The board of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting has made some decisions regarding the currently unfilled positions in the organization of president and executive director. Tom Steever, Brownfield Network, sent out the following update: As a result of Lindsay’s tragic death, with Board approval, I’ll serve out the year as President-Elect and also assume the responsibilities of NAFB President. …
Dupont Announces Support For USFRA
The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance got a boost from DuPont. The company has announced its support of USFRA by becoming one of the first members of the Premier Partners Advisory Group. “DuPont is proud to support the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance as they bring together an unprecedented group that crosses all boundaries in modern agriculture with a single …
Good Morning Sunshine
Good morning agrimarketing world. I hope you’re having a sunny start to the week. Ours is a little stormy here in mid Missouri but the sun was trying to pop out. I just thought I’d take a moment to go geek on you. If you’re in the market for a good quality digital camera that fits in your pocket consider …
Living in a Glass House
When we got married, my mother thought it was odd that I wasn’t putting china and crystal glassware on our registry. Gone are the days of formal dining rooms, china hutches, “good” dishes and expensive glassware. At least at my house anyway. If you peer inside our kitchen cabinets, you’ll instead see plastic cups with lids, plastic plates and refillable …
Zimfo Bytes
Fisher Hog Farms, a pork production operation near Middletown, Mo., has received the first-ever 2011 Missouri Environmental Steward Award. Kansas Speedway announced that SFP has signed a multi-year deal to sponsor the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Kansas Speedway starting in 2012. The Pork Checkoff announces the release of a new software tool for pork producers – the …
Novus Helping Pork Producers Achieve Profitability
At World Pork Expo I visited with Stephanie Gable, pictured second from the right. Stephanie is now the global marketing manager for beef, dairy and pork for Novus International. She is also a past president of the National Agri-Marketing Association. We talked about the new Novus Accelerating Finishing Profitability program that was announced during the show. Stephanie says this boils …
The Food Security Reader
I just got my copy of The Food Security Reader. It is “The Best of Truth About Trade & Technology” with the foreword written by Dean Kleckner and edited by Mary Boote. I have only just skimmed it but if you like what you find at TATT then you will like reading through the stories told in this book. The …
In The Field
The past four years of my life has been dedicated to agriculture in Central Illinois. Every Tuesday during the planting, growing and harvest seasons we would catch up with agronomist from different parts of WMBD and WIRL’s listening area to see how things were looking as the growing season progressed. I was able to develop a great relationship with area …
John Deere Green Fever Sweepstakes Winners Announced
Derek Burk of Brookville, Ind., was selected as the grand prize winner from more than 121,000 entries in the John Deere Green Fever Sweepstakes. Burk had the choice of a new Ford F-250 Lariat 4×4 pickup and new John Deere 1026R Sub-Compact Utility Tractor with loader or $50,000 (USD) cash. He took the $50,000 cash. Burk farms corn, soybeans and …
Wrapping Up at World Pork Expo
After torrential downpours over night, it’s pretty quiet here on the last day of World Pork Expo. We had some serious rain during the day yesterday, but it all cleared up just in time for the bands to start playing and the roasted hogs to come out. National Pork Producers Association CEO Neil Dierks says the expo was excellent this …