At today’s John Deere product launch we went to classes on utility tractors. I think we had about 6 different stations where we could listen to presentations and then get to ride and drive on our own. One item that got a lot of attention today was the new easily detachable underbelly mowers for these utility tractors. After you drop …
Media Driving Green With John Deere
John Deere kicked off their Drive Green product launch today in Sarasota, FL. Here’s the happy crew of media who attended to see the latest in this “Year of the Utility Tractor” lineup. We’re getting ready to go to dinner but you can count on seeing and hearing a lot more from the field. I’ve got lots of good interviews …
John Deere Kicks Off Drive Green Event
We’re getting ready to “Drive Green” here in Sarasota, FL. Dozens of media representatives are gathered here to ride and drive some new John Deere tractors. The company announced their new line of utility tractors in the 5 and 6 Series. I’ll have pictures and video after we go out there later today. This morning at the registration table I …
New Agriblogging Software Coming Soon
I know that some of you agribloggers are using WordPress, our software of choice. If you’d like to see how to use it then you might want to head on over to YouTube to see some tutorials (or you can have the ZimmComm consultants training session). A new version of the best blogging software is due out next month and …
CFWF Farm Tour
Here’s some more information courtesy of Dan Danford, AdFarm, from the Canadian Farm Writer’s Federation conference. These are some pictures from Friday’s farm tour at the Canadian Farm Writer’s Federation Conference. Our first stop was Fanny Bay Oysters. They grow, process, market and distribute their own farmed shellfish. It was very interesting to learn how they actually seed the bay …
Driving Green Down South
This week I’ll be driving Green while Cindy will be in St. Louis with the executives attending the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, AgExecutive Forum. I’m sure you’ll be seeing more from her about that. Meanwhile I’ll be in Sarasota learning about the latest that John Deere has to offer in the way of small tractors, compact tractors, utility vehicles and …
Dairy and NFL Helping Kids Get Fit
I’m still in World Dairy Expo mode and thought you might be interested in this program. Grant Kohler is a dairy farmer from Utah where he milks 300 cows with a family operation. He was attending World Dairy Expo to talk about the Childhood Nutrition Fitness Initiative that’s a joint project of the National Dairy Council and the National Football …
Dairy Expo Talk
This week’s ZimmCast is being sponsored by DTN and The Progressive Farmer. “DTN and The Progressive Farmer deliver the right content to the right audience across multiple media platforms—it all adds up to you moving the needle with producers now.” Last week’s World Dairy Expo provided another opportunity to see a lot of my friends in the agricultural marketing world. …
AdFarm at CFCW
Thanks to Dan Danford, AdFarm, I’ve got more pictures from the Canadian Farm Writer’s Federation conference. I think this photo is the AdFarm folks who attended the CFCW Conference. Last night CFWF 2008 wrapped up with closing ceremonies and their annual awards banquet. It was very interesting to see the similarities and differences between the CFWF Conference and Ag Media …
Soybean Sky
I’m trying out a new Casio Exilim EX-Z100 camera and used it while biking on the Katy Trail today. I’m still trying to decide if I want to replace my Exilim EX-S770 which I’m planning to give to my parents when I present them with a new Gateway PC we bought them. The Z100 records video in a more YouTube …