It’s now time to think Agricultural Media Summit. Registration is now available online (pdf). This is the joint meeting of: American Agricultural Editors’ Association, Livestock Publications Council and ABM Agri-Council plus the annual meeting of the Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow. If you’re looking for the best place to promote your company or organization’s products and services, then you’ll want to …
Honest Honey
Honestly, the name is great. What do you think of when you first hear, “Honest Honey”? Four North American honey marketing companies and importers – Golden Heritage Foods, LLC, Burleson’s Inc., Odem International, and Dutch Gold Honey – today launched the Honest Honey Initiative and pledged to help protect the quality and reputation of the U.S. honey supply, as well …
iPad Review Part Two
Since “ag geek” Willie Vogt just wrote an iPad review I figured it was time for me to provide you with another one. You really can’t have enough geek gadget information can you? I know a lot of you are trying to decide if you should get one now that the 3G version is out. I don’t have a 3G …
iPhone App For Humane Foodies
I’m pretty sure most AgWired fans like a good steak or hamburger and some, myself included, like a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. Right? We support our farmers and ranchers and that includes meat producers of all types. We know that in order to be successful they have to take good care of their animals. That’s partly why we …
An IFAJ Congress Retrospective
Thanks to that volcanic ash cloud I could not attend this year’s IFAJ Congress in Ostend, Belgium. To get a retrospective from someone who did attend I spoke with IFAJ President, Mike Wilson, Editor, Farm Futures. Mike found the event inspirational in a number of ways and wrote about his experience on the IFAJ website. To start with, he marveled …
Bayer CropScience Completes Expansion Project
Bayer CropScience has announced the completion of their $15 million expansion of the company’s Muskegon, MI crop protection manufacturing site. You’ve got to love getting pictures with a release! Area elected and civic officials joined company global and local executives for a ribbon-cutting event to celebrate completion of the two-year project. The expansion is adding 10 full-time employees at the …
Live Stream of LPC/AAEA Midwest Workshop
The Livestock Publications Council and AAEA are live streaming their Midwest Regional Workshop right now. Just got the notification. At the last minute we were able to go ahead and stream today’s workshop in Des Moines. Join us now as Crystal Young discusses videography. Followed by a tremendous line up of speakers. Post Update: There were up to 70 people …
National Beef Ambassador Earth Day Photo Contest Winners
Here’s the winning photo in the National Beef Ambassador “Farmers and Ranchers Care” Earth Day photo contest. It was taken by Kaylyn Groce of Silver City, N.C. In order to participate, the first requirement was to become a fan of the National Beef Ambassadors on Facebook and upload a photo to that page showcasing how they, as beef producers, are …
SEGMENTrak Solicits Consumer Opinions On Food Production
Demeter Communications has asked consumers some questions about food production and you might find the answers interesting. They launched a proprietary market research tool called SEGMENTrak to do this. Demeter Communications has set out to track opinions about food production practices among “indicator consumers.” “We want to shift from a defensive position to one of proactively talking to consumers about …
Mitch Rouda Revamping Farm Journal Online
At the recent NAMA Convention I met Mitch Rouda who has just moved up at Farm Journal to President of their e-Media division. He has responsibility for all e-Media activity, including growth of the company’s 20 current e-titles and all online development, merger and acquisition activity. Mitch is a long time web guy who had his own business before joining …