Hello AAEA members. Your cooperation is requested in taking a short survey. AAEA Members only! Can you help us out? AAEA members Karen Simon, Jim Evans, Owen Roberts in addition to Stephen Banning are conducting a survey of AAEA member attitudes as an update of a published study that was done with AAEA members ten years ago. We hope you …
COSDA-naughts Learning New Media
Thanks to Ted Quanrud, North Dakota, I’ve got a picture from my COSDA blogging class. We went at it hard and heavy for 4 hours and had a great discussion (even though the hotel’s internet access died right when I started). Today we’re going to focus on podcasting and I’ve opened up lots of web pages “just in case.” After …
National FFA Alumni Association Blog
Master agriblogger, Joy Carter, Georgia Peanut Commission, has put her skills to work for the National FFA Alumni Association. She’ll be posting from the convention in Indianapolis this week and is one of the presenters at the National FFA Alumni Workshops. Here’s a few items she wants you to be aware of: Alumni Benefit Auctions – Online Timed Benefit Auction …
Catching Up With Ev Griner
During last week’s Sunbelt Ag Expo the first person I interviewed was Ev Griner. Ev has been in broadcasting since 1948 (60 years)! He’s an icon of the farm broadcasting business in the deep southeast and is still producing daily programming for Southeast AgNet. I’ve known Ev for a lot of years but hadn’t seen him in over 10 years. …
COSDA Blogging Class Underway
Here we are in the COSDA blogging class. I’ll add a picture later but for now I’m just showing how to do a post in WordPress. We’re having a really good discussion and I’m hearing a lot of excellent questions, some of which pertain to a government organization blogging. Post Update: The picture is our group having lunch just now …
Welcome To COSDA
The COSDA meeting is underway here in Topeka, KS. This morning I’ll be conducting a training session on blogging, tomorrow on podcasting. This is what the scene was like driving here last night on I-70. Another beautiful midwest sunset. I got in just in time for the end of the Colorado hospitality suite. While there I sampled Goat Artisan Vodka. …
COSDA ’till the Cows Come Home
I’m ready to “COSDA ‘Till The Cows Come Home.” That’s what the Communication Officers of State Departments of Agriculture are doing in Topeka, KS. I’ll be teaching two 1/2 day classes there starting tomorrow morning when we focus on blogging. Then on Tuesday it’s a session on podcasting. Of course you’ll learn more about COSDA and what we’re doing right …
Get Hot Water Forever With Propane
How would you like to have all the hot water you want without running out when the tank is empty? How about getting a propane powered water heater without a tank? Sounds like a plan to me. Chris Moran, Gulf State Sales, was in the Georgia Propane Gas Association building at Sunbelt Ag Expo to talk with farmers and other …
Propane Powered Mowers
The propane powered mowers shown at Sunbelt Ag Expo got a lot of attention from farmers and other attendees. On hand to show them off was Richard Carr, National Sales Manager, EnviroGard, a division of Onyx Environmental Solutions. Richard says they manufacture their own line of mowers but also provide conversion kits for existing mowers. He says you’ll get better …
Ken Anderson Goes Behind Mic For Brownfield
It looks like Ken Anderson has had enough of people pointing a microphone at him. Now he’s going to do the pointing for Brownfield. Brownfield, Ag News for America welcomes Ken Anderson as Farm Director for Waitt Agribusiness in Lincoln, Nebraska. “Ken’s roots run deep in agriculture in the region served by Waitt Agribusiness. His experience on both sides of …