This week Aunt Jeanette writes: Instead of two stories for the price of one, you get two pictures this time! I can’t remember an autumn when the leaves were as gorgeous as they were this year. The red, orange, yellow, and gold leaves appeared to be fluorescent. It was almost as if Mother Nature put everything she had into making …
Zimfo Bytes
LG Seeds donated $8,925 this week to the National FFA Organization to support existing programs for 580,000 FFA members across the country. The 24th annual Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) has officially opened its nomination season for 2014. AgGateway’s eighth annual conference in St. Petersburg, Fla., drew a record 300 professionals to discuss ongoing successes in implementing eBusiness within the …
Farm Bill Top Topic at NAFB Trade Talk
For the third year in a row now, the main topic of discussion at the NAFB Trade Talk was farm bill, or lack thereof. Despite reports that high hopes are fading for a farm bill yet this year, the ag group representatives we talked to were still cautiously optimistic. “I think progress is being made and I’m still confident that …
Thanks to FMC for NAFB Trade Talk
It’s really hard to describe the National Association of Farm Broadcasting‘s annual Trade Talk to someone who has never experienced it. Farm broadcasters often refer to it as “running the gauntlet” in the quest to visit with as many of the exhibitors as possible in the short six hours Trade Talk is open. Spokespersons for the various companies and organizations …
Giving #FoodThanks for Thanksgiving
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, ”How do you show food thanks?” Our poll results: · Thank a farmer in person – 32% · Via social media – 26% · Donating to a local food bank – 16% · Nothing – 16% · Invite people out to your farm – 5% · Other – 5% As our hearts and stomachs …
Classic + Ag Connect = Really Big Show
With corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum growers all part of the Commodity Classic, who thought it could get any bigger? But it will definitely be bigger in 2016 when Classic joins forces with AG CONNECT expo to become what may well be the biggest farm show on Earth. In this edition of the ZimmCast, we hear from Sara Mooney, AG …
Never a Shortage of Research at Alltech
There is never a shortage of topics to discuss when it comes to Alltech. The company was present for last week’s NAFB Convention Trade Talk and I chatted with Vice President of Alltech, Aidan Connolly and Ann Kopecky, Alltech’s North American Field PR Manager. Aidan shared how Alltech’s Crop Science program is exploring natural alternatives to fungicides and focusing on …
New NAFB Officer Team
The new leadership team for the National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB) includes newly-elected vice president Brian Winnekins of WRDN-AM in Durand, Wisconsin. He is pictured here with president Janet Adkison (RFD-TV and Sirius/XM Rural Radio), and president-elect, Susan Littlefield (KZEN, Columbus, NE). Brian, along with his wife, Karla, are the owners and operators of the AM station that had …
MFA President/CEO Bill Streeter
During the MFA, Inc. annual meeting President/CEO Bill Streeter took the stage. During his remarks he reviewed the history of this 100 year old farmer cooperative, the oldest in the United States. Before we got started this morning I sat down with him to get his thoughts on this historic occasion. He’s proud of MFA members and employees and optimistic …
Missouri Dignitaries Address MFA Annual Mtg.
On today’s program at the MFA, Inc. annual meeting were Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and Senator Roy Blunt. I recorded their comments to share with you. Governor Nixon stressed the importance of exports of Missouri ag products. “”Won’t it be nice if someday you can go into a shop in Beijing, China and it says Made in Missouri?” You can …