Pioneer Hi-Bred is sponsoring the Iowa Corn Indy 250 again this year and I spoke to Russ Sanders, Marketing Director, about how the company is involved. He’s pictured here (left) with Team Ethanol driver, Ryan Hunter-Reay and EPIC Director of Communications, Joanna Schroeder. Russ says that the company sees a great opportunity in the biofuels arena and their participation in …
Pumping Hands And Gas
Consumers in Ankeny, IA were treated to a little relief at the gas pump today when the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council teamed up with Kum & Go for a pre-race ethanol promotion. Regular (E10) was selling for $2.50/gallon and E85 was $1.85. I filled up my flex fuel van before I left. Four of the IndyCar drivers were on …
Real Girls Eat Meat
Since Cindy alerted me to this I’ve got to post it. I would have anyway since this is too good to pass on. Deceiver.com has a great post with this photo of Jessica Simpson and her “Real Girls Eat Meat” t-shirt. I can’t say I’ve been a fan of hers but I think she’s just made a bunch of new …
Corn Field Driftwood
This is not something you want to see in your corn field. River driftwood. Actually that’s not the only thing wrong with this picture near Eddyville, IA. The water in the background is supposed to be the rest of the field, not the Des Moines River. It was an eye opener of a drive up to Newton, IA today. The …
Recording Natural Sound of Flooding
The brave farm broadcaster gets her feet wet collecting pictures and natural sound. What is the sound of flooding anyway? Tricia “Brave” Terry, RFD Radio Network, literally took to her heels to check on the Mississippi River situation, “splashing my way down US Rte 54 between the river and the levee on the Illinois side. This was Monday at noontime. …
Rock and Roll Meets Tractor and Country
We certainly had a little bit of rock and roll getting together with country at the Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race. One of the contestants who held the lead for a while was Rolling Stones keyboardist, Chuck Leavell (left), seen here with Michael Peterson. Chuck is a central Georgia tree farmer where he and his wife have 2,500 acres. …
EPIC Member Website Re-designed
While I’m on the subject of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council, I realized that I’ve neglected to mention their newly designed member website. I think it’s a great example of how a “blog” can be your primary website. EPIC staff, (occasionally, Cindy and myself), easily and frequently update the website with fresh information that their members want and need …
Speeding To Iowa Corn Indy 250
It looks like the flooding in Iowa has not affected things at the Iowa Speedway where I’m headed this afternoon for pre-race activities for this weekend’s Iowa Corn Indy 250. Iowa’s flooding disaster is not directly affecting scheduled events for the IndyCar Series weekend, June 20-22, at Iowa Speedway. The facility has immediate access to I-80 and is located on …
Chewing Some Argentina Cud
This agriblogger is getting a taste of life in Argentina this summer. Mandy Nolz publishes, Chewing The Cud. Here’s what she’s doing down south, “For the month of June, I will explore the city of Buenos Aires to attend Spanish classes, live with a host family, and complete my goal of studying abroad during my college career.” She’s already had …
NAMA Facebook Group
I just joined the NAMA Facebook Group. It was started by Erin Koglin, Michigan State University and already has 161 members. As she describes it, “For all those of you who are members, were members, or just support members of the National Agri-Marketing Association! Go NAMA!” So get friendly and connected online.