We’re going to have a live blogging extravaganza from Tampa over the next couple days. Right now we’re about to get our second thunderstorm of the day. No need to water the yard here. AgWired is set up in the media room and Cindy is on her way. She’ll get in late tonight and be posting during the day tomorrow …
BASF Media Room
The BASF Media Room is open for business and equipped with laptop computers and wireless internet access. Our BASF greeting team is (l-r) Amy Fisher, Padilla Speer Beardsley, Allegra Sinclair, BASF and Soren Erickson, Padilla Speer Beardsley. They’re hear to help journalists out with anything they need to get stories done. Right now it’s a little quiet with the board …
Board Meetings In Progress
Registration is now open here at the Ag Media Summit and after lunch the first programs will start. The board meetings of the two main ag journalism groups are going on right now. Here’s the Livestock Publications Council going at it hard and heavy. I’ll try to get a report from LPC after lunch and post later. While LPC is …
Let The AMS Games Begin
Agricultural journalists are getting checked in to Saddlebrook Resort. I just arrived and am getting ready for my first event. It’s a beautifully sunny day with plenty of humidity. Join us for the 10th anniversary of the annual Agricultural Media Summit-the largest gathering of crop and livestock media professionals in the U.S.-July 26-30, 2008 near Tampa, at Saddlebrook Resort, Wesley …
Dolphin Sightings
It has been an absolutely beautiful day out on the water here in Florida. This is how you get ready for AMS! Some of you should know that I will have cigars. There are some great little Greek cigar stands in Tarpon Springs near the sponge docks. The sponge diving business seems to be doing really well. There were a …
Blogging From Gulf of Mexico
Hello from Studio S.E.A., Gary Cooper’s boat. We’re out in the Gulf of Mexico, right off Clearwater Beach right now. Unfortunately, Gary and Robin couldn’t be here with me. We’ve got Captain Tom taking care of the boat though since this is one big one. I think this is a nice way to spend a Friday before all the action …
Alliance for Abundant Food and Energy
A new group with some significant resources has jumped head first into the food and fuel debate. Members include the Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) Company, DuPont, John Deere, Monsanto, and the Renewable Fuels Association. The Alliance for Abundant Food and Energy brings together a broad group of visionary companies and organizations committed to sustainably and responsibly improving diets and reducing …
Southeast New Media Training
On my Florida journey that winds up at the Ag Media Summit I made a stop in Ocala today at the headquarters of Southeast AgNet. We’ve been doing some new media training today on everything from audio production to posting on the website. Here’s Julie McPeake (L) and Nicholle Saylor hard at work on their new computers. Julie is new …
Dow AgroSciences Plot Blogging
We’re seeing more and more ag companies utlizing new media tools in their communications efforts. Here’s one I just found out about. The picture is Kassie Billerbeck, an Iowa State Student, who has her own blog a new Dow AgroSciences website. She’s doing some fertilizing in her plot at the Farm Progress Show site. Dow AgroSciences has launched a new …
Talking Web 2.0 With My Florida Peeps
Hello from the Florida Fertilizer & Agrichemical Association/Florida NAMA Chapter luncheon. Here with me is (L-R) Debbie Brummel, NAMA, Dave Herndon, Southeast AgNet and Mary Hartney, FFAA. They’re also on our lunch program. I’m using this post as a demonstration post done live for the group of almost 100. We’re talking Web 2.0 and all that it means, using words …