Meyocks Group Adds Three

Chuck Zimmerman

The Meyocks Group has added three new faces to their team. Jessica Cooper joins the agency as an account executive. Cooper previously was an account coordinator at Valassis Sales & Marketing Services in Chicago. She also has been a media planner with Bernstein-Rein Advertising in Kansas City. A native of Maryville, Missouri, Cooper earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising and …

Agencies

NFU President To Lead Growth Energy

Chuck Zimmerman

Growth Energy will be holding a press conference this morning just 15 minutes prior to the RFA press conference. Interesting timing. Growth Energy Co-Chairman General Wesley Clark will announce two new members of the leadership team at Growth Energy on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. EST. Clark will name a CEO and a Senior Advisor, both known for …

Ag Groups, Ethanol, RFA

Biofuels Bloggers

Chuck Zimmerman

Cindy snapped a photo of Joanna Schroeder and me working in the main conference session room. RFA set up a great work station for us with internet access, power outlets and our own mult box to record speakers. Hint to all you conference organizers. It’s really great to provide media with a nice work station in the general conference room. …

Ethanol, RFA

Marketeye Mobile Alerts

Chuck Zimmerman

Farmers going to Commodity Classic are being provided with a free gift from Successful Farming. It’s called the Marketeye mobile alerts. All they have to do is text the word classic to 72466. According to the company they’ve had a great response already from farmers who want to stay on top of what’s happening on the CBOT while they’re in …

Media

National Ethanol Conference Open Live

Chuck Zimmerman

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.

Ethanol, RFA

Monsanto According To Monsanto

Chuck Zimmerman

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 …

Agribusiness

RFA Kicks Off National Ethanol Conference

Chuck Zimmerman

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 …

Audio, Ethanol, RFA

New Website For California Ag Network

Chuck Zimmerman

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 …

Media

This Will Be A Classic Week

Chuck Zimmerman

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 …

Commodity Classic