Jim Evans, Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, has written a great article about the use of blogs in agricultural communications. It’s titled, “Why and how journalists around the world are using blogs to cover agriculture” and you can find it on the IFAJ website. Here’s an excerpt: During late 2005 agricultural communications researchers Emily Rhoades and Kelsey Hall conducted what may …
Zimfo Bytes
A comprehensive scientific review suggests that Converted Organics liquid agricultural fertilizers boost disease suppression characteristics in plants due to the product’s diversity of anti-oxidants and hormones. The initial class has been elected to the newly formed MEAT INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME. The 21 new members were chosen in voting by the Hall’s Board of Trustees from among more than 70 …
Get to Know Your Checkoff: Cattlemen’s Beef Board
AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and The Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) would like its producers to get to know them better, says Lynn Heinz, the executive director of communications. The organization serves all the 800,000 beef producers in the country, and is working with ag journalists to help them get their message out. In some cases this …
Farm Foundation: A Forum for Discussion
AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and There are a lot of agricultural policy concerns today and the Farm Foundation is taking an active role in helping DC adopt better legislation. The organization notes that agriculture is important and ag policy is important, and their role is to bring divergent views together and provide a forum for discussion. …
IFAJ Congress/Ag Media Summit Photos
Our photo album for the IFAJ Congress/Ag Media Summit has been giving us fits the last few days. Flickr is great but every once in a while . . . So, I’ve got most of our photos re-uploaded and ready for your viewing pleasure. Here’s the link to use for IFAJ Congress/Ag Media Summit photos: IFAJ/AMS 2009 Photo Album
The Haymond Group Formed
Allen Moczygemba has been busy creating a new enterprise. The Haymond Group, LLC a new marketing consulting firm with an emphasis on providing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) expertise has been formed to serve agribusiness clients. Industry veteran Allen Moczygemba has been named President of The Haymond Group, which is being funded with private equity. Joining Moczygemba on the management team …
America’s Favorite Farmers Markets
The results are in for the American Farmland Trust’s America’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest. Thousands of votes were cast. You can see a list of the top twenty here. The winners for this year are: Large Davis Farmers Market Davis, CA Votes: 3032 Medium Williamsburg Farmers Market Williamsburg, VA Votes: 725 Small Collingswood Farmers Market Collingswood, NJ Votes: 1027
Peaut Butter Creativity
Peanut butter is one of my favorite foods. I’m also choosy enough to choose Jif. Now Jif has a contest going that will award some college scholarships. So get your peanut butter creativity going. Adding some creativity to mundane lunch routines could have a huge payoff. Jif Peanut Butter, the trusted peanut butter of choosy Moms, is accepting entries for …
What Are You Thankful For?
Today, I thought I would share some reflections from my role as a cattle producer, instead of an agriculture writer. Thanks for letting me stand on this soapbox so often… Nowadays, it seems the worries of a farmer and rancher are monumental. High input costs, ballot initiatives, strict regulations, bad media coverage, consumer misconceptions, animal rights activists’ agendas and low …
Insights From Forrest Bassford Award Winner Whitney Wallace
AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and Several student and young professional awards were given during the IFAJ/AMS summit and one of the most coveted awards, the Forrest Bassford Award was given to Whitney Wallace and is sponsored by LPC. Whitney will be a senior at the University of Missouri this fall and she is an active member …