Last week, I wrote a blog post asking for advice on what equipment I needed to purchase to effectively work as an agricultural journalist. I had some great feedback, and I appreciate everybody’s insights on this topic. Now, for those of you that already have every piece of equipment known to man, you have probably heard of Engadget. If you …
New Holland News From Commodity Classic
During Commodity Classic I got to interview Gene Hemphill, New Holland, one of our sponsors. Gene (center) had to have his picture taken with Cindy and me since he so rarely sees us in the same place at the same time. Gene was very happy with the show this year. At this year’s show New Holland had a training trailer …
Solo Foods Star Video Contest
I don’t know if you remember Joel, winner of the “More Beef In More Places” video contest. Now he’s in a new competition with Solo Foods Star Video Contest. Here’s his entry. Now go vote for him.
Corn Farmers Coalition Launched
After last week’s announcement about the Global Renewable Fuels Alliance and Tom Buis moving from NFU to Growth Energy I thought we now had plenty of organizations promoting not only renewable fuels but corn in particular since it is such an integral part of biofuels production today. However, we now have another new organization. This time it’s the Corn Farmers …
Westbrock and Anderson To Recieve NAMA Awards
NAMA has announced two of their big award winners. The awards will be presented at the 2009 Agri-Marketing Conference, “Hot Ideas, Sizzling Solutions,” April 16, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. ZimmComm will be there once again and celebrating 5 years btw. The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) has named Leon Westbrock (pictured), CHS Inc., Executive Vice President and COO, Energy, as the …
American Society of Newspaper Editors Cancels Convention
I think it’s a sign of the times. Some might says it’s because of the economy. I don’t. The media has changed and it’s not going to change back to the way it was. Thanks to a heads up from Steve Drake, Drake & Company, I learned that the American Society of Newspaper Editors has canceled their 2009 Convention. Here …
Future Ag Journalists
In this week’s program you get to meet Brooke Hoelscher and Megan Ott. They’re the Monsanto Future Ag Journalist Fellowship students who were set up to cover the Commodity Classic on blogs created by Monsanto – Brooke’s Commodity Insider and Megan’s Classic Chronicle. We had a nice chat in the media room at Commodity Classic. Brooke is a junior ag …
Self-Improvement with Dale Carnegie
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955) is widely recognized for his best-selling self-help books including: How to Win Friends and Influence People, The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living. What started as a night job teaching adults at the YMCA turned into a national phenomenon as Dale Carnegie dedicated his life to teaching others …
Zimfo Bytes
Novus International is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Joyce Cacho as Chief Sustainability Officer. Dr. Cacho’s primary responsibility will be managing, planning and implementing Novus’s global Corporate Social Responsibility Program and initiatives. Veteran marketing and communications professional Hugh Whaley has joined Broadhead + Co. as director of the Minneapolis-based agency’s growing association and federal government practice. Commodity Wrap, …
A Classic Event
Everyone at Commodity Classic this year seemed to be impressed that attendance was as good or better than ever, despite the economy. “As I understand it, we are either right at the record or over it, so that is phenomenal,” said National Corn Growers Association CEO Rick Tolman. Unofficial numbers I heard were about 4500 total registration with 1500 of …