I just heard from IFAJ President Mike Wilson, Farm Futures, who is attending the 2010 IFAJ Congress. He took a minute to give me a quick update about attendance which has been impacted by the Iceland volcano. I’d say around 120 people made it to the congress, about 40 had to cancel. We’ve heard a ton of stories about people …
Tweeting IFAJ Congress Tours
The Monday tours at the IFAJ Congress are in full swing and the Congress team is actively tweeting them. Here’s a link to their TwitPic photos, like this one, showing up this morning. The Congress team is really doing a good job helping those of us who couldn’t make it still feel somewhat a part of this year’s event. I’m …
Zimfo Bytes
AgFeed Industries, Inc. announced that it has agreed to invest in a hog production project in conjunction with Xinyu City in Jiangxi province. The Andersons, Inc. announced it has recently signed a letter of intent to purchase two grain cleaning and storage facilities from O’Malley Grain, Inc., with closing to occur as soon as reasonably practical following negotiation and execution …
An IFAJ Welcome
The IFAJ Congress is doing a great job of posting information. It’s great for those of us who couldn’t be there. There are now several video clips online like the one below with a welcome from Congress Chairman, Jef Verhaeren. In his opening remarks Jef asked for a moment of silence for Don Gomery, long time honorary secretary of the …
IFAJ Congress Blog and Photos
Now I’m really feeling sad that I can’t be in Belgium for the 2010 IFAJ Congress. Photos are now available and there is a Congress Blog. This evening the main congress has started. During the welcome walking dinner and reception some speeches were held. Extended video footage of this evening will be posted tomorrow. For those who can’t wait to …
TweetStats
If you’ve never looked at your TweetStats you might find some interesting information in there. I just ran a scan of my tweets and here’s my tweetcloud. I also notice in my stats that my tweet volume is down slightly from last year. Not sure why that is but I’m not going to lose any sleep over it. It looks …
AgWired Passion Doesn’t Get To IFAJ Congress
From the tweets, it looks like IFAJ people are having a good time in Belgium. At least those who could make it. I found out at the Delta ticket counter that my flight was canceled just as I got there. Bummer. You can follow IFAJ tweets via Twitter search among other Twitter aggregation methods. I’m hoping some of my IFAJ …
Four Years of Forage Forum
I can’t believe it has been almost four years since we started producing the Forage Forum podcast for Pioneer on World Dairy Diary. When we started it in July of 2006, it was the very first dairy nutrition podcast for livestock producers. We’ve done over 70 podcasts since that time. Each one features news and information important to dairy professionals …
Zimfo Bytes
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., announces the promotion of two employees in the Swine Division: Tim Bettington to executive director of the Swine Division, and Randy Buller to senior associate director of Swine Marketing. Syngenta Seeds, Inc. announced it has received full Canadian regulatory approval from Health Canada and Canada Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), for the Agrisure Viptera corn trait. New …
Celebrating 50 Years of Schwalbe
It is always great spending time with good friends. This afternoon that was at BCS Communications “back yard” to celebrate a milestone with Kelly Schwalbe. Yes that’s a band in the background. It’s nice to take some time out from the every day work load to just relax a little bit. Of course not everyone was relaxing. There was the …