NASCAR is in the middle of making an announcement of a “major long-term partnership with American Ethanol which is being led by Growth Energy. You can see a video that was just published below. I hope to have some audio from the announcement added after the official public announcement which is taking place in Las Vegas as of this posting. …
Sara Palin Visits BCS Communications
The streets of Kansas City, MO were safe for a while last night while the party raged on at the BCS Communications Open House. Visiting was Sara Palin (not the Sarah). She took time to pose with just about everyone at some point. Yours truly was taking photos, some of which you can find online. I interviewed the partners of …
Golden ARC Awards Deadline Extended
If you didn’t get your entries for the 2011 Golden ARC awards prepared because you were busy with the holiday last week, not to worry – you have a little more time now. The Agricultural Relations Council (ARC) has extended the entry deadline for the 2011 Golden ARC awards. Entries for the competition are now due in by 5:00 pm …
Survey Drawing Winner
The Survey Monkey has spoken and the winner is …. drum roll, please…. Jamie Wilson with the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan Jamie reads Domestic Fuel and says she is most interested in stories related to ethanol. We sincerely appreciate her taking the time to fill out the survey so we can learn more about our audiences on all the …
BCS Open House
It’s holiday time and that means open house at BCS Communications. Here are the B, the C and the S in their holiday outfits. Can you guess who is who? If you can’t then you should stop by this evening and find out. I’ll be there once again and am glad they ordered some clear weather this year.
Zimfo Bytes
Yasheng Group announced the development of “Tiaoshan” Lindan 210, a specialized corn seed product designed to enhance corn cultivation by increasing crop yields while reducing costs by up to 30 percent. Beck Ag recently launched its newly re-designed corporate site. The International Agricultural Exhibition & Conference will be held in Lima, Peru, May 4-6, 2011. Trelleborg TM900 High Power super …
AGROPRESS Celebrates 6 Years
Some of my friends I’ve come to know through the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists just held a big party in Serbia. Happy anniversary AGROPRESS and congratulations to Goran Djakovic! The Serbian Association of Agricultural Journalists AGROPRESS has celebrated its 6th ANNIVERSARY. On that occasion, more than 200 journalists, representatives of diplomatic corps, partner organizations, educational institutions, managers of companies …
Advocacy Starts With Weber Shandwick
The next stop in our series of conversations with agency leadership is Weber Shandwick. In this week’s program you’ll hear from JoDee George and David Krejci. Since our theme is all about “what’s new” you’ll hear them answer – Farm and Food Advocacy Practice. It’s a timely focus and one they’ve been working on for some time. As they told …
Death Tax Press Conference Audio
In case you were not able to tune in for the estate tax press conference, here is the audio with statements from all the major ag organizations participating. That includes the American Farm Bureau Federation; the American Soybean Association; the National Association of Wheat Growers; the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association; the National Corn Growers Association; the National Cotton Council; the …
Soybean Growers Appeal to Congress
Soybean farmers are in Washington D.C. this week for a little lame duck. In addition to uniting with other agriculture groups urging Congress to fix the “death tax,” American Soybean Association (ASA) farmer-leaders are participating in a biodiesel fly-in to discuss renewing the biodiesel tax incentive that expired at the end of last year. Participating from ASA are grower-leaders Joe …