Cooking With Your iPad
Got iPad? Want to use it in the kitchen more? Get the Cookineo App. A recent study (OTO Research Fullsix November 2010) covering user interest for iPad content, has reported a paradox : although the kitchen is the room where we spend most of our time every day, it is not a spontaneous answer to the question “where do you …
Agvocate Training at AG CONNECT Expo
The AgChat Foundation will be holding an agvocate training session in Atlanta during the 2011 AG CONNECT Expo. It will be held January 8 from 3-6pm. If you’d like to attend then get your ticket by registering now. Training is a major pillar of the Foundation and this unique opportunity provides an excellent opportunity for farmers attending AgConnect equipment show, …
A Blurb About Blurb
For the past three years, we have been creating year-end photo albums for some of our clients with a service called Blurb. There are others out there that can do the job, but I started using Blurb and have stuck with it and I think it’s just great – easy to use and not very expensive for a really high …
Farmers Night Before Christmas
Thanks to Aimee Chandler, Ag Program Coordinator, University of Illinois Extension for a farmers rendition of the Night Before Christmas. I hope you enjoy it. FARMERS NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2010 Twas the night before Christmas when down on the farm The animals were resting in the warm, cozy barn. Now was the time to reflect on the past year Saying …
New Look for Corn Commentary
Have you seen the new look for the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) blog Corn Commentary? ZimmComm New Media gave the three year old site a face lift that just went live last month. Corn Commentary was developed in 2007 to provide NCGA with an outlet for providing opinions on issues impacting the industry, especially in the areas of environment, …
Jazz It Up At Ag Media Summit in 2011
As we deal with cold why not think ahead to a warm New Orleans and an awesome Ag Media Summit? Here is some new information taken from the latest Livestock Publications Council newsletter. Thank you Diane! The AMS program committee has been hard at work since the conclusion of the 2010 AMS and there are some exciting announcements of speakers …
ZimmPoll Shows Strong Participation In Social Media
Another week, another ZimmPoll. In answer to the question, “Do you participate in social media?” the majority say they do. According to the numbers, 53% say yes and they post regularly, 28% say yes but they rarely create their own posts, 27% say no and they never will and only 1% say no but plan to start participating soon. It …
Zimfo Bytes
Syngenta and DuPont announced that Syngenta will grant Pioneer Hi-Bred a non-exclusive, global license to its corn rootworm trait MIR604 (Agrisure) for corn seed. BASF Plant Science and Bayer CropScience announced a long-term collaboration agreement to improve rice productivity through plant biotechnology. GlyTol glyphosate-tolerant technology, a proprietary trait from Bayer CropScience, will be commercially available to cotton growers in 2011. …
Drake & Company Making Dreams Fly
Let’s meet a different kind of agency, an association and cause management company. Let’s meet Drake & Company and who better to talk about it than the man himself, Steve Drake. This is the continuation of my series of podcast conversations with the leadership of various types of agricultural communication agencies. I remember when Steve got his company started about …