I’d like to congratulate Country Living Association Executive Director, Courtney Kleefus (Yuskis) on her wedding last weekend. Isn’t she lovely? She’s back at work already and I appreciate her sharing a photo for me to share with you.
National Ethanol Conference Open Live
This morning we broadcast the opening speech at the National Ethanol Conference live on Domestic Fuel and on the Renewable Fuels Association conference blog. I also recorded it so you can watch Bob preach a powerful sermon on the state of the ethanol industry.
Monsanto According To Monsanto
Monsanto has launched a blog with multiple contributors and they start right out being pretty open about “things.” I think this is great and look forward to how it develops. I’ve been following Kathleen (Ms Monsanto) on Twitter for a while now so it looks like this is one ag company that is not only understanding social media but not …
RFA Kicks Off National Ethanol Conference
The 2009 National Ethanol Conference got started this morning with a golf tournament and welcome from Renewable Fuels Association Chairman, Chris Standlee, Agengoa Bioenergy Corporation. Cindy and I will be covering the event courtesy of the RFA. We’ll also be posting content onto The Ethanol Report site for them. Most of our coverage will appear on Domestic Fuel which just …
New Website For California Ag Network
Roy Isom, California Ag Network, has a new website and he’s beginning to podcast and according to last week’s USDA Farm Broadcaster’s Letter, he’ll start doing video clips too. Now we just need to get Roy on Twitter, eh? Roy also broadcasts on KMJ, Fresno. Here, you will find agri-business and farming news, information, or agriculture related resources, equipment, and …
This Will Be A Classic Week
How many of you will be attending Commodity Classic this week? No, don’t reply because I know a lot of you will. If you’re twittering from there then use this hashtag: #cclassic. What’s a hashtag? Follow this link. If you’re not a Twitterer but want to keep up with the conversation then you can use the Twitter Search Engine like …
Netbooking It With A Mini
I know I’m a Mac guy but I thought I’d try out one of the new netbooks which so far are only in the PC world. So today I’m trying out an HP Mini. Just got it set up. This is a photo from the built in camera. Not great quality but . . . given the subject matter. So, …
The Monsanto Classic Blogger
Monsanto is sponsoring a Commodity Classic blogger once again this year. Thanks to Tyne Morgan, former Classic blogger herself, for the heads up. This year Brooke Hoelscher will be providing her perspective on the Classic happenings in Grapevine, TX. Here’s a little bit about Brooke. I am a junior Agriculture Communications and Journalism major at Texas A&M University. I study …
Some Crop Scientists Are Frustrated
There’s an interesting story in yesterday’s N.Y. Times titled, “Crop Scientists Say Biotechnology Seed Companies Are Thwarting Research.” Apparently a group of university scientists has filed this statement to the EPA which the story says will be holding meetings next week on biotech crops and was seeking public comments. “Technology/stewardship agreements required for the purchase of genetically modified seed explicitly …
Ervin Group Awards iPod Nano
Still wondering about social networking? How about this, from Ken Wurdeman’s Twitter account, which points to a note in the Ervin Group Facebook page. Congratulations to Jack Moyle Jr. of Moyle Irrigation, Enterprise, Utah, winner of this iPod Nano, courtesy of Ervin Group. Jack submitted the winning story idea for Lindsay Corporation’s “Irrigation Advances” magazine, which is written and designed …