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 …
A Florida Sunrise
This is one of the things I miss about Florida. There’s nothing like a sunrise over the ocean. My little Casio Exilim did a pretty good job this morning when I was out on the beach after a nice run. I decided to start my photo album for the Ag Media Summit early and include some scenes like this. So …
Driving Through Florida Agriculture
I just got in to the Four Seasons Resort in Palm Beach, FL. Here’s the scene through my windshield on the way down the Turnpike. I saw lots of cattle and some citrus. Not nearly as much citrus as I used to see coming out of Orlando though. I miss palm trees and humidity. They think it’s humid in Missouri …
Talking Web 2.0 at FFAA Annual Meeting
The Florida Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association is holding it’s annual meeting this week in Palm Beach, FL. I’ll be there on Wednesday doing a Web 2.0 luncheon talk. It’s a pre-conference event that includes NAMA members. I’ve been told we’ve got over 100 people registered for lunch so far. I wonder how many of them have a blog or know …
Let’s Have a Successful Ag Media Summit
Agricultural Media Summit mania is in full swing. My in-box has been busy today. So I thought I’d add to the news by letting you know that Successful Farming is sponsoring AgWired coverage of the AMS, along with BASF. I asked Jana Rieker, Sales Development Manager for Successful Farming and Agriculture Online to fill me in on what’s new and …
Lunch and Learn Blog
Internet? No one’s ever going to use that! Blogs? Fad, not going anywhere. Four years ago I heard that a lot. Rob Cook and I talk about it in this week’s ZimmCast. Well, here’s another blog just to show you another example of how the platform can be used. This time it’s Missouri Agriculture’s Lunch & Learn Series. The goal …
CAPC Tails from the Road
Road blogging for pets and parasites is what the Companion Animal Parasite Council is doing this week. The folks at BCS Communications are figuring out this thing called new media. The CAPC parasitologists and veterinarians are traveling the country this summer between July 24 and August 6 to bring you the latest information on protecting your pets and family from …
Digital Cattle News Pioneer
Rob Cook is one of the digital pioneers in agricultural communications. He now works for Vance Publishing overseeing CattleNetwork.com. Rob and I sat down for a conversation about CattleNetwork.com and the Vance acquisition while we were attending the Cattle Industry Summer Conference. His family has been in the cattle business a long time. He says that about 7 years ago, …