The Oklahoma Beef Council announced a $250,000 gift to Oklahoma State University’s newly created endowed professorship in honor of animal scientist and autistic expert Dr. Temple Grandin whose life story, put to film, recently won seven Emmy’s. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced five new inductees into the USDA Hall of Heroes. Click here for the complete list. New leadership has …
JoAnn Alumbaugh Joins McCormick Company
Congratulations to JoAnn Alumbaugh on her new job with McCormick Company! JoAnn has been working for Farms.com and has been a solid supporter of professional organizations like the American Agricultural Editors Association and International Federation of Agricultural Journalists. I hope she knows that the fine print in her membership said she had to stay involved “for life” even if she …
Farm Market iD Partners with Successful Farming
Successful Farming® and Farm Market iD have joined forces to create “SFMiD,” what they are calling “the most comprehensive agricultural and rural lifestyle database in the industry.” SFMid will offer a wide variety of options for multi‐sourced farm and rural lifestyle data, as well as customized solutions to help agrimarketers better understand owner/operator relationships, establish electronic communication data points, and …
The Evolution of Online Agvocacy
While in Chicago I finally got to meet Kelly Rivard who I’ve been connected with via AgChat for some time. She was a participant in the first ever AgChat Foundation Agvocacy 2.0 Training Conference and produced a great video for it. Kelly is also a student at North Central College in Naperville, IL. Farmers have a story and are learning …
Charleston|Orwig Goes Blue For Global Genes Project
I’ve heard of going green but going blue is good too. That’s what the staff at Charleston|Orwig, Inc. is doing by wearing blue jeans each day during September. They’re doing it “not for comfort, but for hope.” Wearing jeans serves as a reminder to vote for the Global Genes Project in the online Pepsi Refresh Program. “We are partnering with …
Crank Up Your Flip Audio
Speaking of Flip cameras. I’ll bet you were speaking of them after seeing them earlier today on AgWired. It’s a little bit of a gadget Monday to get you started on your farm communications and marketing week. You know who your gadget guru is don’t you? So, if you’ve been wondering how to record better audio on your Flip it …
99 Jars of Food on the Wall
It’s a color explosion – there are dill pickles, bread and butter pickles, beet pickles, beets, beans, stewed tomatoes, tomato juice, kraut, pears, peaches, apricots, cherries, apple butter, plum butter, jelly and jam! And in total, back in her prime, my grandmother used to can at least 200 jars of food each year to feed their family. Next summer, in …
Zimfo Bytes
The Corn Refiners Association petitioned the FDA to allow manufacturers the option of using ‘corn sugar’ as an alternative name for high fructose corn syrup. A collaborative research team led by scientists at the Mars Incorporated, the USDA-ARS and IBM will announce this week that they have successfully completed a preliminary genome sequence of the cacao tree. Recently, Vermeer launched …
GIPSA Rule Topic at Legislative Conference
The proposed Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) rule was a big topic of discussion at last week’s National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Legislative Conference in Washington, DC. Andy Vance with Buckeye Ag Radio has some great coverage from the event, including an interview with USDA chief economist Joe Glauber about the proposed rule. Secretary Vilsack continued to say …
There’s A New Flip In Town
Let’s say you want some ultra HD video on the go, simple and very portable. Flip has updated their revolutionary video cameras, including the new Flip UltraHD. Smooth, crystal-clear HD video that looks incredible under any condition – no complicated settings required. UltraHD now features image stabilization and double the frame rate so your videos look as stunning as the …