Do you know what this image means? If not, you’re not alone. Let’s just say it has to do with Boehringer Ingelheim and pigs. We’ll find out more this weekend when I attend the BIVI Swine Health Seminar in St. Paul, MN. It’s going to take place on Saturday afternoon. We’ll find out together online.
Husker Harvest Days
Speaking of farm shows. How about Husker Harvest Days? It’s going on now in Grand Island, NE. This is a show I haven’t been to in years but always enjoyed. Check out their interactive map. After a delayed start to Day 2 the crowds filled the Husker Harvest Show site west of Grand Island providing exhibitors a strong day. The …
Big Iron Farm & Ranch Shows Draws International Crowd
So many farm shows, so little time. I wish we could be at all of them. One of them taking place this week is the Big Iron Farm & Ranch Show in West Fargo, ND. Pictured are a couple of the guys from the Red River Farm Network. The show runs through today and has a significant international attendance. North …
24th Annual Georgia Peanut Tour
The Georgia Peanut Tour got started today. You can get a detailed overview of where they’re going from Amanda Smith, chairman of the Georgia Peanut Tour Committee. Follow along on the blog, Twitter and Facebook. The 24th Annual Georgia Peanut Tour kicked off this week in Americus, Ga., with a Hot Topics Seminar at the Sumter County Extension Service Office. …
Support NAFB Foundation
Here’s a call out for support of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation. You can donate an item to the annual auction at the NAFB Convention or just send cash! Generous donations in past years have helped provide financial support and educational opportunities for young people in pursuit of careers in agricultural communications. Each year, six college students – …
Urban Wheat Field
If you can’t take policy makers to the field then take the field to the policy makers. On Thursday, September 23rd and Friday, September 24th a live wheat field, approximately one quarter of an acre in size, will sprout from the streets of the nation’s capital in an effort to promote food literacy via farm-to-fork wheat education. The North Dakota …
Ethanol is Right Here, Right Now
There are so many reasons to support American energy independence it sometimes amazes me how many special interest groups or ill informed people oppose it. Sure, we work with groups like the Renewable Fuels Association but we’d support the industry and ethanol anyway. It’s good to see that RFA will make sure lawmakers keep ethanol in mind when they get …
Roger Ward Receives Agriculture Award From Illinois State Fair
I worked along side him at Farm Progress Show and did not know I was in the presence of greatness. Roger Ward, Farm Director of WLDS 1180AM in Jacksonville, was named the 2010 Service to Agriculture Award recipient at the Illinois State Fair Agriculture Day Luncheon on August 17. The award is sponsored by Farm Credit Services of Illinois and …
AgChat On Farm Safety
This evening I’ll be moderating the weekly AgChat conversation on Twitter. I hope you’ll tune in and participate. Our topic is farm safety. Next week is National Farm Safety & Health Week so we thought it would be timely, especially with harvest underway in many areas. I’ve got a number of questions to pose during the session but feel free …
IFAJ Congress 2011
Mark your calendars now for the IFAJ Congress 2011. In 2011, we’re inviting you to come and experience New World agriculture for yourself. Be there as the world’s leading agricultural journalists assemble for the first IFAJ congress in Canada in more than 40 years. * Experience agriculture in the Great Lakes region – one of the most fertile and productive …