One of our speakers at the BASF Media Summit was Michael Heinz, President of BASF’s Crop Protection Division. He focused on the business aspects of how well his division is performing and what the future holds. “Today, growers seek to maximize productivity on limited land and to minimize their risk in light of rising input costs,” said Michael Heinz, President …
Alltech is iCasting About Swine Nutrition
Swine producers are invited to an Alltech iCast on nutrition. It’s “an online video discussion about trial data that was recently conducted by Cape Fear Consulting.” We’re seeing more and more use of video online. You are invited to the swine nutrition iCast featuring Dr. Tommy Shipp and Dr. Walter Tibbetts from Cape Fear Consulting. Beginning May 28, 2008 at …
Getting Real With Michael Peterson
Before I had even left Washington, DC I was being asked, “Chuck, where are you going next?” Well, I’m going on a Real Life Tour. In fact, it’s Michael Peterson’s My Real Life Tour. Next week I’ll join the tour in Lincoln, NE and follow along to document what the Tour is all about. So, there’s the answer to the …
Make Your Website AgWired
Hello AgWired fans. How would you like to have AgWired news on your website or blog? Now you can and it’s free. It’s also very easy. We’ve created a widget that allows you to display the latest headlines from the stories and posts on AgWired. All you have to do is paste some code onto your web page. The widget …
Crystal Egg Award Winners
The Crystal Egg Award winner have been announced by the U. S. Poultry & Egg Association. They’re designed to “recognize excellence in the production and distribution of marketing materials designed to promote an exhibitor’s participation in the 2008 International Poultry Expo / International Feed Expo.” The entries were judged by marketing specialists outside the association. “The quality of entries we …
Charlie Cook Talks Presidential Politics With BASF
At this evening’s BASF Media Summit dinner our speaker was political analyst Charlie Cook. Here he is getting interviewed before our meal. Charlie thinks we’re going to have a very close Presidential race and that there’s an event yet to happen that will have an important effect on the outcome. He says that Hillary is done and coming in for …
The BASF White House View
I don’t think Ray Gilmer, BASF Group Communications Manager, could have scripted a more perfect evening to close out their Media Summit here in Washington, DC. We just finished our final dinner on top of the Hay-Adams Hotel right across from the White House which makes a great background for a picture. I’ve got quite a few more in the …
BASF Innovating For The Future
Before I get to BASF innovation I just have to let you know this is post # 5,000 on AgWired. Talk about some new media innovation! Our first speaker this morning at the BASF Media Summit was Dr. Stefan Marcinowski, BASF Executive Board member. His job was to provide us with an overview of the company and a key word …
Video Interview With BASF Wine Cellar Hosts
I know I already posted an interview with our BASF Wine Cellar hosts but this morning I did one with video while I was broadcasting live. So for those of you who got to listen to Katja Schweder and Bernhard Wolff, now you can watch them. BASF Media Event Photo Album AgWired coverage of the BASF Media Summit is sponsored …
USDA Undersecretary Bruce Knight Speaks at BASF Media Summit
Wow. What a morning here at the BASF Media Summit. After doing some live video streaming, interviews, pictures and recordings we got to have lunch with USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, Bruce Knight. Bruce talked about the farm bill of course. He used a description from a story in the Washington Post which called the current proposal “an …