There is an Iowa family in need of your help. This family has strong ties to agriculture and the cattle business. This is a chance to reach out to help two little boys that were dealt a difficult hand of cards in life. I thought I would pass this along… Bode and Brystol Druckenmiller of Indianola, Iowa are wonderful boys …
Alltech Symposium Wrapup
The Alltech International Animal Health and Nutrition Symposium was another overwhelming success in terms of attendance, theme and customer interaction from a personal and professional standpoint. I missed the closing session but thanks to Alltech photographer Tim Webb we have this great shot. And thanks to Alltech blogger Debbie Hildreth, for a short summary of the last session. Alltech President …
Defining Sustainability For Alltech Symposium
One of the things we’ve learned in recent weeks is how many definitions there are for “sustainability.” The Alltech Symposium theme was The Sustainability Principle so it was our primary topic of discussion. At the Great Debate roundtable our panelists each took a turn answering the question, “How do you define sustainability? There were also asked to put that in …
Zimfo Bytes
The National Milk Producers Federation hailed the announcement by the USDA that it will finally apply the dairy promotion checkoff to imported dairy products, 25 years after the national 15 cent checkoff was first applied to U.S.‐produced milk. Grundfos Pumps has selected Nicholson Kovac Inc. as its integrated marketing communications partner for strategies targeting the agricultural market segment. American Farmland …
Don’t Miss Out on the Communicating Renewables Webinar Series
Calling all communications professionals. What is one of the most difficult challenges we face? Developing campaigns that will garnering consumer support and product adoption. An example of just how difficult this can be is the corn-ethanol industry. Consumer support has been dwindling for months and this has in part, been driving by media hostility and biased reporting. So what is …
Brewing Kentucky Ale
You might look at this picture and say, “That looks like a dangerous group,” but you’d be wrong. We’re just some lovable guys enjoying a frosty end-of-day beverage in the pub at Shrewsbury Hall. This is the pub next door to the Alltech Lexington Brewing Company. In the photo with me are Head Brew Master, Ken Lee (center) and Trent …
Sustainability Questions And Responses
One of the highlight sessions at the Alltech Symposium is The Great Debate. This is a roundtable discussion and featured well known panelists Michael Boehlje, Professor at Purdue University, Lutz Goedde, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Philip Wilkinson, 2 Sisters Food Group. The moderator (pictured) was Alltech Vice President, Aidan Connolly. The subject was “Sustainability – For realists or …
Is This The End Of Traditional Radio In Home?
I’m not saying you should go out and buy one of these today but it sure is tempting. I found this story on Podcasting News and I’m going to let James tell the story because he does it very well. My main reason to post this is to keep you up to date on what’s happening with technology that will …
Novus Holds Sustainability Roundtable
The World Ag Congress concluded in St. Louis at midday on Wednesday, but the discussion continued with about 50 of the congress participants who attended the Novus International sustainability roundtable. Four speakers presented sustainability-related topics and the first was Charlie Arnot, CEO of the Center for Food Integrity (CFI) who talked about how building and maintaining public trust and confidence …
World Ag Congress Climate Change Discussion
No forum on world food security issues would be complete without a session on climate change and that was how the World Ag Congress concluded its roundtable discussions Wednesday. While the issue may be debatable, there is no question that agriculture should be taking every opportunity to decrease greenhouse gas emissions – including carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Panalist …