2019 IFAJ and Ag Media Summit Registration Open
Registration is now open for the 2019 International Federation of Agricultural Journalists Congress. This year the theme is “Global Connections in America’s Heartland.” The location is Minneapolis/Bloomington, Minnesota and the dates are July 27-31. You can find information and register here. Once again the international event will overlap the annual Agricultural Media Summit in the same location and hotel venue. …
ZimmCast From Cattle Industry Convention
This week’s program contains some audio from last week’s Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show. After looking at what’s coming up on our calendar I share a couple of excerpts from the press conference with Secretary of Ag Sonny Perdue and then from Terry Bradshaw’s speech. Sonny talks trade and Terry talks cows. I had no idea he had …
Retrieving Deer With a Can-Am Defender
Although the 2018 deer season in central Georgia was not the best we’ve ever had it was not the worst. We harvested deer. Saw more deer and got a lot of work done to make a growing pine forest easier to hunt in. This is my last post from the season since I had to show what one of the …
Secretary Sonny Perdue visits #CattleCon19
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, visited with the media during the Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show prior to his remarks at the closing general session. The first topic of the press conference was on trade and it was obvious he really wanted to talk about it. He said the top priority for ag groups is trade, trade, …
ZimmCast 607 – Developing with Deere
In this week’s program I share some more analytics from ZimmComm media content. This time it’s photos and videos – Flickr and YouTube. Did you know that YouTube is the second largest search engine, only topped by Google? We also have some interviews to share from last week’s Develop with Deere Conference, starting with Kayla Reynolds, Digital Business Development Manager, John Deere …
2019 Develop with Deere Conference
The 2019 Develop with Deere conference is number six and “the largest one yet.” That’s according to Kayla Reynolds, Digital Business Development Manager, John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group. There are 588 people registered. Kayla says the event is “all about industry collaboration around the digital ag ecosystem.” Attendees from ten countries include John Deere dealers, software development companies as well …
ZimmCast 606 – Audio & Analytics
The end of 2018 made for a busy time with family but also a time to reflect on the year with our AgNewsWire service and AgWired. I get asked all the time about how many people we reach, how many people listen, who are they and more. It’s just not a simple question to answer. But I took a stab …
Guess Whose Boots
It has been a while since I’ve lightened things up with a guessing game about boots. So, here we go again. The first person who posts the correct answer in comments will be the winner. Simple, right? If it gets to be too tough I’ll add some hints but I’m betting I won’t have to. There will be a prize …
AgWired a Top 25 Agriculture Blog 2019
Just got this message. Always nice to get recognition. “Congratulations! We are happy to announce that your blog has been included to the Top 25 Agriculture Blogs 2019 on our website. We are in constant search for the best blogs and we are glad to include you on the list.” Agriculture is an incredibly important part of life that is …