I don’t know if this is actually called a Corntini but it’s a martini with corn in it. All I know is that you “drink the best and burn the rest.” Someone’s going to have to help me out with the ingredients because the server I spoke with didn’t know. These were being served at the opening reception to the …
Rural Development Secretary Keynote at CUTC
I really enjoyed getting to talk with our USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development, Tom Dorr, this evening. He was our keynote speaker at the CUTC. He told corn growers and all the attendees that they’re doing a great job. He also said that there are challenges ahead like the recent Grocers Association attack on ethanol. He says that’s making …
An NCGA Welcome to CUTC
The CUTC is officially underway now that our keynote session and reception is over. It’s a very quiet media room as yours truly is the only one here. At least the internet access is sort of working. It won’t let me upload to Flickr but I guess that’ll have to wait until later. Post Update: Here’s some photos: CUTC Photo …
Welcome to CUTC
The fun and games are about to begin here at the Corn Utilization and Technology Conference. The event is being held at the Marriott in downtown Kansas City and I just got in and connected in the media room. In less than an hour we’ll kick things off with a Keynote Speech by USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development Tom …
Knowing Novus Now
The week Cindy will be attending the World Pork Expo in Des Moines with our coverage sponsored by Novus International. I was in their office last week to meet with Jeremy Lutgen and Scott Fleetwood. I did an interview with Scott, who is their Executive Director of Marketing and Products. In it you’ll learn a lot more about the company. …
Missouri Field Work
It was a beautiful day to be out on the Katy Trail today and with that great weather comes a lot of field work. Here’s some red and green on the job in the Missouri River bottoms. Around here we’re starting to see corn and even some soybeans above ground but there’s still a lot of fields waiting to be …
Multi-Track Editing With SoundBooth CS4 Beta
For you aspiring audio editors or farm broadcasters out there with a Mac, multi-track editing just got easier. I’ve been using Adobe Soundbooth and wondering why they never made a version of Audition for the Mac. Well they still haven’t but they’ve got a new version of Soundbooth in beta and I just edited tomorrow’s ZimmCast with it. It’s still …
Wisconsin Farm Technology Days
In this day of precision agriculture you can still go old school at a show like the Wisconsin Farm Technology Days. Although the 2008 Wisconsin Farm Technology Days taking place in Brown County will showcase the latest technological advances in agriculture, it will also pay tribute to the technology that helped farmers increase their productivity in the early 20th Century. …
Backing Up and Archiving Pictures, Audio and Video
A post by Scott Kelby on Photoshop Insider about his photo and computer back-up strategy made me decide to post one too. I get asked this fairly often and I’ve seen several seminars on the topic. I will mainly address photos but will also mention audio and video too. To get started on a plan to back up your data …
Erin Malewicki Joins Bader Rutter
I’m really glad I’m going through my email. Somehow I missed this when I took my Mac in. Erin Malewicki has joined Bader Rutter & Associates as an assistant account executive in the agency’s Account Management Group. Malewicki comes to the agency from GMR Marketing where she was an account coordinator. She will be working on the firm’s animal health …