Hello from the ZimmComm Team. We hope everyone had a very blessed and happy Easter weekend. Here at ZimmComm World Headquarters we’re working on several projects and focusing more on our AgNewsWire service to continue assisting agricultural marketers with media outreach. In the last couple years we’ve seen a significant growth in companies direct to consumer tactics which basically bypasses …
USDA Releases First 2021 Crop Progress Report
#Plant21 season is officially underway now with the start of USDA’s weekly Crop Progress reports. Planting has begun for barley, corn, cotton, oats, rice, sorghum, spring wheat, and sugarbeets, according to the first Crop Progress report issued for the 2021 planting season by U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). By this time last year, 2% of the …
Animal Ag News 4/5
World Dairy Expo® is pleased to announce, after thorough consideration, World Dairy Expo 2021 will remain in Madison, Wisconsin. The 54th edition of the event is scheduled for Expo’s historic home, the Alliant Energy Center, September 28 – October 2, 2021. This announcement comes after contingency planning and consideration of alternative venues. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a civil …
Happy Easter
The Easter Lilys haven’t bloomed yet at ZimmComm World Headquarters but these have. We wish you a very happy Easter. “’Christ is alive.’ This is the great truth which fills our faith with meaning. Jesus, who died on the cross, has risen. He has triumphed over death; he has overcome sorrow, anguish and the power of darkness. ‘Do not be …
Industry Ag News 4/2
The virtual 2021 Water for Food Research Forum will be on Tuesday, April 6, 10 a.m-Noon CDT. The forum will focus on the theme “Creating Impact through Science.” Astronaut Clayton –“Astro Clay”– Anderson, Nebraska’s only astronaut, is the keynote speaker this year. Nebraska state climatologist Martha Shulski, Ph.D. will also be presenting. The Water for Food Research Forum is open …
Will it be Live or Will it be Virtual?
The current theme of conversations I’ve been having all contain the question, “Will we have in-person events and when?” You can find podcasts about it and projections and opinions and surveys being done. For my part, the more I hear and the more I see being published in the media, nothing is certain. Of course you remember how 2 weeks …
Ethanol Report Looks at Industry COVID Recovery
The U.S. ethanol industry is in a much better place compared to a year ago when production was nearing a record low and plants were closing as a result of efforts to contain COVID-19. In this edition of The Ethanol Report, Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) President and CEO Geoff Cooper provides an update on where the ethanol industry is today, …
USDA Report Reveals Planting Intentions
USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Prospective Plantings report released this week reveals producers intend to plant an estimated 91.1 million acres of corn in 2021, up less than 1% from last year, and 87.6 million acres of soybeans, up 5% from last year. Planted acreage intentions for corn are up or unchanged in 24 of the 48 estimating states. …