Jay Byrne and the folks at Vfluence sent in this holiday greeting. You can view the whole animated card online.
The Reindeer Warthog
This may not make Santa real happy but I think he’s kind of cute. He’s the Reindeer Warthog sent in by Cheryl from Nebraska Farm Bureau. Chuck, my Christmas greeting isn’t fancy, but it’s heartfelt. My son shot a warthog in South Africa last year and now I dress it for all of the holidays and whenever the spirit moves. …
Novus International Selects AdFarm as Agency of Record
AdFarm has been selected as global agency of record by Novus International for all integrated marketing communications services. These are two companies we have really enjoyed working with and hope for a successful 2009. Novus is a leading developer of animal health and nutrition programs for the poultry, pork, beef, dairy, aquaculture, and companion animal industries. With more than 25 …
International Year of the Potato
I had no idea we’re living in the International Year of the Potato, one of my favorite foods. I largely ignore the FAO these days but just the idea of a year dedicated to the potato kind of caught my attention. So I guess I’ll have to bake a humble tuber tonight to celebrate. FAO releases on 15 December 2008 …
Online Demographics Older Than You Think
I say this because so often I get comments from people who think it’s “only the young farmers” who are online. I also say this because research says so. In today’s lead article by eMarketer you’ll find some interesting stats such as. Ageism is out, online. Some 55% of US adult Internet users are over age 40, according to Harris …
Holiday Greetings
Here’s the latest holiday card to visit my in-box from AgWired fan, Mark R. McLellan, Dean & Director, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences — University of Florida, Florida Agricultural Experiment Station. I’m wondering if I should start scanning the smail cards I’m getting too. There have already been some good ones. I hope you enjoy them as much as …
AgWired Reaches 6,000 Posts
We just upgraded AgWired to the latest version of WordPress (2.7 “Coltrane”). Coincidentally this is post number 6,000! Wow. Who would have thought? Not me I can assure you. When we created this website it was to find out what this blogging thing was all about. We’ve come a long way and can’t say enough thank you’s to all the …
Reminder About Beltwide
T. Cotton Nelson wants the media to make sure they get registered for the upcoming Beltwide Cotton Conferences. I’ve got mine done. The newsroom for writers/broadcasters covering the 2009 Beltwide Cotton Conferences will be in Conference Rooms 13/14 (third level) in the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel. Hours are: 1-5 p.m. on Jan. 5; from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Jan. 6-7 and from …
World Ag Expo Has Newly Designed Website
It looks like 2009 will be another year I don’t get to go to World Ag Expo. Someday soon though. They have a newly designed website you might want to check out. World Ag Expo, the world’s largest annual farm equipment and agriculture technology exhibition, has launched a newly redesigned website. Structured to provide the most current information about the …
Podcasting is a Word
It’s officially a word. It’s podcasting. Here’s the entry in the Oxford English Dictionary release of new words. podcasting n. A very new word, for a recent phenomenon, and a great example of how technological change, especially that relating to the Internet and the media, can be a driving force not only in generating new words, but in determining whether …