I’ve always loved the name, Burpee. It’s just a cool name for any company. I’ve seen their seeds around for as long as I can remember. W. Atlee Burpee & Co., the nation’s largest and best-known purveyor of seeds, plants and home gardening supplies, announced today that Burpee’s Chief Operating Officer, Chris Romas, has been promoted to the position of …
Grilled PBJ on the Beach
Sounds like a drink almost, doesn’t it? Cindy’s lounging around on the Gulf of Mexico at the Southern Peanut Growers Conference, eating grilled peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Can you imagine? I tried something new today that I had frankly never even thought of eating before – grilled peanut butter and jelly. Don’t know why I never thought of it …
BASF 2009 Hot Topics Survey
We’re happy to announce that in partnership with BASF, AgNewsWire.AgWired.com is the official online news room of the Agricultural Media Summit (AMS). What this means is that during the upcoming event we’ll be distributing news releases for various exhibitors and sponsors of the AMS. More information on this will be sent to them in the coming week. You’ll also notice …
Blog From Your iPhone
While we’re still celebrating iPhone 3G release day I thought I’d point out something that may make it a more desirable choice for agribloggers. If you’re a WordPress user like me then there will be an application which allows you to post directly from your iPhone. The WordPress for iPhone App is nearly ready to go. It supports WordPress.com blogs …
Joe Schuele Moves to USMEF
Here’s a sight we won’t be seeing anymore. That’s because Joe Schuele has started a new job at the U.S. Meat Export Federation. This means he won’t be at the media room desk. I just spoke to him and will miss him in the media room at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference next week. But, we’ll be in good hands …
For You Farm Podcasters
Hey Farm Podcasters. If you’re one of the few who do not have a digital recorder yet then perhaps you should wait a little longer and get a Belkin GoStudio for your iPod. Even if you’ve already got a recorder this might turn your iPod into a nice backup. With Belkin’s new GoStudio, you can capture and record high-quality audio …
MyBeefCheckoff.com Set For Launch
I just got a little advance notice about a new Beef Checkoff website. I like the idea of making it easier to find information if you’re an ag journalist. On July 15, we are launching a new Web site designed to make learning about the beef checkoff easy. MyBeefCheckoff.com is launching and you’re on our list! You’re receiving this email …
Southern Peanut Growers Conference Blog
Another ZimmComm-developed website is now online. This time it’s the Southern Peanut Farmers Federation and the blog is for their annual conference. You’ll be able to follow all the nutty action in Panama City when Cindy gets there this weekend. All the proceedings with pictures, audio interviews and more from the 10th Annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference July 13-15 in …
Mullen is New Integrated Marcomm Agency for BASF
It looks like we’ll be getting to work with a new agency for BASF. Mullen has won integrated marketing communications duties for BASF U.S. Crop Protection to enhance awareness and sales of the company’s herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, plant regulators and seed treatment technologies that offer the highest level of crop protection solutions to growers across the U.S. “Mullen’s team went …
NAFB Media Use Study Webinar
I’m participating in a live NAFB webinar, first look at the combined results of the first two waves of their 2008 National Producer Media-Use Wave Study. There’s one more to go. We’ve got people on the webinar from all over the U.S. listening to Mike Parry go though his slides. I’m not sure how much is for public release yet. …