It’s official. The NAMA Trends In Agriculture conference will be held back in Kansas City, MO this fall right before the NAFB convention. The National Agri-Marketing Association announced that its annual high level event, Trends in Agriculture, will be held in Kansas City immediately prior to the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Annual Conference. In addition, the two organizations will …
Weather Expected To Have Most Impact On Ag
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “What do you think will have the biggest influence on ag in 2011?” Here are the results. Most respondents (40%) think weather patterns will have the biggest influence. Other responses include: general U.S. economy (24%); new Republican leadership in House (13%); farm bill (10%); other (10%) and company consolidation (3%). So if you selected …
Ayrmesh Now Powering ZimmComm Internet
I have a working Ayrmesh hub now working at ZimmComm World Headquarters. As I posted recently this is a product that creates what is affectionately called “free range internet.” Made by Ayrstone Productivity, the Ayrmesh creates a strong, stable internet wifi cloud, which if placed properly can go a long distance. By adding additional hubs that range can be extended …
Register For Agvocate Training In Atlanta
Here’s an update on the agvocate social media training session that will take place this Saturday, from 3-6pm in Atlanta in conjunction with AG CONNECT Expo. I’m currently early on the program with a session on “Tools & Technology for the Trade.” Other sessions include: 3 on using Twitter, 3 on using Facebook, Effective Blogging and small group training. If …
Agriblogging Farm Podcasting Row Crop Beef Farmer
I remember when it was a rare thing to post a feature about a farmer blogger. Not anymore. Now agvocates are popping up everywhere (the web). Take a new follower of mine on Twitter, Paul W. Paul blogs at Salt Creek Life and has a regular podcast on BlogTalk Radio. His profile on Twitter says, “North Missouri Row Crop, and …
Classic Comments From ASA VP
Smooth Sailing at Commodity Classic in Tampa, FL sounds really good right now. I spoke with American Soybean Association VP, Bob Worth, about the upcoming annual event. He farms in Minnesota and was in between a rain storm and a blizzard so I know he’s looking forward to heading south at the beginning of March. Bob says we’re going to …
Work Needs To Be Done on Consumer Perception of Ag
It looks like agriculture has a ways to go to change public perceptions according to our latest ZimmPoll. In answer to the question, “Do you think the general consumer perception of agriculture changed in 2010?” 43% say “No it didn’t really change,” while 30% say “Yes, it got worse,” and 27% said “Yes, it improved.” Where do you fall in …
Lindsay Hill Welcomes You To Cows & Coffee
Here’s what the incoming President of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting is doing now. Check out Cows & Coffee to see the latest from Lindsay Hill. BTW. For those of you wondering about Lindsay’s status as incoming NAFB Prez due to the shutting down of the ABN Radio Network, she fulfilled the organization’s guidelines and applied for membership under …
Christmas Gadgets
So what kind of cool gadgets did you get for Christmas. Actually, I meant to say “tools” instead of gadgets. They can be tools if used properly! I’ll start with the Apple TV. I got one that will be replacing my original unit. Of course that means I will have to have the Remote app for my iPad and iPhone …