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 …
National Ethanol Conference App
Apps for trade shows and conferences are becoming more and more popular. The next one I’ll be using is the National Ethanol Conference App in Phoenix. * Get 24 hour access to unique, on-the-go information, maps and networking. * Organize your schedule. * Navigate using the conference map. * Stay in the know with important alerts and the most up-to-date …
Drake & Company Adds Two
Drake & Company has been adding to the staff as growth continues. The newest additions are Kathy Meyer and Teresa Lee. Meyer started with DrakeCo on Jan. 10 as a Content Management Specialist. She will be responsible for writing, editing and distributing editorial content such as print articles, blog posts, e-newsletters and more for clients including the Dairy Calf & …
InvestAg Savills Report Released Prior to World Agriculture Investment Conference USA
The World Agriculture Investment Conference 2011 in Chicago is drawing closer and the organizers have been working with Henry Wilkes at InvestAg Savills to bring you the “International Farmland Market Bulletin 2011” InvestAg Savill’s “International Farmland Market Bulletin 2011” provides an interesting overview of international values and farmland as an asset class – it’s available to download here. Henry Wilkes, …
OtterBox for iPhone and iPad
Not only are we seeing more ag apps for mobile phones and tablets but we’re now seeing accessories for the devices too. This just came in from OtterBox. The agriculture industry is making the shift from clipboards to handheld technology – mobile devices such as iPhones and iPads are more popularly used in feed lots, crop fields and meat plants …
Activate Poultry Health With Novus International
I think I mentioned recently that I still had some interviews to share from the International Poultry Expo with our long time and much appreciated sponsor, Novus International. It has been a very busy time going from Poultry Expo to a blizzard at home, the Cattle Industry Convention and then the National Biodiesel Conference! Now it’s catch up time and …
Commodity Prices Expected To Go Higher
It looks like there’s a very high expectation among our various audiences that commodity prices will go higher. You haven’t sold all of last year’s soybeans have you! We asked the question, “Will commodity prices be higher or lower a year from now?” Overwhelmingly, 70% said higher while 21% said about the same and only 9% lower. Our next ZimmPoll …