I’m back on the floor for the start of the trade show portion of the International Poultry Expo and International Feed Expo. My coverage sponsor, Novus International, created a welcome invite to their booth. I’ll be there shortly. 2011 International Poultry Expo/International Feed Expo Photo Album AgWired IPE/IFE coverage sponsored by:
World Agriculture Investment Conference USA welcomes IFC and IDB
The World Agriculture Investment Conference 2011 announces new speakers. On May 9-10, leading investment groups from across the globe are coming to Chicago to discuss the opportunities and risks in agricultural markets at the World Agriculture Investment Conference USA. The meeting’s foremost speaker panel – addressing a delegation of institutional and private investors – has recently been strengthened by Warren …
Sustainability Means Different Things To Different People
Judging from the results to our latest ZimmPoll, sustainability, is a hot button issue. We had the most results of any survey so far. The question: “What does “sustainability” really mean to the public?” By a big margin, most say “A combination of factors” at 47%. That’s followed by “Farm managed for profit/growth,” 25%; “green,” 13%; “organic,” 10% and “local,” …
Telling Your Story To Consumers
One of the people representing Novus International here at the International Poulty/Feed Expo is Scott Fleetwood, pictured (right) next to Charlie Arnot, Center For Food Integrity. Scott says that Novus has supported CFI’s efforts since the beginning. I asked him about that support. He says that it’s very important to have a third party organization to do research and speak …
From The Lab To The Dinner Table
Giving a keynote address to a Novus International luncheon for poultry industry scientists was Charlie Arnot, Center for Food Integrity. His remarks were titled “From The Lab To The Dinner Table.” He presented consumer trust research they conducted in 2010 that found out some very interesting things including the fact that it was the first time consumers have said their …
Preview of International Poultry/Feed Expo
Welcome to the 2011 International Poultry and Feed Expos. They take place in the Georgia World Congress Center. The trade show portion of the shows gets started on Wednesday. Today there are various meetings going on in the convention center including a board meeting for the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association. I caught up with President John Starkey before the …
Farm Futures Smartphone App
The Farm Progress Companies has just announced another smartphone app. This one for Farm Futures and available for both android and iPhone platforms. Farm Futures now offers the agricultural industry’s first management-oriented smartphone application that provides the most current and insightful market analysis, enhanced user-customized live CBOT/CME market quotes, ag news and audio content – and more – all updated …
Get Up To Date With Padilla Speer Beardsley
It’s time to learn what’s new with Padilla Speer Beardsley courtesy of Dean Huff, Senior Vice President, Agribusiness and Environmental Science. This is the continuation of my series of podcast conversations with the leadership of various types of agricultural communication agencies. Dean is relatively new to the agency which has offices in Minneapolis and New York City and he says …
The Biggest Poultry Show In The World
It’s time to go back to Atlanta for the International Poultry Expo. I’m hoping for a more friendly weather experience this time! It looks like 50 degrees tomorrow. I am looking forward to that. My coverage of this year’s show is sponsored once again by our friends at Novus International. So besides finding stories for you we’ll meet some very …
Farm Progress Growing Degree Days App
I must have missed the announcement on this. But I found it anyway. It is the Farm Progress Growing Degree Days App. It’s free in the Android Market. No iPhone version so I can’t test it until I (reluctantly?) get a Droid. However, I do think that having your app in the Android Market if your target is farmers is …