AdFarm has expanded their public relations staff with the hiring of two new employees and an internal promotion. Congratulations guys. Dan Kirkpatrick has been hired as a senior public relations strategist and business development lead, with a special focus in Iowa. A marketing practitioner with 25 years experience, Kirkpatrick’s industry expertise ranges from production agriculture to the rural lifestyle market …
Hoards Dairyman Celebrating 125 Years
Cindy is on location at World Dairy Expo so I thought I’d share one of her posts from World Dairy Diary: The World Dairy Expo exhibitor party sponsored by Hoard’s Dairyman is always a special event, but this year it was extra special because they are celebrating 125 years! To mark the anniversary, the publication called in the University of …
IFAJ Congress 2013 – Argentina
The organizers for the 2013 International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) Congress have announced some news. On July 21, 2010, a meeting took place at the Buenos Aires Grain Exchange Building to create a work team for the 2013 IFAJ Congress. Besides the Argentine Circle of Agricultural Journalists (CAPA, by its Spanish acronym) Executive Board members, 35 representatives of different …
John Deere Has Their Place At World Equestrian Games
The John Deere Place at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games is a very impressive building and exhibit with a path through it containing a wide array of products. It sits on the walkway between the main entrance to the main outdoor stadium. To find out what John Deere is doing at the Games and why they got involved I …
Reining Demonstration and Explanation
The media attending the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games were treated to a private reception with John Deere that included a reining demonstration. Our guide was Casey Deary, Deary Performance Horses, and you can see a portion of his presentation in the video. We had representatives of several horse organizations with us too. John Deere has a great relationship with …
Reining At The John Deere Place
I want to thank John Deere for allowing me the opportunity to attend the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. It’s a once in a lifetime event since history has been made with the first ever games in the United States. This evening John Deere hosted the media in their John Deere Place at the Kentucky Horse Park. Here’s Roch Dold …
Animal Agriculture Defended At WEG
I was sure glad to see the Animal Agriculture Alliance here at the 2010 Alltech World Equestrian Games. Sarah Hubbart, Communications Coordinator, is pictured on the left. This is a big international stage with a huge contingent of media on par with the largest I’ve ever seen. Wouldn’t it have been a great place for ag to be on display? …
Competition In Rolex Stadium At WEG
It may be raining off and on today at the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games but that’s not dampening anyone’s spirits that I can tell. I’m about to go on a photo walk starting with Rolex Stadium where we have the dressage competition underway. Later this afternoon John Deere will be hosting media for a reception and I’ll be …
Find Farmers Markets On Your Phone
Joining the ranks of the ag apps, like the AgWired iPhone App, is the Farmers Market Finder iPhone App. Apptika Inc. has just released a new version of its popular Farmers Market Finder app which now includes over 2,500 farmers markets across the U.S. Fresh food lovers and locavores in California, Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, …
Preserve Those Antique Tractors
If you like antique tractors you might enjoy this video of scenes from the Antique Tractor Preservation Day, September 23, 2010 – West Plains, MO.