Hey iPhone owning farm podcasters. Here’s some great news. A new application from Griffin that allows you to record onto your phone (or 2nd gen Touch). Turn your iPhone into a high-quality recording device. iTalk’s simple, intuitive user interface lets you start/stop, choose Good/Better/Best sample rates, and manage the list of your recordings, all with just one finger. Run iTalk …
Credit Crunch Affecting Ag
It looks like this whole credit crunch issue is affecting agriculture according to some testimony on Capitol Hill today by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. You can watch a video of it here. The Chair of AEM’s Small Enterprise Committee, Richard A. Brown, testified on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 before the House Committee on Small Business at 10 a.m. EST. …
Uncle Charley’s Hot Italian
I don’t know. Maybe it was the title or maybe I was hungry but this caught my eye. When I looked at Uncle Charley’s Gourmet Sausage website I found Hot Italian Sausage and am wondering if I should place an order. Uncle Charley’s Sausage, judged a “must try” by Better Homes & Gardens food section, is allowing consumers the chance …
Back From The Birds
I’m back and ready to see what’s been going on while I’ve been battling the elements in South Dakota. This is the longest amount of time I’ve been away from mobile phones and the internet in years. I did have a great time hunting pheasants during the Pheasantennial. Here’s our group after a very successful day in the fields. We …
Road Birds
I told you I would be posting lightly for a couple days. It’s pretty wet in South Dakota with some early morning fog. However, if you look down the gravel road at our hunting lodge you can see some pheasants having a little get together out on the road. I just thought you might enjoy the fact that I am …
Mystic Blogging Experience
This is a heads up AgWired fans that I’ll be sort of off the grid for a few days starting tomorrow. Even the agriblogger has to go far afield to recharge his batteries. It’s just that time of year. However, I’ll still be connecting periodically and I couldn’t go somewhere without blogging it. So, posting will be light for a …
Badger NAMA Awards Tree
The Badger NAMA chapter must have won a lot of awards to have this many leaves on their “tree.” The Badger National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) Chapter recently donated $500 to the building of the University of Wisconsin-Madison NAMA Awards Tree, a display that recognizes the accomplishments of the student chapter over the past 30 years. “Since its accreditation in 1978, …
Get Your Gala On
If you haven’t made your reservation for this year’s Livestock Publications Council Royal Gala then what are you waiting for? There is still time to confirm your plans for the 5th annual LPC Royal Gala which will be held next Friday, October 31, in Kansas City at the American Royal headquarters. This fundraiser is designed to celebrate and honor this …
Write About a Future In Cotton
Do you have a future in cotton? Want to have one? Then write an essay and enter this Deltapine scholarship program. The future of the U.S. cotton industry continues to rely on new talents and fresh perspectives. To keep bright young minds involved in cotton, Monsanto is creating the Deltapine Class of 09 scholarship program. The program will award nine …
Grain Power For Your Life
I don’t know about you but I like corn in all its various forms, fuel for my body or fuel for my car. Here’s some new research that shows just how healthy the milled food products can be. Someone please get me a bowl of grits! Corn – a Grain For Life. New research just published in the October issue …