Welcome to another day at the American Farm Bureau Federation Convention live from San Antonio. I want to give a shout out thank you to Case IH for being the sponsor of the media work room this year and to Monsanto for sponsoring our wonderful media reception last night. I’m in our general session room getting caught up on some …
Bob Stallman Addresses AFBF Convention
This morning American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman gave his annual address to members during the 2014 Convention. Stallman is a rice and cattle producer from Texas. As you might guess, the farm bill was a key topic of his remarks. He called on Congress to get a farm bill passed. He used Farm Bureau members themselves as an …
2014 AFBF Convention Underway
The 2014 American Farm Bureau Federation Convention is underway in San Antonio. It’s my first stop on the agriblogging highway of the new year. Over the next several days we’ll find out what the largest general farm organization is working on and I’m sure a farm bill is at the top of the list. There are a lot of activities …
iCropTrak MyJohnDeere.com Integration
The MyJohnDeere.com platform has now become integrated with iCropTrak. This even includes the use of Dropbox. Mobile Field and Farm App iCropTrak just announced their integration of the new John Deere wireless connection technology MyJohnDeere.com and DropBox in iCropTrak Version 4.0 for 2014. These technologies will allow for seamless movement of data between your Deere tractor, your iCropTrak enabled iPad …
A Very Glassy Look
It’s time to hit the agriblogging highway and ZimmGlass will be going with me. I’ll be trying to figure out the best ways to incorporate it into my coverage of ag events starting with the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in San Antonio. This morning I did my first live video chat via Hangouts and will probably do some impromptu …
HumaneWatch Cat Says WTF HSUS
Talk about some great publicity exposing the “real” Humane Society of the United States. HumaneWatch has done it again. Remember to give to your local animal shelter! As part of its ongoing campaign to expose the deceptive fundraising practices of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), yesterday HumaneWatch.org, a project of the Center for Consumer Freedom, launched a …
2016 Will be International Year of Pulses
We’re not talking about your heart here. We’re talking about I Heart Pulse Crops. Well, at least the United Nations has by voting voting to declare 2016 as the “International Year of Pulses.” The American Pulse Association has responded. “Pulse” is a term describing the edible seeds of several leguminous plants, such as dry beans, dry peas, lentils and chickpeas. …
Innovations From a Small Island
The British Guild of Agricultural Journalists will be the host for the prestigious IFAJ World Congress this year for an unprecedented sixth time. The Congress is titled, “Entitled Innovations from a Small Island” and the event will showcase British food and farming to the global media. The ZimmComm team hopes to be there and is seeking sponsors at this time. …
2014 AFBF Convention Coming Up
It’s almost time for my first venture out on the agriblogging highway of 2014 – The American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention. It’s off to San Antonio this weekend and it looks like the weather is going to cooperate for most of the U.S. This is the most media friendly farm convention I know of. In fact, I was on …
ZimmGlass in the Woods
This past weekend I had another Crystal Pig Hunt Club woods experience. I did not see any deer but the time in the woods is always wonderful. This year I carried along my new Glass from Google to keep learning it and thinking about ways to incorporate into my agriblogging work flow. Here’s my Glass being recharged with a Monsanto …