Members of the new team of National Beef Ambassadors showed up at the Cattle Industry Convention. Pictured are (l-r) Kelli Fulkerson, Michigan, Jessica Sweet, California, Kristen Stufft, Pennsylvania and Austin Joyce, Texas. Not with us is Maddy Ruble, South Dakota. I interviewed them all together. I first asked them why they chose to pursue becoming a beef ambassador and you’ll …
First Look At Beef Industry Long-Range Plan
A draft version of the Beef Industry Long-Range Plan 2011-2013 has been presented here at the Cattle Industry Convention. It will be discussed and refined I’m sure. The hope is that it will be adopted in a final version by the end of this meeting so work can get started on the 3 year plan. To get an idea of …
Beef Ambassadors Blogging
If I can get to Denver in time I hope to meet and interview our National Beef Ambassadors. They’re pictured here with Daren Williams, Masters of Beef Advocacy Program. I took the photo from the Beef Ambassadors Blog, sponsored by ZimmComm New Media! The new ambassadors are starting to post on it. Here’s what Austin Joyce had to say: Howdy, …
Raven Industries Sponsors AgWired iPhone App
ZimmComm is happy to announce Raven Industries as our newest sponsor. Raven is taking a big leap into the support of cutting edge information distribution by becoming our first AgWired iPhone App sponsor! Don’t have the AgWired App on your iPhone yet? Then what are you waiting for? If you’ve already got the AgWired App then make sure you get …
Tillage Practice ZimmPoll Results
In our latest ZimmPoll we asked about tillage practices with the question, “Which tillage practice do you employ on most of your farming operation.” It looks like No-Till is the winner with 24%, followed by Conventional at 21%, Other at 9% and Strip-Till at 6%. Our next ZimmPoll is now live and asks the question, “Will commodity prices be higher …
Beef Board Blogging
I was supposed to be Beef Board Blogging by now but am stuck in Missouri snow. Hopefully Cindy and I will make it tomorrow (or sometime). In the meantime, the show goes on as can be seen on the Cattlemen’s Beef Board Blog. Diane Henderson and Melissa Slagle are picking up my slack I see. So, meetings are taking place …
CommodityUPDATE Receives Investment From Farm Journal Media
Our good friend Joel Jaeger, CommodityUPDATE, has a big announcement today. I just got off the phone with him so you can hear it from the man himself: In a joint announcement today, CommodityUPDATE, LLC, and Farm Journal Media announced that Farm Journal is making a significant equity investment in the company. The agreement strengthens CommodityUPDATE’s leadership position in the …
Taking International Poultry Tour With Novus
International is in the name of the show and our sponsor for coverage of the largest poultry show in the world. Novus International shows that by having a number of their representatives on hand for different areas of the world. I spoke with several of them during the International Poultry Expo starting with Shawn Atkins, Sales Director, Poultry & Dairy, …
Texas Cowboy Crossroads Gathering Should Be Good Agritainment
A social media experiment with an agricultural event will be conducted this week when the Texas Cowboy Crossroads Gathering takes place Feb. 3-6 in Van Horn, TX. Bob Kindord, The Bovine Blog, wonders if all the efforts we’re putting into social media to tell the farm story is reaching consumers and having an impact. Good question and one that a …
Midwest Snow Affecting Travel
I was really hoping the weather experts were wrong about this midwest snow thing. But as of early this morning in mid Missouri, it’s snowing. It is expected to be heavier snow this afternoon so I might do a new version of this post then. Yesterday Cindy and I changed our plane reservations from Kansas City to Denver from today …