NAMA Executive Committee Meets

Chuck Zimmerman

The Executive Committee for the National Agri-Marketing Association has been meeting all afternoon in advance of the 2012 Agri-Marketing Conference. We discussed the strategic plan and how things are going with the core areas for it as well as other business of the organization which will be discussed further in tomorrow’s board meeting. It’s time now for NAMA leaders to …

NAMA

National Ag Hall of Fame Season

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s actually called the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame which was “chartered by Congress to honor the American farmer.” According to NACHOF Executive Director, Cathi Hahner, their season kicks off on April 19. “As spring approaches, we are ready for the new season of sharing about the importance of agriculture in daily life,” said Cathi Hahner, NACHOF director. …

Ag Groups, Audio, Education, ZimmCast

BASF Production Poll

Chuck Zimmerman

With the 2012 crop year now underway, we’re introducing the BASF Production Poll. This new poll will be conducted twice each month during the season with timely questions that we think both farmers and non-farmers alike will find interesting. We’d love to hear from you. So let’s get started with our first one. How do you think the 2012 growing …

Agribusiness, BASF

NAMA After After Party With Chef Ray

Chuck Zimmerman

Pancakes and Flapjacks are the specialties of Chef Ray. He says they are not the same thing. They are on the menu for the Rhea+Kaiser After the After Party this coming Thursday night, or morning, depending on your definition. Watch below if you have not met Chef Ray yet. Here’s a little info about Ray: I’m Ray. Work? Not really …

Agencies, NAMA, Video

Find ZimmComm at Connection Point

Chuck Zimmerman

Finding ZimmComm at the 2012 Agri-Marketing Conference Connection Point is not hard to do. But this graphic makes it a little easier. We’re hoping to see you there! Cindy and I will be getting a helping hand from daughter Caitlin and we’ll have some helpful items for you to pick up just for stopping by and saying hello. Our sales …

Media, NAMA

Farmers Fight

Chuck Zimmerman

Stand up farmers and fight. If this video doesn’t get you fired up and inspired then we may need to make sure you’ve still got a pulse. Farmers Fight has a great story to tell. Hopefully you’ll pass it along. Oh, and that would then make you an “agvocate!” April 12, 2012 will be a day for the history books …

Ag Groups, Education, Farming, Social Networking, University, Video

Meet America’s Farmers

Chuck Zimmerman

You can meet a lot of America’s farmers right here on AgWired if you follow along regularly. But if you’d like to meet a whole lot of them very quickly then you might want to look at the the new YouTube Channel from the Center for Food Inegrity called “Meet America’s Farmers.” The channel was developed to offer consumers the …

Ag Groups, Farming, Food, Social Networking, Video

You Won’t be SOLO at the Brownfield Party

Chuck Zimmerman

I’ve already seen mention of it more than once on Facebook. It being the annual Brownfield party at the NAMA Agri-Marketing Conference. This year it’s back to Howl at the Moon. How many of you remember being there a couple years ago? How many of you were there but don’t remember being there :)? I’ll be the Brownfield photographer again …

NAMA

Play Farming Simulator in Facebook

Chuck Zimmerman

I am not a gamer but that doesn’t mean I’ve never played games. I just don’t find the time for it. However, apparently a lot of people do have time. I just noticed an announcement today from a cloud gaming service that you can now play Farming Simulator 2011 on Facebook. For you Farming Simulator players, the company that makes …

Apps, Farming

Connecting Farmer2Family

Chuck Zimmerman

What do you think about this concept to connect consumers directly to their local farmers in order to make direct purchases. It’s called Farmer2Family and has been started in nine European countries. Everyone can now enjoy local and fresh produce, from their local suppliers, every day of every year. Some 4.5 million farmers, fruit- and vegetable-growers, fishermen and the like …

Ag Groups, Food