
I am heading out early for the International Poultry Expo in Atlanta this week – trying to get a jump on the snow storm heading our way today. While the expo proper actually starts on Wednesday, the International Poultry Scientific Forum, Pet Food Regulatory & technical Conference, and Animal Agriculture Environmental Sustainability Summit will be held tomorrow so that’s when …
Livestock Week
We’ve got a week full of conventions coming up on AgWired. I’ll be the Beef Board Blogger once again at the Cattle Industry Convention in Phoenix while Cindy is attending the International Poultry Expo. It’s a livestock kind of week. Cindy gets on location first so you can expect to see her posts before mine. She’ll be in Atlanta and …