I thought you’d enjoy this story from over on World Dairy Diary yesterday. What better way to kick-off the Pennsylvania Farm Show than a butter sculpture made of 1,000 pounds of butter! Unveiled today, the sculpture is sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association and the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program, from butter donated by Land O’ Lakes in Carlisle, Pa. The …
Charlene Finck Promoted to Senior VP, Farm Journal Media
Congratulations to Charlene Finck who has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Editorial & Content Development, at Farm Journal Media. “Charlene has been very visible in all four corners of our company in not only integrating our content efforts into a much more cohesive and impactful offering for the hundreds of thousands of farmers and ranchers we serve, but as …
Final Preview of AG CONNECT Expo
The floor of the upcoming AG CONNECT Expo is very busy right now. This morning I spoke with Show Director, Sara Mooney, who was on-location. In this week’s ZimmCast she provides a last preview and let’s us know how the final preparations are going. I’ll be there by the end of the weekend for the pre-show activities that take place …
Colle+McVoy is Digital Agency for Land O’Lakes Dairy Foods
Congrats to Colle+McVoy for being named “digital agency” for Land O’Lakes Dairy Foods Division of Land O’Lakes, Inc. The agency will manage the consumer Web site including strategy, creative, production and development. “We are very impressed with Colle+McVoy’s interactive expertise and technical capabilities,” said Thea Keamy, Vice President Retail Cheese & Marketing Services, Land O’Lakes. “It was imperative that the …
Fluidigm Inks Deal With USDA
It looks like AgWired sponsor, Fluidigm Corporation, is making some new inroads into the agricultural sector with their announcement that “USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has purchased a Fluidigm microfluidic-based EP1™ System to help develop and validate focused 96- and 384-SNP (single-nucleotide polymorphism) panels for testing America’s dairy and beef cattle. To ensure healthy cows and top quality product.” ARS …
AG CONNECT Expo in Action
AG CONNECT is in action as setup has been underway for a couple days now in Orlando, FL. You can see photos in the official ACE Flickr photo album. They’ve also been shooting some video to commemorate and document the first ag show for AEM. Here’s a video clip example from the official ACE YouTube channel. You can also follow …
AgChat Tweetup at AG CONNECT Expo
Next week we’re going to have an “A” class tweetup. It’s an AGCO/AEM/AgChat Tweetup at AG CONNCECT Expo. Tweetups are a great opportunity to meet in person the people you communicate with via Twitter. After our tweetup anyone who wants to hang around can participate in an actual AgChat! Here’s the details: Date: Tuesday, January 12 Time: 6pm following opening …
Summary of U.S. Grains Council 2009 Corn Mission
For those of you who didn’t get to follow along with the U.S. Grains Council Corn Mission trip I went on last month I have prepared a slide show that will give you a pretty good overview of all we saw and learned. In the show you can hear from some of the key individuals I interviewed including the U.S. …
NAMA Best Show Will Go On
Okay, so it’s snowing in Kansas City now. But the show will still go on tomorrow. That’s the Region 2 Best of NAMA. Are you going to a regional best? Check the calendar for all of them. The Show Must Go On! Worried about the weather in Kansas City? We’re not! The Kansas City area will be expecting 3-6 inches …