He preached a powerful sermon this morning. He’s the Reverend of Renewable Fuels. He’s Bob Dinneen, CEO, RFA. Bob was on our program at the opening general session of the Fuel Ethanol Workshop. This is the 25th FEW and Bob has attended 21 of them now! As always, Bob provided a very positive outlook by starting out looking at the …
Ken Colombini New Director of Communications for NCGA
He’s become a master Twitterist and blogger. He’s Ken Colombini, the new Director of Communications for the National Corn Growers Association. Please join us in welcoming Ken to his new position. “Ken has been a valuable member of the award-winning NCGA Communications team during the past two years,” said NCGA Vice President for Marketing Fred Stemme. “He has a great …
Talking Ethanol This Week
From Farm Bureau to fuel, I’ve transitioned over to my next event on the agriblogging highway. The 25th Annual Fuel Ethanol Workshop & Expo is underway in Denver, CO and I’m on location for the next couple days to bring you news, interviews and photos, most of which will be posting onto our Domestic Fuel website. I attended the opening …
Car of the Heartland To Promote The American Farmer
This afternoon I saw the unveiling of the Car of the Heartland, the official Car of the American Farmer. This is a concept car developed by Furniture Row Racing. They’re looking for industry partners to help them make the car a reality on the NASCAR tracks in 2010, starting with the Daytona 500. The unveiling was done to the participants …
News Media In Transition
One of the sessions here at the AFBF Shining at the PR Summit was titled, “News Media in Transition.” I thought I’d hear stories about how tv and newspapers were utilizing new and social media mechanisms to “transition” to how consumers want to get news and information. Instead I would characterize the comments as being very defensive and actually blaming …
Shining At The AFBF PR Summit
The American Farm Bureau Federation, “Shining at the PR Summit” is underway here in Denver. I’m feeling my miles this morning after 5 days at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville but thank you to the Brown Palace Coffee & Tea Co. for helping out. I’ll be conducting a session on social media here in just a few minutes. Please …
Bone Collector Competes in Celebrity Tractor Race
Michael Waddell is the star of Bone Collectors on the Outdoor Channel. He was one of the competitors in the New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race, hosted by Michael Peterson. Waddell gave it a valiant effort and hopefully will compete again next year.
A Michael Peterson Performance
I don’t know how many of you have had a chance to see Michael Peterson perform. With his permission I shot a video of him singing one of his biggest hits, “Drink Swear Steal & Lie” at the Hard Rock Cafe in Nashville last night. He was being backed up by the band Stony Run.
New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race Hosted by Michael Peterson
The 2009 New Holland Celebrity Tractor Show, hosted by Michael Peterson, has concluded and we have a two time winner! He’s Darby Ledbetter, seen here with his wife, being interviewed by Cindy. I think Darby was pretty excited and did a victory lap with the checkered flag. I’ve updated the online photo album for your viewing pleasure. I’ll be posting …
Wynonna Wows CMA Music Festival
It has been a great day of country music at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, TN. We got to watch Michael Peterson perform at Hard Rock Cafe before heading over to LP Field for the evening concert. Tonight we had a very special performance by Wynonna and then she was joined on stage by her Mom, Naomi. It was …