I am now comfortably located in cool and brisk Madison, WI at World Dairy Expo. The media room is active and a number of us attended a breakfast time press conference given by WestfaliaSurge, now part of GEA Farm Technologies. The CEO and President of GEA Farm Technologies is Vern Foster. He gave us a comprehensive presentation this morning (media …
Soldier Farmers
Here’s something you won’t see on the evening tv news. Soldier farmers helping rebuild the ag economy in Afghanistan. We’ve already seen this type of work being done in Iraq thanks to Paul McKellips. It looks like soldiers from several states are doing something similar to this in Afghanistan. Despite recent progress, Afghanistan remains a poor country. Its agriculture industry, …
Lori Hallowell is Bader Rutter Vice President
Congratulations to Lori Hallowell. Lori Hallowell has been promoted to vice president at Bader Rutter in the agency’s account management and public relations groups. Hallowell joined the agency in 1994 as an account executive. Her energy and passion for the business have been key in the growth of Merial, the agency’s animal health client. A native of Palmyra, Neb., Hallowell …
FINDERBINDER Agricultural Media Directory Ready
It looks like the Finderbinder for ag media is about ready. As of today, public relations executives and media buyers serving the agricultural media directory have a new tool for current, detailed information on local news media. The FINDERBINDER® Agricultural Media Directory catalogs more than 1,500 agricultural newspapers, magazines, online publications, broadcast outlets in the United States. “The FINDERBINDER® will …
NAFB Foundation Tractors Available
If you’d like to help out the NAFB Foundation then place your order for a tractor. Joe Ertl has personally autographed each of the Massey Ferguson 1150 numbered 1/16 scale toy tractors for the NAFB. To make it a unique toy for the organization, Joe designed a replica of a tractor radio mounted to the fender. There are only 200 …
Nuestro Rancho is Our Ranch Beef
Give me a steak from “our ranch.” The American Hereford Association (AHA) and Certified Hereford Beef (CHB) LLC staffs have created a new Hereford-based beef brand specifically targeting Hispanic shoppers. In 31 Hispanic grocery stores throughout the Los Angeles area, shoppers now have the opportunity to buy Hereford beef labeled Nuestro Rancho, from a service case cut just the way …
Mother Nature Gets a Network
It looks like Mother Nature needed a network and found two guys to start one for her. Chuck Leavell pointed me to this story which pretty much explains what they have in mind. Joel Babbit, 54, a longtime Atlanta ad executive, and Chuck Leavell, 56, keyboardist for the Rolling Stones, are creating a new online company — the Mother Nature …
September ZimmNews
The latest edition of ZimmNews has now been delivered to in-boxes everywhere. In case you didn’t get it or just want to look at it online then you can find it here: September ZimmNews Some highlights include: New Media Tip Where Have We Been Where Are We Going Southern Peanut Farmers Blog Precision Pays Has New Look Best of the …
Picture Gadgets
Hello photo enthusiasts. If you like pictures and especially if you like taking them then you’re probably wondering what to do with all of them in this digital world. So I thought I’d give you a few ideas. Of course you can print them but if you travel around a lot then what? Well, you can keep them on your …
Woodward Has Two Rivers
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.” In this week’s program we’ll learn about the Woodward Communications acquisition of Two Rivers Marketing. I spoke with Greg Ehm, …