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Thank God I’m Fishing
Today TGIF meant, Thank God I’m Fishing. Since I had to come to Florida to cover a farm convention it only seemed to make sense to come a day early and get in a salt water fishing experience. Living in Missouri makes that a rare event anymore. So, Gary Cooper and I spent the day out on the water with …
Canal To The Gulf
It’s a beautiful day in the Sunshine State and hopefully will be a calm one on the Gulf of Mexico. I’m taking a day for a little fishing before things get busy on the agriblogging highway which will start in Panama City tomorrow at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference. This is the view from the deck here of a little …
Southern Peanut Growers Conference This Week
ZimmComm will be blogging the Southern Peanut Growers Conference once again this year in Panama City Beach, FL. Cindy has “owned” this job for the last couple years but not this year. I get the tough duty of heading to my home state to blog about all things peanuts. I’m taking a slight detour along the way to a Gulf …
Get Social With AgLoop
There’s a new social network for agriculture and they want you to get in the loop, the AgLoop. Zachary Brown may still be in college but he’s already got a full time job going thanks to his Dad, James Brown. Together they started Hay Talk a couple of years ago and it has done so well that they’ve branched out …
Having Great Time In Nanjing
Zachary Larson, Borlaug Summer Intern, is on location at Nanjing Agricultural University and providing us with updates this summer of his trip. Here’s his latest. You can also find a photo album he’s got started here: Borlaug Summer Intern Photo Album. The internship is being sponsored by the Iowa State University Plant Sciences Institute. I would have to say that …
Touring Conservation In Action
I am going to find out how agriculture protects water quality and improves soil health at this year’s Conservation Technology Information Center, Conservation In Action Tour. The tour will take place in the Virginia/Maryland area and looks like it is at capacity. Yesterday was the last day to get registered but you can probably still get in if you call …
Ag Leader Technology Mission Precision 3
We’re getting closer to the Ag Media Summit and the invites are coming in fast and furious. My favorite so far has to be from Ag Leader Technology (sponsor of Precision Pays). Mission Precision II Recruits, Ag Media Summit is fast approaching and Ag Leader is asking you to complete yet another mission. Visit the following link for your top …
SMS Text Messaging Growing According To Commodity Update Survey
The folks at Commodity Update have found that SMS text messaging has really gained ground among farmers and agribusiness. To prove it they had Millennium Research conduct a survey of farmers and found some very interesting information. I think this information should help agrimarketers feel comfortable about investing more in mobile, personal and direct forms of communication with members and …
E-85 Fuelfinder App From Renewable Fuels Association
The Renewable Fuels Association just announced a new iPhone app – E-85 Fuelfinder (opens iTunes) to help flex-fuel drivers access the latest, most accurately geo-coded E85 stations throughout the United States. Can you say, E85 fuel? There’s an app for that! Hurry to get yours since it won’t be free for long. This application will also work on the iTouch …