For you agribloggers and farm podcasters seeking some professional improvement opportunities this summer, here’s one. It’s the Blogworld & New Media Expo. The dates are September 20-21 in Las Vegas. I am thinking about going. They’ve got these interesting tidbits about blogging on the Expo homepage. You’ll find links in them to where they got the information. Important Blogging Statistics …
Missouri River is MO Bigger
We may not have the flooding you’ve been seeing stories about in Iowa but the Missouri River crested here at Jefferson City today and is expected to have another crest soon. It rained half the day today so we’ve got more flooding coming. This is a shot of the Capitol under the bridge over the river, leading into town. Normally …
Bader Rutter Adds Wirth
More growth at Bader Rutter. Bader Rutter, an integrated marketing services agency based in Milwaukee, hired Kim Wirth as an assistant account executive and promoted Lindsay Sasse to assistant account executive in the agency’s account management group. Prior to joining Bader Rutter, Wirth worked for Publicis Dialog in San Francisco. Wirth is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – …
Monsanto Completes Acquisition of De Ruiter Seeds
Monsanto continues to grow its seed business. This time with De Ruiter Seeds. Monsanto Company announced today that it has completed its proposed acquisition of De Ruiter Seeds Group B.V., a Dutch-holding company that owns and operates De Ruiter Seeds, for EUR546 million in cash, or approximately $850 million at current exchange rates, less net debt. Monsanto will start to …
Farm Foundation Elects New Chair
Richard Hahn succeeds Sara Wyant as chair of the Board of Trustees of Farm Foundation. Barry Flinchbaugh of Kansas State University was named Vice Chair. The election took place at the Board’s annual meeting June 7, 2008, in Canandaigua, NY. Established in 1933, Farm Foundation is directed by a Board of Trustees comprised of leaders in agriculture and the food …
Twittering and Tweeting on AgWired
For those of you who have wondered about the little blue birdy thing at the top of AgWired, that’s the latest post in my Twitter feed. A growing number of you are following me directly on Twitter and I thank you. As you’ll find out if you do, I post quite frequently on Twitter, especially when I’m traveling. It’s very …
CUTC Media Mania
While I was attending the Corn Utilization and Technology Conference recently, I turned the tables on one of the media representatives covering the conference. Pictured on the left is Andy Vance, Buckeye Ag Radio Network along with NCGA’s Christina Koboldt. Christina was a big help by the way, helping those of us who haven’t attended a CUTC in a while. …
The Tomato Industry Attack
Cindy pointed me to a story on the Financial Post Blog about the big tomato scare. It’s too good not to bring to your attention. Here’s how Financial Post editor, Terence Corcoran, describes how the whole mess got started. It begins with a food poisoning, gets picked up by brain-dead media, story flies out of control for 48 hours, regulators …
Jimmie Van Zant Riding a Blue Boomer
One of the celebrities competing in the Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor race was Jimmie Van Zant, pictured on the left with Michael. Jimmie is a cousin to Johnny, Ronnie and Donnie Van Zant, deceased members of the band, Lynyrd Skynyrd. He’s been making quite a career on his own. He thinks the tractor race is an excellent opportunity for …
Corn Farmers Concerned about Google/Yahoo Advertising
Cindy found an interesting story on Cnet, titled, “Corn farmers take anti-Google fight to Washington.” It’s about a letter from the American Corn Growers and some other ag groups to Congress, urging them to look into a proposed advertising partnership between Google and Yahoo. It’s kind of a complicated story to explain easily so I encourage you to read the …