Harvest PR & Marketing, Inc. has once again awarded its Seed to Succeed nonprofit PR grant, valued at $20,000, to the AgChat Foundation, an organization dedicated to empowering farmers and ranchers to effectively tell their story using social media. AgChat Foundation, which celebrated its one-year anniversary April 5, debuted the “Agvocacy 2.0 Training” in Chicago last August for a select …
Peace. Love. Bacon.
I love bacon. No really. So much so I have even contemplated giving it up for Lent. I thought I was being cute a few years ago when I’d tell people to support their local pork producers because everything is better with bacon. Apparently, I wasn’t off the mark – in recent years bacon has become sexy. A pop culture …
Harvesting Ideas at 2011 Agri-Marketing Conference
Welcome to Agri-Marketing Conference Week. It is one of our favorite times of the year because it was seven years ago that Cindy and I attended and introduced people to ZimmComm New Media. We hope to see you in Kansas City in person or online. You can find us in our booth at this year’s Connection Point trade show. I …
Precision Laboratories Mix Tank App iPod touch Giveaway
How would you like a chance to win one of the coolest apps on your very own iPod? All you have to do is enter the Precision Laboratories Mix Tank App iPod touch Giveaway Contest (entry form). The contest kicks off today and will end on midnight May 9 with the winner being announced May 10th on AgWired and Precision …
I Am Angus – It’s More Than Just a Breed of Cattle
The American Angus Association says that “It’s more than just a breed of cattle – it’s about people and our relationship with the land.” That is truly evident in this edition of I Am Angus. This is part of a series of posts we’re doing to introduce you to the American Angus Association via the library of videos they’ve produced …
Sushi PEEPS Yum Yum Platter
Sushi Peeps. That’s right. I thought this was just too good to pass up. PEEPS Sushi looks like a very healthy and sweet surprise for the office or anywhere. Actually, it’s not really sushi but sushi shaped. There is a difference. Roll into something new this Easter – create fun sushi shapes with your favorite PEEPS(R)! Visit ww.marshmallowpeeps.com for more …
Zimfo Bytes
The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association announced the appointment of David Thomas as its new Chief Lobbyist and Leticia Phillips as the organization’s Representative for North America, both based at UNICA’s Washington, D.C. office. Syngenta and Bayer CropScience announced a co-development agreement on an HPPD herbicide tolerance trait for soybeans. The National Potato Council launched a new website to inform school …
The Check-Row Planter
Ever watch the Sesame Street skit with Grover where he’s comparing near and far? It’s been a while since I’ve done then and now, so it was time to bring that back to the repertoire. I guess it’s an equal comparison: then (far) and now (near). Then: This is a photo of a 2-row check row planter used in the …
Getting Together With KFEQ On A Saturday Morning
This morning on KFEQ-AM 680 you could hear a conversation between me and Farm Director, Tom Brand. Tom likes to chat with other farm broadcasters on his weekly program and in this case he made it more of a farm webcaster. I really appreciated the opportunity to talk about what we do and in our conversation we also get into …
GROWMARK Facilities Planning and Logistics
Here’s the latest installment of our “Getting To Know GROWMARK” series. We’re going to talk about facilities planning and logistics with Tom Nealey, Facility Planning/Certified Grain Systems Specialist. He says they touch many parts of the company from an equipment standpoint. That includes fuel and propane delivery trucks. Also included are national account programs for members for equipment, vehicles and …