Some web publications have been bought by Vance Publishing. Vance Publishing Corporation has acquired two Internet-based businesses that market to and serve the farm and ranch communities, CattleNetwork.com and CattleStore.com. Both were purchased from Integrated Management Information, Inc., of Colorado. “This is another significant acquisition for Vance Publishing,” reported company Chairman William C. Vance. “It reinforces our position as the …
Profiling Beef Producers
By now you know that the new CBB website is MyBeefCheckoff.com. I just realized that it’s what you get when you type in the old CBB web domain too. One of the features you’ll soon find on the new CBB website will be producer profiles. The idea is to find out what producers (beef and dairy) think about the programs …
MyBeefCheckoff.com Launch and Zimfo Bytes
The Zimfo Bytes you see several times a week have been a very well received feature of AgWired. It allows us to post more nuggets of news to help keep the agrimarketing community informed. Melissa Slage, Cattlemen’s Beef Board, is the author of Zimfo Bytes. She’s pictured with Lynn Heinze at yesterday’s CBB Admin Subcommitte mtg. This morning I talked …
Cattlemen’s Beef Board Down To Business
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board Administration Subcommittee got things started here at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference in Denver today. I spoke with CBB Chairman, Dave Bateman, about what we can expect to see happen during this meeting. Dave says that producers come together here at the summer meeting to do the work of the industry. He says that the committee …
Denver Soul Food
The first thing I did after getting into Denver today was go to lunch with my buddy, Evan Slack. He took me out for some excellent comfort food. Catfish, greens, cornbread, candied yams and sweet tea. Mmm, mmm. Tom’s Home Cookin’ Then he and I went to the Apple Store and AT&T store. I’ve got to wait until the end …
Public Affairs Division at Osborn & Barr
Osborn & Barr has created a public affairs division led in part by Missouri’s just-past Director of Agriculture. The new group will allow O&B, North America’s largest agency focused on agricultural and rural markets, help its current and future clients manage critical public policy priorities. Specifically, the public affairs group will monitor key issues as they relate to agriculture, alternative …
New Media Musings
One of my favorite new media commentators is Jeff Jarvis, BuzzMachine. Here’s some comments from his latest post. My most striking realization since getting my iPhone (love it, thanks for asking) is that radio is doomed. Pandora is a wonder, creating my own radio station, live and on the fly without need for a broadcast tower. And then there’s TV. …
Peanuts on the Beach
Southern peanut growers know the place to party and this week that’s Panama City, FL. While I get ready to go west to Denver, Cindy is attending the Southern Peanut Growers Conference. In this week’s program you can hear several of her interviews. We’ve got Randy Griggs, Alabama Peanut Producers, several guys from Trimble and Ag Technologies, the companies sponsoring …
Chris Romas New Burpee President
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 …