Farm-City Week Luncheon

Chuck Zimmerman

Pretty soon it will be National Farm-City Week. It’s held the week before Thanksgiving. To kick it off I’ll be attending the National Farm-City Week Kickoff Luncheon in Washington, DC next week. The luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m., and the keynote speaker/entertainer is motivational speaker and country music artist Michael Peterson. The award-winning country music artist not only sings, …

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Horse Photograhper Extraordinaire

Chuck Zimmerman

Sometimes the photographer gets his picture taken. I hope Larry Williams is happy with this one of him and his wife Karen. They’re the official show photographers of the Appaloosa World Show and boy do they have a job to do. You can only imagine how many pictures they have to take and take care of. They do thousands at …

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Learn About Reining

Chuck Zimmerman

I know a lot of you are like me, “not very horsey.” But you work at a show like the World Championship Appaloosa Show and you can get pretty horsey real fast. How many of you know what a reining competition is? Quick show of hands. That’s what I thought. So watch this video clip and then you’ll have an …

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Steve’s Angels

Chuck Zimmerman

Hey, if Charlie can have some then I guess Steve Taylor can too. Actually these were some of Steve’s helpers at last night’s World Championship Appaloosa Sale. They were responsible for getting the paperwork to the winning buyers in the auction. And we wondered why Steve left Missouri for Idaho. 2007 World Championship Appaloosa Show Photo Album

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Shining Up a Storm

Chuck Zimmerman

If you need your boots shined at the World Show then “Storming” Norman Miller is your man. I got mine done earlier today and had a little chat with the shine king. He says he’s been doing this for the ApHC for at least 15 years and about 53 years all together locally. I asked him how many shines he’s …

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Appaloosa World Show Returning to Ft. Worth

Chuck Zimmerman

It looks like the World Show will be in Ft. Worth for some time to come. Today the Appaloosa Horse Club signed a new 5 year contract with the city of Ft. Worth. Looking on just after the signing are ApHC representatives Steve Taylor, CEO and Eric Beené, President along with Ft. Worth City Councilmen. I attended the signing and …

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Barry Corbin Talks About Trail End

Chuck Zimmerman

You never know who you’re going to run into when you’re out doing some agriblogging. For example, I got to sit down with actor Barry Corbin yesterday at the World Championship Appaloosa Show. He recently completed an award winning short film titled, “Trail End.” The movie stars a great Appaloosa horse. On the left is Tony Nix, owner of the …

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World Championship Appaloosa Sale

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s been an interesting afternoon here at the 2007 World Championship Appaloosa Show. As you can see one of the rings is busy. They’re just about to wrap up the last show in time for tonight’s World Show Sale. I spoke with Appaloosa Horse Club board member Chuck McWhirter about the sale since he’s one of the main organizers. He …

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Horsey Halloween

Chuck Zimmerman

I will not be in costume. I’ll be working at the World Championship Appaloosa Show in Ft. Worth, TX. Besides being able to read all about it on the Appaloosa Blog Spot I’ll have posts here on AgWired as well. In case you’re interested you can also watch arena action via the Appaloosa Live Web Cam. This picture is taken …

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Preview of the NAFB Convention

Chuck Zimmerman

In this week’s ZimmCast Cindy interviews Randy Koenen, Red River Farm Network, who is President-Elect of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. Randy’s big job this year is being the main coordinator for the NAFB convention. So if you want to know what to expect in Kansas City then give the show a listen. The program concludes this week with …

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