You don’t put together a traveling tractor show without a team of people making it happen. Here’s part of that team. Actually, most of the ones on site here in Middleburg, FL. There are a couple missing because they’re selling tractors to customers. It was a fun first day of the John Deere Drive Green Utility Tractor Show. I’ve got …
Driving Green In Middleburg, FL With John Deere
Hello from GreenSouth Equipment in Middleburg, FL. Today is the kickoff of the John Deere Drive Green Utility Tractor Show. After a cool start things are warming up and you’ll be able to follow all the action on the show blog. We’re about to get started here but I’ve already got photos uploaded and really like the high speed internet …
Pilgrim’s Pride Filing Chapter 11
It’s going to be interesting to see how the word “ethanol” is used at the upcoming International Poultry Expo which we’ll be covering right here on AgWired. Apparently it’s not a pleasant word at Pilgrim’s Pride. The company just announced a Chapter 11 filing and according to a story on AgWeb it sounds like they’re blaming their troubles on, you …
eplantspace.com Social Networking Site
The urge to connect socially online continues to grow. I am constantly surprised at who I’m connecting with online via Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. I have new friends and contacts on each of them every day, in fact, several times every day. That’s why I find it interesting when a company or organization tries to create their own social networking …
JackPlot™ National Competition Blog
We’re very happy to announce the JackPlot!™ National Finals Competition blog. This is a new project for ZimmComm, working with the folks at Winfield Solutions for CROPLAN GENETICS® Seed. In case you don’t know about JackPlot!™ then you can find out more here. Cindy will be the JackPlot!™ blogger this week in Las Vegas. Here she is checking out our …
What’s New With BASF
Let’s go back to the NAFB Convention and Trade Talk for this week’s program and learn what’s new with BASF. To find out I interviewed Amber Shirley, Technical Services Specialist and Craig Lindholm, Marketing Manager – Seed Treatment. You’ll hear them both talk about plant health. Here in this picture is Amber getting interviewed before I got my turn. She …
Ken Wurdeman Joins Ervin Group
Ken Wurdeman has just joined Ervin Group, an agency in Omaha as Director of Public Relations. A former broadcast journalist, Wurdeman is a native of Nebraska and brings more than 25 years of experience in agricultural, insurance and healthcare marketing communications to Ervin Group. Wurdeman previously worked at Swanson Russell in Omaha, serving as public relations counsel for agricultural and …
A Loos Thanksgiving Parade
Trent Loos will do a lot to get attention. Like drive his FoodLink Chuck Wagon (a wagon named after me!) in a parade that’s being televised nationally. I wonder if they’ll put him in his sponsoring museum someday. The Loos Tales FoodLink Chuck Wagon took to the streets of Chicago on Thanksgiving morning using history to bring attention to the …
New Agriblogging Tool
Okay, so I can post today. But we’re still moving to a new server. In the meantime I’ve acquired a new agriblogging tool. The ZimmComm iPhone has landed. It’s a white 16GB monster that’s ready to rock this week on the road. I also got a new bluetooth headset since I guess I just wore out the old one which …
ZimmComm Server Upgrade
This weekend we’re moving to a new server. Doesn’t that sound like fun? It does mean that I won’t have any posts up after later on today until tomorrow night though. So why are we doing it? Because we’ve continued to grow and are now hosting 26 different websites! Of course that doesn’t count others we manage on client servers. …