When it comes to smartphone platforms our audience is using a mix with iPhone/Android/Blackberry on top. According to our poll 32% say they use iPhone, 32% are using Android, 28 % are using Blackberry and way back we have 5% saying Other and only 3% saying Windows. Interesting and I think we’ll have to ask this question again later this …
World Ag Investment Conference Adds Passport Capital Speaker
Here’s a last announcement about the May 9-10, World Agriculture Investment Conference. Leading investment groups from across the globe will be at the conference to discuss the opportunities and risks in agricultural markets. The meeting’s foremost speaker panel – addressing a delegation of institutional and private investors – has recently been strengthened by leading investment manager Ejnar Knudsen of Passport …
National Farm Machinery Show Preview
Somebody ordered some beautiful weather for this year’s National Farm Machinery Show. Sunshine and “warm” is the way I like it. I got on site early and got in some exercise just wandering around and seeing the show in set up mode. I checked in at the Kentucky Exposition Center and met Corinne Fetter, Director of Expositions, Kentucky State Fair …
Being A Social Media Marketing Ag Leader
Last week we heard how one of the major ag groups is using social media. This week we’ll hear how one agribusiness “leader” is doing so. I spoke with Katie Beeler, Ag Leader Technology, about how the company is incorporating social media into the marketing mix. Ag Leader Technology is a long time sponsor of our Precision Pays website! In …
ADVENT From Novus Keeping Broilers Healthy
I’m still learning about the new things going on at Novus International, especially when it comes to poultry. At the recent International Poultry Expo I spoke with Bruce King, Biologicals Director, about a product called ADVENT. Bruce says ADVENT is a vaccine for coccidiosis control in broilers. He says that other products are seeing some resistance to the disease and …
AgCam Gives You an OverView
Need a camera on your combine, tractor, grain bin or just about anywhere else on the farm? Try AgCam by Dakota Micro. The photo shows just one of the many places (pdf) you can put these cameras. Dakota Micro, Inc., manufacturers of the AgCam camera system, is proud to announce the arrival of our newest product line. The OverView camera …
Visit AgWired at Western Farm Show and Enter Drawing
AgWired will be at the Western Farm Show and with this map you can easily find us. The show runs February 25-27 in Kansas City, MO and we’re a media partner for the first time. I’ll be conducting social media seminars on Friday and Saturday and providing general show coverage right here. If you stop by the booth you’ll be …
National Farm Machinery Show
If you can see the logo then you know where I’ll be this week. That’s right. Time to get back on the agriblogging highway and head to Louisville for the National Farm Machinery Show. This will be the 46th show and once again it will be combined with the annual Championship Tractor Pull now in its 43rd year. Last year’s …
R+K Adds To The Team
AgWired ZimmPoll sponsor, Rhea + Kaiser, has just added almost a dozen new folks to the team in the areas of account services, public relations, media and project management. The expansion follows the agency’s acquisition of new clients and expanding partnerships with several current clients. “We’re always looking for great people who have the critical strategic focus needed for our …
Novus Announces TREVERA
We always ask, “What’s new?” when conducting interviews and during the recent International Poultry Expo, our sponsor, Novus International had some news. I spoke with Jared about DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid. He calls it the king of the omega-3 fatty acids. Besides being very healthy for humans it also is for poultry. It helps promote growth and the nutritional …