Seeing this picture sent in by Dan Danford, AdFarm, makes me wish I was able to attend the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation meeting. This picture was actually taken prior to the CFWF meeting. Dan was kind though to send me a couple of pictures and let me know what’s going on with our brethren in the great white north. The …
AgriTalk at World Dairy Expo
Yes, I know, it’s AgriTalk again. No nice studio or even comfy table here at World Dairy Expo. This time host, Mike Adams, just had a couple of chairs out in the hall outside the media room. However, he was able to pull off another good show with guests like Joe Bavido, Dairy Management, Inc. So, there you go. AgriTalk, …
NAFB at World Dairy Expo
Members of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters posed for a photo at World Dairy Expo. This is in the room sponsored by the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board for their 2008 Talk Session. Basically, WMMB invites in a number of people who are available for interviews. I got several which will be featured in our Milking Parlor Podcast on World …
National Dairy Animal Well-Being Guidelines Announced
At last year’s World Dairy Expo we heard about the announcement of the National Dairy Animal Well-Being Initiative. This morning they released the official principles and guidelines. The facilitator for the Initiative is Charlie Arnot. He described the process that got us to this point and says that now it’s time for the Initiative to move to the next step. …
Keeping The Boot Off The Table at Essen Haus
Where do farm broadcasters go in Madison, WI after the World Dairy Expo is over for the day? Essen Haus. Where the boot is not allowed to touch the table. If you haven’t been to Essen Haus and don’t know what that means then you’ll have to ask one of these people. All farm broadcasters are invited to the media …
World Dairy Expo Guess Whose Boot
This is a World Dairy Expo edition of “Guess Whose Boot.” Not boots, but boot. It works like this. Guess by making a comment and the first person who gets it right will get an AgWired t-shirt. So, guess away. It’s an easy one. World Dairy Expo 2008 Photo Album
Get Your Badger Grilled Cheese
The University of Wisconsin Madison Badger Club is a grilled cheese sandwich making machine at World Dairy Expo. I would like to try one again this year but the line is too long and never seems to go down. With 139 members, Badger Dairy Club (BDC) creates opportunities for the membership to engage in activities and experiences within the college, …
Marketing and Media at World Dairy Expo
The first two people I got to know at World Dairy Expo were John Rozum (sales) and Lisa Behnke (media). In fact, World Dairy Diary grew out of an idea that John had several years ago now. I spoke to them this morning and the main message is “larger,” meaning more people and more exhibitors. Some of the numbers they …
GEA Farm Technology Brand Launched
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, …