Oh what a beautiful morning at the Crystal Pig Hunt Club or the CPHC. Howdy from the 2013 Rustler Hunt. Yep, there’s a hashtag for that – #RustlerHunt. We’ve got a beautiful work day started here at the CPHC and of course I’ve got photos. here’s where you can find them. Crystal Pig Hunt Club Rustler Hunt Photo Album They …
#FarmBill Trends on Twitter
People actually seemed to be paying attention to the first House Senate Conference Committee meeting on the farm bill Wednesday. #FarmBill was a trending topic on Twitter for awhile during the meeting. There were lots of tweets on the King amendment regarding interstate commerce of agricultural products since HSUS is opposed to it, and also plenty of #SNAP comments. There …
It’s a Mailbox!…It’s a Birdhouse!…
IT’S A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY! (This “Story/Retirement Project” is for Mom and Dad (Melissa’s Grandpa and Grandma). They not only instilled in me the love of reading, but even more importantly, they taught me about the joy that comes from doing things for other people and sharing what I am fortunate enough to have.) This week Aunt Jeanette writes: There …
Open Mic with Sen. Klobuchar
New on Agri-Pulse this week: As House and Senate leaders head into a farm bill conference meeting, Sen. Amy Klobuchar provides keen insight on the negotiations. She says the challenge is to merge the reductions in spending, contained in the House of Representatives Farm Bill, with the more moderate reductions in the Senate bill and to mediate those provisions in …
Zimfo Bytes
Hubbard Feeds, the leading provider of researched based nutritional products, has launched their new and improved Hubbardfeeds.com website. Design the logo for the 2014 Ag Media Summit by Friday, November 8 2013 and pocket the money. With harvest running a little later and growers in the field longer than expected, the first session of the NCGA DuPont New Leader Program, …
DialogueNEXT Panels at World Food Prize
Novus International president and CEO Thad Simons moderated a two-part panel discussion on the next generation and what technologies will be “enabling smallholder farmers in the future to be part of the agricultural revolution.” The panels focused on “Capacity and Capitol” in the morning and “Beyond the Big Idea” in the afternoon. “We were happy to be able to show …
Taking Responsibility for Growing Food
Soybean and pork farmer from Columbus, Nebraska, Bill Luckey, served as a panelist for the Boston Food Dialogues. His family farm includes 600 crop acres, cattle, sows and finishing hogs. Bill also serves on the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Board of Directors and several committees. Bill is lucky that his kids are home running the combine so he was …
What Does the Consumer Want?
Is big or small farming the future? Tough question, but the conversation was had and Lori Renzi, Vice President of Brand Strategy & Development at Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations (CBCI) was one of the lucky panelists who got the chance to express her opinion and expertise during USFRA’s Boston Food Dialogues. CBCI is a consulting practice for the global food …
New Holland Welcomes Marketing Comm Manager
New Holland Agriculture and Construction has announced that Dawn Pelon is their new Marketing Communications Manager effective immediately. She will be responsible for overall brand, product segment and channel marketing communications as well as management of creative agencies and vendors in North America. “Dawn brings extensive experience to our business from management-level roles in marketing, customer service and communications for …
Is Small Farms or Diversity the Answer?
USFRA’s Boston Food Dialogues panelists came from the east and the west, represented the big and the small, work in agribusinesses and in small farming communities. Michael Swanson, Agricultural Economist for Wells Fargo Bank NA, Minneapolis, Minnesota and Bruce Rominger, Rominger Brothers Farm, Winters, California were two panelists Chuck had the chance to speak with after the recent Boston Food …