The World Ag Expo is right around the corner, a show I’ve never been to. It overlaps with the National Farm Machinery Show for one thing. Yesterday I chatted on the phone with Shelley Kahl, 2008 Chairman. The Expo is “Where the World of Agriculture Means Business.” She’s been a volunteer for about 18 years and this year was named …
KC, MO Beef Breeds Holiday Social
My first road trip of the new year will be tomorrow for the Beef Breeds Holiday Social. This was originally scheduled in December but the date got moved for several reasons. This annual event is being held this year at the American Hereford Association headquarters office starting about 6pm. If you can’t make it then I think you can count …
Illinois Corn Presence in Rose Bowl
The Illinois Corn Growers made an in-game statement (or two) during the Rose Bowl. Too bad the local team didn’t win. This graphic is an example of the messages they used for this promotional opportunity. The game on the field may not have yielded the desired results that the University of Illinois football program had hoped for on Tuesday, but …
USDA MyPyramid Podcast – Almost
USDA is almost podcasting on its MyPyramid website. I say almost because of this line on their podcast page: “Check back every month for a new video podcast.” Oops. That completely misses the point of podcasting which is about me watching when/where I want and being able to subscribe so I don’t have to go back to a certain web …
Traditional Eggs Best For Environment
I want to make sure that everyone knows that I’m all for a clean environment and doing things to make it so. However, I am so tired of hearing about the man made global warming hoax that I have no words to describe it. But hey, if you can use it to your advantage, why not? If there’s anything about …
Agricultural New Media Growth in 2007
This week’s ZimmCast is a happy new year program. Cindy sits in with me and we look back over the growth that took place in agricultural new media in 2007 that we’ve been blessed to be a part of. Here’s some statistics you might be interested to know: We manage 20 blogs now – 5 of our own, 15 for …
Happy New Year
Happy New Year from ZimmComm New Media. It’s going to be a great 2008 and we’re looking forward to seeing you somewhere on the agricultural marketing highway. In case you didn’t get or somehow missed your December ZimmNews you can still download and read it (Word doc). The end of the year was a busy one although we’ve had a …
World Trade & Finance in Kansas City
Farm meeting time gets cranked up here again right after New Year’s. There’s a lot on the schedule including this one from the Agribusiness Council of Kansas City. It’s being sponsored by Shook, Hardy & Bacon. The program includes: Welcome: Gina Bowman-Morrill, Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City Mark Anstoetter, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon Fifteen Years of NAFTA: Mary …
Farm Podcasters & Agribloggers Facebook Group
I’m surprised about how quickly people are finding me on Facebook and LinkedIn. I’ve got a growing list of friends and contacts already. So for those of you who are involved in agricultural communications (broadcasting, publication, web, freelance, photographer, public relations, etc.) I’ve created a group for Farm Podcasters and Agribloggers on Facebook. Feel free to join. If you don’t …
Let’s Link Up
I think blogging about agricultural marketing to an audience of thousands of people every month via a massively search engine optimized website is a pretty open form of communication. To enhance that effort you can now find ZimmComm on some additional social communication networks – Facebook and LinkedIn. To view my profile and write on my wall you’ll need to …