Thanks to AP we can see President-Elect Obama’s announcement of Tom Vilsack for Ag Secretary and Ken Salazar as Interior Secretary. I have to ask the question, “Why does every ag group out there feel compelled to send out news releases with their thoughts on the matter?” They all say the same thing (exicted about . . . looking forward …
NAFB 2009 Membership Directory
One way you can show your support of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting is with an ad in their annual membership directory. The annual NAFB Directory is in development with a projected mailing date of early March. Advertising space is available for Allied Industry Council members at a cost of $1,500 for a full page color ad placed within …
WCCA 2009 World Congress of Computers in Ag
This sounds like an ag geeks dream conference. Might I be going? We’ll see. This is the 7th World Congress of Computers in Agriculture and Natural Resources. It will be held in Reno, Nevada. from June 22nd through the 24th 2009. The congress will be held at the Grand Sierra Resort concurrently with the ASABE International Conference.. WCCA is a …
Happy Holidays
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 …