The Meyocks Group is brave enough to be independent. Doug Jeske, chief operating officer of The Meyocks Group advertising agency, has acquired the firm from Hy-Vee, the two parties announced today. The Meyocks Group will continue to be advertising agency of record for Hy-Vee. “This change in ownership gives The Meyocks Group the opportunity to operate and grow as an …
Horse Traveling
If you’re planning on traveling with a horse then you might want to check into the advice and help of some experts. The experts at Horse Travel Network. This is a new venture which was just announced at the National Appaloosa Show. They’re not tied to just one breed either by the way. Mark Hardy is the President of Horse …
Callaway Performs
Cindy got to see Michael Peterson perform on Friday night but I got to see Callaway perform on Saturday night. She did a benefit concert for support of Appaloosa Youth Association activities and was a big hit with the young audience. She played a full set of songs with her band and showed why she’s an up and coming star. …
Guess Whose Boots
You can’t be at a horse show and not see a lot of boots. Some are more noticeable than others. So it’s time once again for an AgWired edition of “Guess Whose Boots.” Just use the comment feature and submit your guess and the first person who gets it right will win an Agwired t-shirt. There are clues if you’ve …
Appaloosa Calf Roping
One thing I don’t think you’ll ever find me doing is calf roping. I may as well jump off a building as a horse after roping a calf. That is, if I could even swing the rope and ride at the same time. These guys make it look like a piece of cake though. It’s still relatively early here in …
Meeting Callaway
I don’t mean the golf company. Maybe you don’t know Callaway yet but I do. She’s a very young singing star and will be performing tonight at the National Appaloosa Show. She’s on the left in case you didn’t figure that out. I’ll let you figure out who’s on the right. Callaway will be performing a benefit concert for the …
These Girls Are Cowboys
The Riata Ranch Cowboy Girls are performing at the National Appaloosa Show for two nights. According to Executive Director, Jennifer Nicholson, they’ll be doing their choreographed lasso dance and acrobatic trick riding. This morning I got to talk with them so in the interview you can hear from each of the girls here, ages 9 to 17, with Jennifer in …
Appaloosa On The Move
This week’s ZimmCast is a little late I know but I wanted to wait until I got to Jackson, MS and the National Appaloosa Show so we could learn about how they’ve handled a major move to a new city with a show that’s been held in another location for a long time. So this week you can hear Appaloosa …
The IAALD
I thought I knew about all the ag communications organizations out there but this is a new one on me. It’s the International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists. And they have a blog. Yes, I’m going to join. Our vision is to be the leading global community of practice for information specialists serving agriculture. Our mission is to enable our …
Valley Tracker Mobile
Okay, so you can get your markets, make phone calls, take video and pictures, email, text, browse the web, edit documents, listen to music and podcasts and now you can control your irrigation equipment. All from your phone. With the introduction of Valley Tracker Mobile, irrigators now have access to the latest technology for remote management of their pivots and …