Real Farmers Real Food

Chuck Zimmerman

The Animal Agriculture Alliance, a member of the Alliance to Feed the Future, is kicking off a new initiative called, “Real Farmers Real Food.” The initiative has special support from 2011 Miss America Teresa Scanlan. See her video below and feel free to share out links via your networks! Want to tour a farm but too busy to travel? Check …

Ag Groups, Animal Agriculture, Farming, Food, Video

Agriblogging At Sunbelt Ag Expo This Week

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s time to hit the agriblogging highway. I’m on the way to spend a little bit of time this week at the 2011 Sunbelt Ag Expo. I’ll mainly be working with sponsor New Holland. We’re in the later stages of the New Holland Boomer 555 Contest. This social media driven promotion is going very well. You can learn all about …

Sunbelt Ag Expo

Rest In Peace Indy Car Driver Dan Wheldon

Chuck Zimmerman

It was with great sadness that I tuned in to today’s Indy Car race and saw the 13th lap multi car wreck and learned that Dan Wheldon was killed. Wow. I’ve had the opportunity to get to know a number of these Indy Car racers over the years. You can say all you want about the wisdom of driving a …

Ethanol, Indy Racing

American Hoggers Debuts This Week

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s a show that is already set to record on my DVR, “American Hoggers.” The trailer was more than enough to convince me it’s worth watching. So I’m hoping it lives up to the hype. Imagine, an entertaining show about a serious problem – the effects of the feral hog population in the United States! Lifelong Texan Jerry Campbell has …

Farming, Video

World Food Day Leads In To Monthly #FoodChat

Chuck Zimmerman

Happy Blog Action Day and World Food Day. It’s a great lead in to this week’s FoodChat. What’s FoodChat? It is actually, #FoodChat, which “takes place on the third Tuesday of each month, in lieu of #AgChat, and is tailored more specifically to the interests of consumers, nutrition professionals, foodies and influencers of food choices. #FoodChat gives its followers an …

Food

Free AgWired App

Chuck Zimmerman

Hey iPhone fans. Today’s release and delivery of the new iPhone 4S makes it a great time to get the free AgWired app. And you Android folks don’t worry. We’ve got you covered too. Sorry Blackberry users. We have felt your pain this last week. So here’s where you can go to join the thousands of people getting AgWired on …

Apps

Initial iOS 5 Thoughts

Chuck Zimmerman

I’ve already been getting questions about Apple new mobile operating system, iOS 5. That’s what happens when you tweet that you’ve got it! Like many people yesterday, I was frustrated getting the update on my iPhone 4. It took about 2 hours to get it downloaded and then I couldn’t get the update installed due to Apple server overload. So …

Apps

Soybean Harvesting

Chuck Zimmerman

It is very dry here in mid Missouri. At times you can’t even see a combine as it moves through a soybean field. I saw these guys hard at it while I was biking along the Katy Trail yesterday. So I shot a couple of video clips with my phone. The interesting part was when I looked at the video …

Soybean, Video

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