It was a brisk morning for a fun run. The 30th annual Alltech Symposium is underway here in Lexington, KY. Many of us started out at Transylvania University for a short run to get the blood pumping. You can see what it’s like via ZimmGlass below. I’m working out of the opening general session room this morning. The session is …
Does Big = Bad
Big ag has been dubbed a bad word among those in the agricultural community and many wonder if size matters. During the recent Animal Agriculture Alliance’s Stakeholders Summit they tackled that topic with a panel on “Does Big = Bad? Panelist included: Emily Zweber, Zweber Farms and Executive Director for the AgChat Foundation; Janice Person, a member of Monsanto’s corporate …
Defining Environmental Sustainability
Sustainability is defiantly a buzzword around the agricultural industry. During Animal Agriculture Alliance’s Stakeholders Summit on Cracking the Millennial Code a panel was formed to discuss this hot topic. Two panelist’s, Aidan Connolly, Vice President of Corporate Accounts for Alltech and Dr. Rober Cady, Elanco, sat down with Chuck following the discussion to share their definition of environmental sustainability. Aiden …
Farmer Joins Biodiesel Producers, Senators on Hill
Biodiesel producers and farmers who raise the feedstocks for the biodiesel industry took to Capitol Hill this week, joining a group of U.S. Senate Democrats in their calls to end policy uncertainty that is hurting their industry. Terry Goerger, a soybean grower from North Dakota, expressed his concerns, especially how many farmers made plans believing Congress and the Obama Administration …
Alltech Craft Brews & Food Fest
If you’re going to hold a world class customer event why not start with a craft brew festival? Brilliant! That’s what Alltech did yesterday here in Lexington, KY. A thousand beers from 30 countries were featured at this event which was packed with 4,500 fans and early arriving attendees to this week’s 2014 Alltech Symposium. During the festival yesterday Dr. …
Zimfo Bytes
David Schapker of Indianapolis has been named chief financial officer of the National FFA Organization and National FFA Foundation. The U.S. Grains Council launched an enhanced version of http://www.grains.org. BASF announced that Nealta miticide received full, unconditional registration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). CropLife America (CLA) commends the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for continuing to closely monitor and …
Homegrown Farmer Veteran Coalition
Yesterday the Farmer Veteran Coalition announced the national launch of the Homegrown By Heroes initiative. This product labeling program allows farmers, ranchers and fishermen from all 50 states and U.S. territories who have served or are still serving in any branch of the U.S. military the ability to use the logo on their agricultural products. Consumers and businesses purchasing agricultural …
Missouri Cattlemen’s Raffling New Holland Equipment
My good friends at the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association are holding a raffle to win the use of some New Holland equipment, specifically a T6 tractor and Roll-Belt 560 round baler. Tickets are $20/ea. or 3 for $50. A drawing will be held at the MCA Convention on January 3, 2015. You can contact the office to buy tickets. If you …
Rise of the Giants Film Project
While we’re speaking about movies about farming . . . do you know about Rise of the Giants? – A feature-length documentary following the 2013 race to grow the world’s largest pumpkin. This is a Kickstarter project by filmmaker Daria Matza. And she just started following me on Twitter. I’ll let her tell the story about her project, which is …
Dryland Movie
Speaking of movies about farming . . . We were speaking about movies about farming weren’t we? Have you heard of Dryland? I just found it because it just started following me on Twitter. Here’s what I know and I have not seen it. Have you? What do you think? I see that there are showings coming up at the …