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Ag Communicators of Tomorrow at AMS
Let’s get an update on the National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow at the Ag Media Summit. There are 75 student members attending this year and we’re glad to see them. Here are the officers and advisers right before their welcome session that features Ashley Collins, AgCareers.com, talking about personal branding. Our Jamie Johansen will see Ashley again this week at …
AAEA Board Update
We’ve heard how things are going with the Livestock Publications Council. Now let’s hear how things are going with the American Agricultural Editors’ Association. To get that update I visited with Greg Horstmeier, DTN/The Progressive Farmer, President of AAEA. Here’s the board on a break during their board meeting today. Greg says AAEA has created a new contest to bring …
Ag Media Boards Meet
Sunday is meeting day for various organizations here at the Ag Media Summit. First up is the Livestock Publications Council board meeting. I hope to get an update on the organization to add to this post a little later this morning. Post Update: After the LPC board meeting I visited with current President Scott Vernon, Cal Poly, pictured in the …
Registration Time for Ag Media Summit
Registration is open now for the Ag Media Summit. These happy smiling faces will get you taken care of and can answer all your questions. Well, most of them anyway. We’ve got a day of meetings like the boards of AAEA and LPC and ACT. I’ll be visiting them and seeing how things are going with these agricultural media organizations …
Ag Media Photographers
The day before the start of the Ag Media Summit farm journalists got to sharpen their photography skills with a “Photography in Action” workshop. Attendees went outside to shoot photos and then came back into the classroom to work on them and have them critiqued by professionals. I always enjoy taking photos of photographers. This one and more are in …
Welcome to 2012 Ag Media Summit
It’s time for the 2012 Ag Media Summit. When you arrive in Albuquerque you get your first welcome as you head downstairs to get your bag. It’s obvious there’s been a lot of preparation work going on. We’re going to meet some of those folks during the next couple days. I’m already feeling Enhanced, somewhat Enchanted and I know I’m …
Baby Blogger Born
We are so happy to announce the arrival of Harper Jae Slagle, new daughter of our contributing editor Melissa Slagle and husband Nate. She was born at 8:17 am on August 1. Little Harper also has a proud big brother, Braden. So, Melissa is going to be taking a little time off from her regular duties here, although she is …
Why We Go Meatless on Wednesdays and Fridays
In the spirit of full disclosure, the owners of AgWired – Chuck and Cindy Zimmerman – have a confession to make. We go meatless on Wednesdays and Fridays. The reason is because we love meat. Therefore, going without it is a sacrifice, a form of abstinence for religious reasons. From the time of the Holy Apostles, Christians have fasted on …
House Passes Disaster Bill and Goes Home
The August recess begins today for Congress and despite a vote in the House approving disaster relief for livestock producers under an expired provision of the 2008 farm bill, lawmakers are leaving with very little accomplished toward either drought relief or new farm legislation. “I’m going to support this bill, it’s better than nothing but it’s not what we should …