I’ll take the opportunity to post a photo of my main man, Pope Benedict XVI anytime. Thanks to Terry Wanzek who grows corn, soybeans, and wheat on his family farm in North Dakota and serves as a North Dakota Senator and board member of Truth About Trade & Technology, for a great letter. In it he mentions that the Pontifical …
International Trade Is Now Causing Global Warming
The folks at the United Nations are at it again, this time along with the World Trade Organization. Last time it was their idiotic report about how cows and other forms of livestock are contributing so much to global warming (now calling it climate change which I believe happens naturally every year). This time they’ve moved a step ahead to …
Katy Trail River Scene
This Missouri River scene is just one reason why I like biking on the Katy Trail. Its very peaceful and relaxing. And my new iPhone takes pretty good pictures! Post Update: The first edition of this post was from my iPhone, using the WordPress app, but I found I need to work on some settings since I had to edit …
Debate Heating Up Over Climate Change Bill
Is it hot in DC or is it just global warming? Agriculture, biofuels and environmental groups are all weighing in on the sweeping “climate change” bill expected to come up for a vote in the House tomorrow. A deal made by House Ag Committee Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) this week …
Protest Bank of America’s HSUS Credit Card
Here’s something to fire you up on a summer Thursday. As reported on CattleNetwork this morning, Bank of America is now offering “The Humane Society of the United States® WorldPoints® Platinum Plus® Visa® Card.” Thank BOA. Help provide funds (25 cents of every 100 dollars charged) to an organization that essentially misleads people to get their money to fund their …
Zimfo Bytes
Syngenta Crop Protection announced that increased fungicide usage, specifically of azoxystrobin brands, has resulted in a significant manufacturing investment and production upgrade to its Omaha, Neb. facility. On Friday, June 19, President Barack Obama named Ertharin Cousin to be the next U.S. ambassador to the Rome-based U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture. Supima, the promotional organization of the American Pima …
Ray-Lin Dairy Blog
More and more farmers are speaking out in the social web world and I think it’s great. Take Ray Prock, Ray-Lin Dairy. He’s got a blog going and is very active on Twitter. Welcome to Ray-Lin Dairy’s newly minted blog. To start with here is a little background information about us. We are a second generation Dairy Farm located in …
4-H CHARACTER COUNTS! Builds Strong Foundations
Character Counts Program. The Character Counts Program is taught in 4-H clubs and classrooms across the country, and it instills important life lessons in young people for the future. Educators around the state of South Dakota gathered together in Sioux Falls, S.D. on June 23-24, 2009 for the 4-H Character Counts Education Conference. My sister, Courtney, presented a speech at …
Farm Foundation Sponsors Pair of Key Events
Our friends at Farm Foundation have a couple of upcoming key events. First, this Friday, June 26, there’s a Farm Foundation workshop at the Waugh Auditorium of USDA’s Economic Research Service, 1800 M Street NW, Washington, D.C. entitled Local Food Systems: Emerging Research & Policy Issues that will, as the name implies, look at locally grown food and the impact …
Illinois Beef Association Summer Conference
If you’re in or around Illinois on June 25-26, I would love to meet you. Tomorrow, I’m hopping on a plane to head to the Illinois Beef Association Summer Conference to present my workshop, “Table Truths in a New York Minute.” My workshop dives into the tips and tricks for utilizing online tools and social networks to tell the agriculture …