We just got back to the hotel after 12 hours on the road visiting farms on the Conservation In Action Tour. I have quite a few interviews and other stories to tell and will do so over the next several days. I’ll be attending the CTIC board meeting in the morning before heading back to the midwest where my next …
AGROTAIN Presents New Research at AMS
AGROTAIN was another one of the many companies and organizations at the Ag Media Summit Info Expo last week in St. Paul, talking with those attending about what’s new. Chuck talked with John Hassell, who is Manager for Research and Agronomic Development at AGROTAIN, about some new research they are very excited about – one at the University of Illinois …
MGEX Nearly Doubles Trade Volume
The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) keeps setting – and breaking – new records. MGEX’s July 2010 trading volume was 170,679 – a 98 percent increase over the same period last year and the thirteenth-best monthly Exchange volume in MGEX’s 129 year history. July futures open interest soared 61 percent year-over-year and total Exchange open interest increased by 51 percent in …
Conservation On The Eastern Shore
Our welcome to the Conservation In Action Tour took place at the mouth of the York River this afternoon. I’m attending the Conservation Technology Information Center tour. We’re staying in Williamsburg, VA. We started off with a nice sail of the area aboard the Alliance. This schooner is owned by Greg and Laura Lohse. I spoke with Laura. She says …
I Can’t Ignore My Other Half
In a few posts, I’ve mentioned my love affair with field corn, and how it was first planted and harvested. What I failed to mention was the other “half” of what shaped my childhood ag experience and quite possibly, my appreciate for it. Soybeans. The other day, I was driving along the highway (Where unfortunately, the speed limit is still …
Zimfo Bytes
Beef.com is launching on July 28, 2010. Click here to be one of the first to take a free trial and secure your name before someone else gets it. Monsanto Company welcomed the European Union authorization of two of its corn technology combinations, Genuity VT Double PRO (MON 89034 X NK603) and YieldGard VT Triple (MON 88017 X MON810). After …
AgWired App Shows Up At Cattle Industry Conference
The AgWired iPhone App showed up during the board meetings at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference. I can’t tell you how excited and proud I was to see ZimmComm client John Kleiboeker, Missouri Beef Industry Council Executive Director, showing other beef producers a photo that he called up on his iPhone from the AgWired App. I just happened to be …
Get Your MBA In Beef Agvocacy
If you haven’t obtained your Masters of Beef Advocacy diploma yet, what are you waiting for? This Checkoff funded program can be completed online and according to the Dean of the program, Daren Williams, NCBA, over 1,500 beef producers have done so ranging in age from 8 to 80 yrs. old! This is a photo of Daren from our media …
Beef Evangelists
We didn’t have an official National Beef Ambassadors Update on the Cattle Industry Summer Conference schedule although that might be an interesting session. However, I did meet with three of our team in the media room to find out what they’ve been up to and where they’re going next. Pictured (l-r) are Becky Vraspir, Malorie Bankhead and Jackson Alexander. Each …
NCBA, CBB, QSBC Leaders Talk
Prior to the end of the Cattle Industry Summer Convention I came across some of the leaders of the NCBA, CBB and Federation of State Beef Councils having a discussion. I am quite happy to see this effort and think it’s a good sign for the future. There have been some very tense and emotional moments here at the conference …