After today’s BI PRRS Foundations Seminar I went upstairs at the Marriott to the DTN/The Progressive Farmer 2008 Ag Summit. After all they’re our sponsor. So before I left to the airport I visited with a number of my DTN friends including Adrian Blake, Publisher, who will be the subject of tomorrow’s ZimmCast. Here are the friendly faces of the …
Combination of Control Options Works Best on PRRS
The whole focus of today’s BI Foundations Seminar is on area and regional control of the PRRS virus. One of our presenters did some research on just how well applying control techniques works on a wide area basis. He’s Dr. Dale Polson. He presented findings from a project that applied the principals of control to a large production system over …
Vaccines in PRRS Control
The first presentation at the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundations Seminar was on the “Impact of a modified-live PRRS vaccine intervention on a population of pigs infected with a heterologous isolates.” Presenting was Dr. J. P. Cano from Venezuala. His presentation was on the results of 2 different studies that showed an increase in clinical response to a virus challenge. He says, …
Time Is Right For PRRS Control
The man who is keeping the program running here today at the BI Foundations Seminar is Dr. Bob Morrison. He’s our emcee and right now as I post this, our panel leader. I spoke with him on our break to learn more about what BI is trying to accomplish. He says that by bringing together presentations on various aspects of …
BIVI Foundations Seminar Underway
The Boehringer Ingelheim Foundations Seminar is underway and we’re already on the second speaker in the program today. At our break and after the meeting I’ll be conducting one-on-one interviews with each presenter to bring you up to date on the latest research in PRRS Virus Control. I’ve got a photo album started for your viewing pleasure already: Boehringer Ingelheim …
JackPlot!™ Winners
It looks like Cindy made it through the National JackPlot!™Finals in Las Vegas. I’ll be joining her there later on today after the BIVI Foundations Seminar I’m attending in Chicago. So here’s her post on who won: It got down to a Husker vs. Husker contest in the Final Four with the two Nebraska teams taking first and second place. …
PRRS Virus Control Seminar
The streets of Chicago have a little snow on them but it’s warm inside. The 2008 International PRRS Symposium has been taking place here. After the Symposium Boehringer Ingelheim is having a “Foundations of Area and Regional PRRS Virus Control” seminar. It takes place tomorrow. Some of the topics include; Managing Immunity, Exposure and Monitoring and Measurement. It all takes …
Mindy Teaches Online Journalism
If you’re a regular AgWired reader then you know I’ve pointed you to Mindy McAdams before. She’s a University of Florida Journalism Professor. I got to meet her for coffee yesterday to talk about “online journalism.” You definitely need to be reading her blog if you want to enhance your agricultural communications skills. She actually has some ag background from …
Drive Green Show Rolls On
It’s back on location time here in Gainesville, FL at GreenSouth Equipment and another Drive Green Utility Tractor Show stop. I wonder if all John Deere dealers have internet access this good. I love it. I just took a break from interviews and photos to get some posting done here and on the Drive Green Show Blog. I’ve started shooting …
Drive Your First Tractor
Let’s see, Cindy’s on her way to Las Vegas for the JackPlot!™ national finals, John’s in Washington, DC at the Farm Foundation’s Food and Agriculture Policy Summit and I’m just about to head out to day two of the Drive Green Utility Tractor Show. Busy times for ZimmComm, eh? Here’s an example of what you’ll be seeing on the Drive …