It’s a little quiet right now in the news room at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention. That’s probably because it’s still being set up and I’m just early. Thanks to Megan Fairchild Anderson, Padilla Speer Beardsley, for taking the photo. She’s helping Sandi Wilson, BASF, who are the sponsors once again of the news room. Thank you BASF! …
NAFB Convention Week
It’s a beautiful morning in Mid Missouri. It’s NAFB convention week. It’s also fall deer hunting time! Opening day for me is this Saturday. In fact, I’m forcing myself to spend today and part of tomorrow getting the camp set up. Then it’s on to KC, MO for NAFB. Remember that you can follow all the action as the farm …
National Peanut Board iPhone App
The National Peanut Board has entered the iPhone app world. “Peanuts: Energy for the Good Life®” iPhone app offers recipes, snack suggestions and a five-minute mindfulness meditation exercise with Stephan Bodian, author of Meditation for Dummies® ― tools to help you care for your body and mind throughout every part of every day. The app features more than 30 dietitian …
NAMA Creates Young Professionals Membership
Fresh out of college agrimarketing professionals whether they are new to the National Agri-Marketing Association or not and under age 25 will now receive a discount on their membership. The organization has created a Young Professionals Membership after a lot of discussion on committees and with members. In response to these discussions, we’ve created the Young Professionals Membership. This membership …
Quarry & Syngenta Canada Agree To Marketing Partnership
Quarry Integrated Communications and Syngenta Crop Protection Cananda have agreed to a new, multi-year marketing partnership. According to Patrick Crampton, Head of Marketing for Syngenta Canada, Quarry’s deep knowledge of the agriculture industry, combined with its ability to service all of Syngenta Crop Protection’s marketing communications needs in an integrated manner was the impetus for the partnership. “Syngenta Canada is …
Dairy Business Driven By Social Media
At the beginning of the Alltech Global 500 I participated in a presentation on social media and I’ve been overhearing farmers talking about how to use it for their farm. During a discussion dinner last night I met a dairy farmer who has been using it to drive business on his farm. He’s a great example for all farmers. He’s …
New Strawberries Website
Strawberry lovers have a new website from the California Strawberry Commission. The new website is chock full of some of the best recipes from professional chefs and top food bloggers, along with colorful and mouth-watering food photography. Recipes can be shared via social networks, voted on, and printed. Additionally, consumers and bloggers can submit their own recipes to be featured …
Beef Producer Emphasizes Importance of Social Media To Ag
This year’s Alltech Global 500 includes a full program for beef producers. As we’ve said many times before, if you’re in the dairy business, you’re in the beef business. So, I spoke with one of the beef farmers here, Charles Miller. He’s a Kentucky cattleman so he didn’t have as far to go as many who are here from 29 …
Talking Social Media With Beef & Dairy Farmers
Hey AgWired fans. You know social media is our “thing” so it was fun to do a presentation on the subject with my friend (and client) Billy Frey this morning at the Alltech Global 500. I joined Alltech’s, Billy Frey, on stage to present what social media is and encourage and beef and dairy farmers to use these new channels …
New Logo For National Corn Growers Association
The National Corn Growers Association has unveiled a new logo or brandmark. This will take some getting used to since the “old” one was in use for decades. But I like it. How about you? “In August, we reached a record membership level of 36,216 individual dues paying members,” said NCGA President Bart Schott, a corn farmer in Kulm, N.D. …