What do you think about this new website project by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health? Their Center for a Livable Future has launched the site to “enable research on the critical links between agriculture and public health.” Do you think they understand production agriculture and have farmer’s best interests at heart? Is this needed? Who defines a …
Woods Wanderings
It seems like the end of the year holidays are the only time I get to wander back through the woods behind ZimmComm World Headquarters. We’ve got a lot of cedars and last winter’s ice storm wasn’t very kind to them. I went on a photo shoot this afternoon to see what condition they were in. This one looks like …
Talking Gadgets on RFD Today
This morning I was a guest on RFD Today, hosted by my good friend, Tricia Braid Terry. We talked about electronic gadgets (GPS, Mobile Phone, iPhone apps, etc.). With her permission I’ve got a link to our segment of the show here in case you’d like to listen: rfd-12-26-08-gadgets.mp3 GPS units are cool and I got my first one for …
Happy Holidays
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 …
Internet Continues To Grow As News Source
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 …
December ZimmNews
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 …
Dupont Broadleaf Weed Report
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 …
Yes Rural Broadband is Important
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 …
Welcome Amanda Nolz to AgWired
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 …