Corn growers across the country are either busy planting or getting ready to plant. A little different initiative also shows their environmental concern. This month, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is joining NASCAR for the second year of the NASCAR Race to Green Campaign. The goal of NASCAR Race to Green is to highlight the accomplishments of NASCAR Green™ …
Glass Farming at #NAMA14
Stop by the ZimmComm New Media booth at this week’s Agri-Marketing Conference and visit with TekWearAg Bruce Rasa. Bruce will have his Google Glass in action and give you some ideas for how it can be used in agribusiness now. The photo is of Bruce presenting at last year’s John Deere Integrators Conference. I will also have ZimmGlass there to …
Zimfo Bytes
U.S. Poultry & Egg Association announces the appointment of Nathaniel “Nath” Morris as IPE Sales Director. The 2014 Midwest Regional Workshop co-hosted by American Agricultural Editors’ Association & Livestock Publications Council will be held Thursday, May 15 at the Courtyard Marriott, Ankeny, Iowa. The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) would like to help all ag professionals with their …
Alliance Stakeholders Summit Asks: “Who is Big Ag?”
Growing weary of the buzzword bonanza and juxtaposition of jargon, the Animal Agriculture Alliance announced today an interactive panel at Summit that will tackle the myths surrounding “big agriculture.” At the Alliance’s 13th annual Stakeholders Summit, themed “Cracking the Millennial Code,” panelists from Monsanto, Ray-Lin Dairy, Zweber Farms and the Illinois Farm Bureau (ILFB) will discuss how agriculture can move …
Celebrating an Anniversary
Ten Golden Years. That’s what we’ll be celebrating next week at the Agri-Marketing Conference. Cindy and I started out with Talking News Releases before moving on to blogging, podcasting and social networking. Being the very social kind of people that we are it all made sense. An online conversation in which you can communicate and share all kinds of information …
Deputy Sec. of Ag Stresses Need for Communication
The Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Krysta Hardin addresses the crowd during the Ag Day banquet. Her words push us to communicate beyond ourselves and connect the dots for those across the country who have yet to hear the good news about agriculture. “Most of you who know me, know that I am a farmers daughter. That is my first identity. …
Today’s Youth Promoting Agriculture
Young agriculturists from across the country entered this year’s National Ag Day Essay Contest in an effort to help promote the importance of agriculture throughout our country. Clara Knipp is from Tipton, MO and her essay titled, “Agriculture: 365 Sunrises and 7 Billion Mouths To Feed,” was selected as this year’s written winner. Clara presented her essay as part of …
Extended Tech Support Hours
Whether it’s good (hopefully!), bad or “help me before I throw this thing out into the field and run over it”, Ag Leader’s customer support staff wants to hear from you. And during busy seasons such as planting and harvest, customer support specialists are on hand extended hours to be sure that across all time zones, day or night, if …
First ResponsibleAg Board of Directors Selected
The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) and The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) today announced the selection of individuals to serve on the newly formed ResponsibleAg Board of Directors. The nine representatives include: – Alicia Duke, Director, Health and Safety, Simplot – Justin Gough, Director, Agricultural Products, LSB/El Dorado Chemical Company – Dave Ito, Manager, Human Resources & Regulatory Affairs, Lyman/Tremont Group – …
Where Does Your Marketing Budget Go?
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “Do you think farm movies can help the public image of agriculture?” It looks like the majority polled believe these farm movies can play a positive role in improving the agricultural industries image. Getting people to theaters to watch them might be tricky, but the old fashioned word-of-mouth advertising could be the ticket. I, …