Blog Action Day and World Food Day Coincide

Chuck Zimmerman

Let’s talk about food. Okay. We can do that. In fact, we love to talk about food and the farmers who produce it. Here in the USA we’re very blessed to have the the most abundant, safe and affordable food supply in the world. We also ship more of it in the form of food aid around the world than …

Food

Hoosier Ag Today App

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s a new app for your phone. The Hoosier Ag Today app was just announced. I’ve got it on my HTC Thunderbolt. This free application provides farmers with up-to-the-minute market prices, time-sensitive news, and an exclusive Indiana agricultural weather forecast. But what makes the HAT app unique is that farmers can listen to exclusive audio content on their wireless devices. …

Apps, Media

Get The Truth On World Egg Day

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s time to plan some healthy Friday food with eggs. That’s because October 14 is World Egg Day! Novus International is all about World Egg Day. They’ve got a great online resource about eggs at EggTruth.com. So if you need some recipe ideas you can find some here. “Eggs are an affordable, nutrient-dense food,” said Scott Carter, Ph.D., Poultry Market …

Agribusiness, Food, Novus International

Worries About Corn Stocks

Chuck Zimmerman

Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “How do you feel about the corn supply/demand status?” Sounds like there’s a little worry out there according to the results. 42% answered, Worried – there’s not enough; 34% said No worries – there’s plenty; 13% said, Don’t care and 11% said It will be better next year. If you’re worried, why? Our new …

ZimmPoll

Novus Hosts St. Louis Agribusiness Club

Chuck Zimmerman

The St. Louis Agribusiness Club held its lunch meeting today at Novus International headquarters. It has been a while since I’ve had a chance to attend one of these meetings but a “bye” week from the agriblogging highway made it work out. Our speaker was Thad Simons, Novus International President/CEO. Thad talked about the challenges of feeding a growing world …

Agribusiness, Audio, Novus International

Mark Ramsey To Talk Intersection of Broadcasting/Digital At NAFB

Chuck Zimmerman

Hopefully you’ve got your registration completed for the November National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention and especially for your hotel room. Want a preview of one of the speakers? Check out Mark Ramsey, Mark Ramsey Media, in the video below. The photo has NAFB President Tom Steever and board member Mark Oppold doing an earlier video promo to get you …

NAFB

Sunbelt Know On The Go App

Chuck Zimmerman

Joining the ranks of farm shows with an app is the Sunbelt Ag Expo. It’s the Know On The Go app for all your mobile device types. It’s on my iPhone already because I’ll be there next week thanks to the support of the New Holland Boomer 555 Contest! “Know on the Go” is the official mobile app for the …

Apps, Farm Shows, Sunbelt Ag Expo

Charleston|Orwig A Year Later

Chuck Zimmerman

It was just a year ago that Cindy interviewed Mark Gale, Charleston|Orwig, while attending World Dairy Expo. That started a series of ZimmCasts with the leadership of advertising and public relations agencies. Now we’ve come full circle. At this year’s World Dairy Expo I visited with Brittany Unterweger, Account Supervisor for the agency. The agency was having a very busy …

Agencies, Audio, ZimmCast

Photos From World Dairy Expo

Chuck Zimmerman

It is the final day of World Dairy Expo 2011. The ZimmComm team had to return to headquarters but that doesn’t mean we won’t have more stories on World Dairy Diary. Cindy and I have quite a few interviews to share during the next week so keep your eye on our sister site as we bring you more from this …

World Dairy Expo

Badger NAMA Meets At World Dairy Expo

Chuck Zimmerman

Badger NAMA, the local chapter of the Nation Agri-Marketing Association, held its annual reception/meeting during the 2011 World Dairy Expo. Here’s chapter president, Travis Maier, Morgan & Myers. I spoke with him about how the chapter is doing. He says chapter membership steady at over 120 and has actually been growing. This meeting is one of their main ones during …

Audio, NAMA, World Dairy Expo