Here’s a heads up for the 2013 Agri-Marketing Conference. It will be held once again in Kansas City, MO. We’re going to be “Forging New Frontiers” from April 17 to April 19 at the Sheraton Crown Center. To get a little bit of a preview of what the committee is doing I visited with Scott McClure, Brighton Agency, during the …
What Future Agriculture Leaders Need
Breakfast in China, afternoon presentation in Minneapolis at the NAMA Fall Conference. That was the schedule on Wednesday for Alltech’s Aidan Connolly! Aidan was the closing keynote speaker for the conference with a presentation called, “Through the Lens of a Leader.” His task was to look at what agriculture is facing today and what lies ahead. You get a clue …
NAFB Convention Invite
Have you registered for the 69th National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention? Here’s your invitation to join Cindy and me for this year’s event in Kansas City, celebrating Our Rich Heritage–A Bridge to the Future.
Ready For Some Pensacola Seafood
One of the many reasons that Cindy and I re-located ZimmComm World Headquarters to Pensacola, FL is seafood. We love fish farmers! Today we’re going to be sampling at the Fiesta of Five Flags Pensacola Seafood Festival. I think everyone loves festivals. We’ve gone to more than I can even remember. Some stand outs for me have been the Catfish …
USDA Lowers Grain Stocks
USDA’s Quarterly Grain Stocks report out this morning shows declines in stocks of corn, soybeans and wheat compared to this time last year. The report shows corn stocks down 12% from September 2011, soybean stocks down 21% and all wheat stocks down 2%. Old crop corn stocks in all positions on September 1, 2012 totaled 988 million bushels, soybeans totaled …
Zimfo Bytes
Mike Marshall from Clarion, Iowa, has been named the September winner of the “Gary Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award.” The American Meat Science Association in cooperation with the National Pork Board will host PORK 101 October 15-17 at Iowa State University. Recently, 34 Pioneer brand soybean varieties passed final scrutiny from the Pioneer research and development, field sales and agronomy …
Register for Borlaug Dialogue 2012
Register now for The World Food Prize – Borlaug Dialogue 2012, October 17-19, 2012, in Des Moines, Iowa. Themed “Transforming the Global Food Security Agenda”, this event will feature the expertise and diverse perspectives of governmental leaders, policymakers, CEOs and executives from agribusiness and NGOs, scientific and academic experts, development leaders and young leaders from around the world. The Secretary-General …
Farm Roads to Urban Intersections
The Ag Institute of Florida is going social on their next luncheon workshop. It’s called “Farm Roads to Urban Intersections, a workshop exploring social media avenues from planning your trip to “are we there yet?” I know you’ll enjoy seeing Ryan speak, a great agvocate! Nationally recognized writer Ryan Goodman, known for his daily blog “Agriculture Proud,” will be the …
“Fuels America” Campaign Launched
In the face of increasing calls to waive the nation’s Renewable Fuel Standard, biofuel industry stakeholders today announced a major new communications campaign to educate consumers and policy makers about the benefits of renewable fuel to America’s economy, energy security and environment. The new coalition – Fuels America – includes several agricultural organizations in addition to ethanol companies and groups …
Portable Satellite TV Receiver from Winegard
It’s college and pro football time and judging by the social media messages I see, farmers are just as rabid fans as anyone! So, if you’re tailgating and want to bring along some HDTV experience then check this out. A portable HDTV satellite dish from Winegard. So we’re talking pre-game, during the game and post-game sports so you don’t miss …