New AAEA President Kurt Lawton

Chuck Zimmerman

The gavel has been passed for the American Agricultural Editors Association. Holly Spangler passed it to Kurt Lawton, Corn & Soybean Digest. Kurt also made a nice memento presentation to Holly. BTW. Kurt was one of the first editors of what is now our Precision.AgWired.com website! After business was taken care of during last week’s Ag Media Summit I talked …

ACN, Ag Media Summit, Audio, IFAJ, Media

Old and New LPC Presidents

Chuck Zimmerman

Christy Lee, Cee Lee Photography, is now the past President of the Livestock Publications Council and Don Norton, Boelte-Hall, in the new Prez. After the LPC business meeting I visited with them to learn how the organization is doing and what the priorities are for the new year. Christy says it has been a great year for LPC with a …

Ag Media Summit, Audio, LPC

New Holland CR10.90 via ZimmGlass

Chuck Zimmerman

Introducing the first and only New Holland CR10.90 combine in North America. For the moment anyway. This bad boy will be on display at shows like Farm Progress. It is a monster of a machine. This one was on display for ag media with a draper head. Telling us all about it is Nigel Mackenzie and he gets very whomped …

Agribusiness, Audio, New Holland, Video

Would You Cluck’n Moo

Chuck Zimmerman

Cindy brought this to my attention. Cluck’n Moo Beef and Chicken Burgers. They say that their burgers are grass fed beef and chicken, humanely raised, antibiotic and hormone free and gluten free. Hmmm. That description is enough to make me not want to try them. But if you put enough ketchup, mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato and onion on them it …

Beef, Food, Poultry

Wireless Portable Charging with QiPack

Chuck Zimmerman

What’s a QiPack? Funny you should ask. I just happen to have one and used it on the road last week. It’s pronounced Chee-Pack btw. Here’s how the company describes it. What is QiPack Introducing the best solution to charging on-the-go – QiPack, the wireless charging pad and battery backup all in one Universal Power Power your iPhone, Motorola Droid, …

Gadgets, Technology

#RealPigFarming

Chuck Zimmerman

Cindy is my model, wearing the #RealPigFarming t-shirt I got from another Cindy at Ag Media Summit. Sara conducted an interview for us which she’ll be sharing soon. I just thought I’d make sure you know about this now. Welcome to the Real Pig Farming Facebook page. This is a place for pig farmers, academics, youth, veterinarians and allied industry …

Ag Groups, Ag Media Summit, Pork

Beef Bacon

Chuck Zimmerman

Maybe you’ve heard of Schmacon? “Smokey, sweet and outrageously good. Crispy, meaty — no, beefy to be precise — and satisfying. Schmacon™’s flavor is bold and unexpected.” Sounds good, eh? I have yet to try some. But it’s on my radar. This morning in my local Publix Supermarket I found Gwaltney Beef Bacon. Hmmm. Maybe that would go nicely wrapped …

Food

New Holland Welcomes the Media

Chuck Zimmerman

“We’ve got new balers!” I think that’s what Abe Hughes, Vice President, New Holland North America, is saying in this picture. Abe welcomed a group of agricultural journalists to New Holland North American Headquarters this morning. The company is launching 25 new products and for those of you going to the farm shows this summer/fall, you’ll get to see some …

Agribusiness, Audio, New Holland

New Holland Media Day

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s New Holland product launch media day and we’re in the founder’s home city, New Holland. I would love to have met Abe Zimmerman. I’ll bet we would have had a great time! There is an Abe and a Zimmerman here today though. Welcoming us is Abe Hughes, Vice President for North America. And I’m here! When we got here …

Agribusiness, New Holland

New Holland Ag Journalist Contest

Chuck Zimmerman

This is for you ag journalists out there. It’s a reminder that New Holland, one of our AMS coverage sponsors, is going to give a way a trip to Italy in 2015 to one lucky winner. All you have to do is take a creative picture using your little New Holland tractor or a creative selfie using your New Holland …

Ag Media Summit, Agribusiness, New Holland