Do you understand things like indirect land use when it comes to regulations via departments like the EPA due to the RFS? Me either. And I’ve sat in on conferences and discussions and interviews on the subject for a while now. That’s because an issue like indirect land use involves predicting the future based on certain assumptions that may or …
AgChat Summary
If you weren’t able to participate in last night’s AgChat session via Twitter then you missed a good one. The topic was going to be bioenergy but that got moved to next week in favor of a focus on how agriculture is portrayed in the mainstream media in light of a recent article in Time Magazine and an opinion piece …
NCGA Talking Land Use
The NCGA Land Use and Carbon Impacts of Corn-Based Ethanol Conference is underway here at the Renaissance hotel by the St. Louis airport. This is our first panel discussion on “Emission Factors and Land Use Change Modeling” which is being moderated by Geoff Cooper, Renewable Fuels Association. We’re talking some very involved talks on things like Lifecycle Greenhouse Gas Analysis, …
Register for NAMA Trends In Agriculture
Registration is open for this fall’s NAMA Trends In Agriculture program in Kansas City, MO, Nov. 10-11. I’ll be there and also for the NAFB convention which follows. Speaking of NAMA, I’m heading to St. Louis today for a Gateway chapter board meeting. We’ve got some new faces in leadership who are going to be discussing the challenges of planning …
Record Phone Calls On Your iPhone
Hey farm podcasters. You know there are a lot of equipment options to record audio out there and I’ve mentioned that the iPhone is a really good one. Now there’s an app for the iPhone that provides a way to record a call, trim the ends and email it. I just tested the Recorder v.10 app ($.99) and emailed to …
USDA Rural Tour in Missouri
Our Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, is in Missouri today on his Rural Tour. I couldn’t be with him but @ruraltour is keeping us up to date. Here’s some tweets from the morning so far: Great things happening with renewable energy at the Show Me Energy Co-Op. Rural innovation at its best, this is how we revitalze rural areas http://twitpic.com/epmgy …
NAMA Boot Camp
I’m missing a NAMA Boot Camp but that doesn’t mean we don’t know what’s going on in Kansas City. Thanks to Jenny Pickett, NAMA CEO and Merritt Engel, Merrigan and Co. for the info and pictures. In this first photo, Derek Fuemmeler, CCA Yield Max Crop and Consulting Services, LLC, presents ideas in the session “A Year of a Life …
Video For The Farm Podcaster
I have to agree with James Lewin, Podcasting News, that it’s about time a cheap camcorder comes with an external audio/mic input. The biggest weakness of the Flip camera is the fact that you can’t plug in an external microphone or other audio input. Well Kodak has changed all that with the introduction of their Z18 pocket video camera. In …
Nicholson Kovac Agriculture New Media Usage Study
48% of large acre corn/soybean growers send 5 or more text messages a day! That’s just one of the findings from a survey conducted by Nicholson Kovac. In this week’s program you can hear Sheree Johnson, Nicholson Kovac Senior VP and Director of Media talk about their findings. Just when I was about to write a post inspired by Jeff …
Some Statistics On Social Media
Speaking of new and social media . . . eConsultancy has a great post titled, “20+ more mind-blowing social media statistics.” There are some great statistics that Jake Hird has put together that might help put into perspective what’s happening with communications today. Here’s a couple to give you a sample of what you’ll find. Around 64% of marketers are …