It’s time once again to survey you dedicated AgWired fans. Well, even if you’re not dedicated we still need to hear from you. To get you excited we’re going to pick one lucky winner from all the people who participate in our survey for a brand new, personalized 4G iPod Nano. Yes, you’ve wanted one, now you have a chance …
Get Committeed With AAEA
If you’re a member of the American Agricultural Editor’s Association then you know it only works because of leadership and lots of committees. How about volunteering some of your time if you’re not on the list? The full list of committees and members has been published. To see who’s who and doing what feel free to check out the list.
Technorati Ranking For AgWired
According to David Sifry at Technorati the blog search engine is now indexing 112 million blogs. That’s up from the last time I heard an update from him (35 million). This one was posted on Blogspotting. He also says that there’s about 112,000 new ones each day. You can see the AgWired summary on Technorati. This is interesting because Technorati …
Successful Crop Tech Tour
The folks at Successful Farming are getting more involved in online multimedia and their Crop Tech Tour is a good example of how they’re doing so. Basically, they’re trying to document how farmers are using new technologies like precision ag. To do it they’re using audio, video and pictures on their website in addition to regular updates in the magazine. …
International Harvester
This video has been out for a while but just in case you’ve missed it. . . I can only link you to the video version for some reason. First time I’ve seen that. The comments are worth a read. You can watch this YouTube clip which has the song: If you’re just interested in the lyrics you can find …
eXtension Has Cotton
You are probably familiar with the eXtension website but you may not know that there’s now a whole section on cotton. eXtension is an interactive learning environment delivering the best, most researched knowledge from the smartest land-grant university minds across America. eXtension connects knowledge consumers with knowledge providers – experts who know their subject matter inside out.
What The Bayer Season Is
At last week’s Beltwide we learned about the Bayer Season. Basically, it’s about taking care of your plants during the critical first 40 days. One of the presenters was John Smith, Bayer CropScience director of marketing. He says that the Bayer Season is a collection of products, innovation and people. They’re meant to help the cotton grower during those first …
Farmer Dave Blogging About Oranges
Farmer Dave down in Florida at Florida Natural Growers has started a blog to fight against imported oranges, called The Orange Diaries. I guess just because they’re not natural from Florida. Actually it’s part of a new multimedia campaign to entice consumers to buy American. So besides their ads they started a blog. According to an article in Citrus Industry, …
Meyocks Group Gets Creative
The Meyocks Group has added to their creative team. Joining as a designer and art director is Jill Brimeyer. Brimeyer had been a graphic designer with Dyton Creative, a Cedar Falls marketing and design agency. She earned a bachelor’s degree in graphic design from the University of Northern Iowa in 2004. During her college career she interned for more than …
The Greenest Generation at Alltech
This year’s Alltech International Animal Nutrition and Health Symposium is set for April 20-23 in Lexington, KY. It’ll be the 24th time and having attended last year’s it’s well worth the trip. Much like past generations have left legacies, our dream is that today’s agricultural decision makers will be remembered as the Greenest Generation. Don’t miss out on these and …