Happy Holidays

Chuck Zimmerman

The Happy Holiday-ness continues here on AgWired. And why not? There’s 12 days of Christmas to start with right? And most of you are on holiday for another week or so. So here’s one from Goran Djakovic, Serbia, AGROPRESS. He’s currently VP of IFAJ and wishes us, Mir Boziji, Hriston se rodi? Wishing you all peace for the Holiday Season …

Media

Internet Continues To Grow As News Source

Chuck Zimmerman

You’ve probably seen this already but just in case you haven’t it’s worth knowing and noting. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press: The internet, which emerged this year as a leading source for campaign news, has now surpassed all other media except television as a main source for national and international …

Media

December ZimmNews

Chuck Zimmerman

The latest edition of ZimmNews has been delivered to in-boxes everywhere. A lot of you are already on holiday I can tell judging by the “out of office” replies! In case you didn’t get it or just want to look at it online then you can find it here: December ZimmNews Some highlights include: New Media Tip Welcome Amanda Nolz …

ZimmNews

Dupont Broadleaf Weed Report

Chuck Zimmerman

While surfing through the latest Farms.com Highlighter I found a story about a podcasting project they participated in with Dupont called the Broadleaf Weed Report. Welcome to the Broadleaf Weed Report – an informative series of podcasts covering a range of topics related to weed control in western Canada. The series provides insights into broadleaf weed control and agronomic practices …

Agribusiness, Podcasts

Yes Rural Broadband is Important

Chuck Zimmerman

The latest issue of Farms.com’s Highlighter Newsletter contains an article titled, “Rural Broadband – An Important Platform.” Now that’s a subject near and dear to my heart. Joe Dales is the author and he makes some good points like, “. . . it can be a strong platform for rural economic growth.” He also says: To be sure that our …

Internet, Media

Welcome Amanda Nolz to AgWired

Chuck Zimmerman

Welcome Amanda Nolz to the AgWired family. Amanda will be posting regularly on AgWired during her final semester at South Dakota State University. She’s an ag comm major with a higher gpa than I graduated with! I met Amanda when she was a National Beef Ambassador. She’s passionate about her farm and her animals and you can get a sense …

University

Alpharma Student Video Contest Winners

Chuck Zimmerman

The winning video in the Alpharma Student Video Contest was produced by the students of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I’ll try to update this post with a video embed once it’s on YouTube. Alpharma Inc., Animal Health has announced that students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison are the $5,000 grand prize winner of the 2008 Alpharma Student Video Contest. Second …

Agribusiness, University

Trucking On Down The Farm Podcast Highway

Chuck Zimmerman

The year is trucking right along and in this week’s program we keep on trucking with ZimmCast #200. To keep with the trucking theme the program has an interview with Ron Lang, John Deere, who is the Drive Green Utility Tractor Show driver. I’m going a regular feature for the project called the Truck Driver’s Diary and just updated it …

Audio, John Deere, ZimmCast

Happy Holidays

Chuck Zimmerman

Eco friendliness is “in” when it comes to Christmas/New Year’s cards. Take this one from KL Energy. In our ongoing efforts to be environmentally responsible, KL Energy Corporation is electronically sending our holiday cards this year (please see attached). Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in …

Ethanol