BBQ is what’s cooking at World Pork Expo. This is the best smelling show I’ve been to this year! Here’s Scott Beaton, Lynch BBQ. He’s been cooking this hog since about six o’clock this morning. I visited with him but all I got on the spices side was, “our secret seasonings.” Okay. This pig will be served this afternoon at …
World Pork Expo Junior National
We’ve been talking nutrition, politics and promotion but for a big part of the crowd coming out to World Pork Expo it’s about showing pigs. The World Pork Expo Junior National Show is taking place and I wandered through to take some photos. If you’ve never been to a show then watch the short video clip. I saw two show …
World Pork Expo Weather
The weather has been “interesting” this morning here at World Pork Expo. This is hail coming in the sides of the Novus tent at the start of their morning press breakfast. Novus did something very smart this year. They put their whole tent display on a riser. No more flooding through the tent here. But even with some thunder and …
Novus Introduces Accelerating Finishing Profitability
This morning Novus International announced the Accelerating Finishing Profitability program. This was done with a group of agricultural reporters in their World Pork Expo tent. High feed ingredient costs are no longer a temporary blip on pork producers’ radar screens. Instead, lofty corn and soybean prices seem to be here to stay and thus require a long-term strategic solution aimed …
Pork For Lunch
I don’t know if there is such a thing as a self-induced pork coma and I really don’t want to find out. But I have done some major sampling today at the World Pork Expo. This little display of Plowboys BBQ was found in the Boehringer Ingelheim tent and they were really good. I also sampled ribs in the Novus …
Definition of QR Code
So, we’ve got a little way to go as far as getting the whole QR Code thing going from the looks of our last ZimmPoll. We asked, “Have you ever used a smartphone to scan a QR code?” I was a little surprised to see the answer, What’s a QR code?, had the biggest response at 41%. But 37% of …
Novus Meets Cubbie
The mascot for the Iowa Cubs minor league baseball team is Cubbie. Here’s Cubbie with Novus International interns at the ball park prior to World Pork Expo. Cindy and I attended the game and had a good time chatting with our Novus friends and their clients. During the next couple days we’re going to learn what’s new with our sponsor. …
Welcome To World Pork Expo
The 2011 World Pork Expo is starting in Des Moines, IA. Welcoming the media was Doug Wolf, President, National Pork Producers Council. Doug is a producer from Lancaster, WI. He says there are over 450 exhibitors from eleven different countries and attendees from 33 countries. He says they’re expecting over 20,000 producers to attend. Attendees will find business seminars on …
Growing Precision Farming at GROWMARK
Here’s the latest installment of our “Getting To Know GROWMARK” series. Meet Sid Parks, Manager, Precision Farming. That means we talked about FS Green Plan Solutions, a broad area of products and services offered to local FS retailers. The definition of precision farming is very broad and the technology is advancing at a fast pace. For this reason Sid says …
World Pork Expo 2011
It’s time for the World Pork Expo. This year both Cindy and I will be on location with coverage here on AgWired starting tomorrow morning. If you’re attending Expo please use the official hashtag – #nppcwpx and follow along with the Expo Twitter account: @NPPCWPX. We’ve got a media reception this afternoon and then all kinds of activities get going …