Several times in the last couple years I’ve tried to point agrimarketers to the concept of “community” in online communications/marketing. By that I mean the fact that employing today’s new and social media tools allows us to connect and interact with our customers and members in ways we never could before. Using AgWired as an example, I don’t just reach …
Pork On A Fork
As of right now, the terms “Swine flu” and “#swineflu” are trending at positions 2 and 6 on Twitter. The term “H1N1” is trending in the 10th spot. I think that shows that as much as we’d like to think that everyone, media included, would call this what it is, it’s not happening. This thing blew up way too fast …
Zimfo Bytes
John Deere Ag Management Solutions and Raven Industries, Inc. announced an agreement to supply customers with a broad suite of application control solutions in the precision agricultural market. Monsanto has signed a new three year trademark licensing agreement with Chapin International. Chapin will provide new sprayer technology for use with agricultural herbicide products including Roundup PROMAX and QuikPRO. Pfizer Animal …
#AgChat Session
We just concluded another great #AgChat session via Twitter. Here’s the questions posed. Q1: What are differences between the 2 main types of ag production – local & nat./int?. Advantages & disadvantages? Q2: Family farmers vs. ind. ag, how can you distinguish between 2 approaches (family vs. big) & validate need for both? Q3: How can we share positive msg …
Find IFAJ On Twitter
Have you made your reservation for the IFAJ Congress/Ag Media Summit yet? We’ve got ours in. To help you keep up with what’s going on at this year’s IFAJ Congress a new Twitter account has been set up: @IFAJ. The beautiful background is the U.S. delegation to last year’s IFAJ Congress. For you Twitter experts, please remember to use the …
Farm Foundation Animal Welfare Forum Wrapping Up
I take it from Mace Thornton’s (@AFBFMace) latest photo that we’re now into the question and answer portion of today’s Farm Foundation Forum on animal welfare. Here’s some of his tweets since my last post including concluding thoughts. I love his “funny moment” post: Bob Krause of MW Poultry Svcs of Indiana. 10 largest egg farm comp. In country @ …
Now Hearing From American Humane Association
This time we’ve got Tim Amlaw, Director of the Farm Animal Program of the American Humane Association on the podium at the Farm Foundation Forum on animal welfare. Here’s what our man on the scene, Mace Thornton, (@AFBFMace) is saying about his presentation: Tim Amlaw of American Humane @ FF forum on farm animals: AH been around since 1877. In …
More From Farm Foundation Forum
Here’s Paul Shapiro, Senior Director of the Humane Society of the United States, speaking now at the Farm Foundation Forum on animal welfare. Thanks again to Mace Thornton’s Blackberry. Here’s a couple new tweets from him (@AFBFMace): HSUS Shapiro @ FF farm anim forum: civil discourse essntl. All agree animals protected by law to some degree…dog and cock fight etc. …
Animal Welfare Farm Foundation Forum
Thanks to @AFBFMace (Mace Thornton, American Farm Bureau Federation) we’re getting some information from the Farm Foundation Forum on Animal Welfare as it relates to Production Agriculture. The session this morning in Washington, DC has started as you can see from his Blackberry photo. Here’s who’s on the program: Paul Shapiro, Senior Director of the Humane Society of the United …
Leaders Honored at Beef Improvement Federation Research Symposium
The 41st BIF Research Symposium and Annual Meeting was hosted by the California Beef Cattle Improvement Association (CBCIA) and the California Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) in Sacramento, Calif. on April 30-May 3, 2009. I extend my congratulations to the beef industy leaders that were honored at this year’s event. 2009 Frank H. Baker Memorial Scholarship Award Recipients The late Frank H. …