The Ag Media Summit is officially underway. Some are out golfing and some of us are attending educational sessions at the hotel. If you can’t be here with us then some sessions are being live streamed. You can click on the player below to see the current stream. Want to take in all the information you can from Ag Media …
Ag Media Summit Cruise Winners
The 2010 Ag Media Summit got off to an official start this weekend. I joined up in time to go on the welcome reception cruise. It was a good one. In fact, I’m kind of at a loss for words how to describe it. So I guess I’ll just have to let the photo album tell the story. We had …
Rolling On The River at AMS
I am ready for some rolling on the river at the Ag Media Summit. Just got in and got registered. Now getting ready for our evening welcome reception. Of course I’ve got a photo album started. There will be plenty more added to it in coming days so keep your eye on it and see who you know. 2010 Ag …
Wrapping Up Peanut Conference
Don Koehler, Executive Director, Georgia Peanut Commission, helped me wrap things up for the Southern Peanut Growers Conference. As of this point in time everyone has a free afternoon before our concluding dinner this evening. I’ll be adding some photos from that event to the photo album. You can also find another set of photos taken by Joy Carter, Georgia …
Peanut Farmer Family Tradition
It’s always good to hear from our presenters and sponsors but what about our growers? Let’s find out what a peanut farmer thinks about the Southern Peanut Growers Conference. I spoke with Steve “Beaver” Yoder, Altha, FL. Steve brings his family as many peanut farmers do. They look forward to it as a “tradition” and it shows his children what …
Beaches Clean In Panama City Beach Area
Like me, you may wonder what the beach is like here on the Gulf coast. I thought I’d heard warnings about oil coming on shore as far as Panama City Beach. That does not seem to be the case right now at least. The water is clear and pretty emerald green, the beaches are white and lots of people are …
Valor Award Presented at Southern Peanut Growers Conference
Each year the Southern Peanut Growers Conference presents a Valor Award to someone in the industry. This year the award was presented to Leslie Wagner, Executive Director, Southern Peanut Growers. The award was presented by John Altom, Valent. I spoke with Leslie prior to the award and you can listen to our conversation below. So congrats to Leslie because she’s …
Peanut Industry Looks Healthy In Florida
One of the first people I met at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference was Ken Barton, Executive Director, Florida Peanut Producers Association. FPPA is one of the state peanut groups that puts on the conference. Ken provided me with an overview of the conference in a short interview. He says the content seems to get better each year. The registration …
Panama City Beach Welcomes Peanut Growers
I don’t know what I expected after all the horror stories in the news about the Gulf oil spill but it wasn’t crowded immaculate white beach here in Panama City Beach. But that’s what we’ve got as the 12th Annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference gets underway. No oil marring the coastline here. I drove along Hwy. 98 coming in from …
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It’s almost time to go rolling on the river at the Ag Media Summit. If you’re going then sign up to get mobile updates via Commodity Update. Be sure to sign up for our FREE reminder service this year at the Ag Media Summit: Mobile Updates These tiny texts tell you where you need to be and when. It’s like …