According to a story on Business Week, Walmart will begin selling broadband internet access. That would be of the satellite variety. They’ll begin re-selling Hughes Communications satellite service right away. It’s not a huge market but one of the barriers to satellite access has been price. The bet is that the price will go down now that the big dog …
NAFB Convention Hotel Sold Out
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting has had to make arrangements for extra rooms at hotels nearby the Westin Crown Plaza since as of today it’s sold out for their convention. Contact the office if you still need to make a reservation. If you’re an Allied Industry Council member then they’d like your opinion on some things prior to the …
Florida Farm Bureau Leader Blogs
The President of Florida Farm Bureau Federation is blogging. He’s John Hoblick and you can find him here. Here’s an excerpt: In this first post, I will focus on the Florida Farm Bureau Annual Meeting at the Hilton in Daytona Beach. I am looking forward to it. You are planning to be there, aren’t you? Our 66th annual meeting will …
4,000 Posts on AgWired
I call it a milestone. This is post number 4,000 since starting out on the great agriblogging adventure. AgWired has gone through several designs since it was first started in August of 2004. We really don’t count the serious start of the site though until April of 2005 at the NAMA convention. So most of these posts have been done …
ls Food a Right?
October 16 is World Food Day as coordinated by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. This year’s theme is “The Right to Food.” I’m all for bringing attention to the fact that there are people starving and we should do all we can to feed them with our excess. However, if you listen to the following statement …
Budding Agribloggers in Canada
You might recall that I recently conducted a new media class for a day at the University of Guelph. The grad students in that class all had their own blog started by the end of the day. I finally got a list of their websites and thought I’d share with you. Check them out and let them know what you …
New Portable Farm Podcast Recorder
Hey all you farm podcasters out there. Here’s a new digital recorder to drool over and plan to put in your tool kit. Marantz is finally coming out with a small form recorder. Finally! I got to demo this one at the Podcast & New Media Expo. It’s supposed to be coming out some time in November and I will …
Vote For AgWired – Hot Juicy Burgers
Some viral promotions catch my eye more than others. Take this one from Wendy’s. It’s not only cool but it’s about “Hot Juicy Burgers.” Something I had for lunch today in fact after a project meeting at the Missouri Beef Industry Council. Great background music too. This is also a call to action post. I would like some hot juicy …
Dr. Franz Fischler Will Chair IFAJ Congress 2008
We may have just concluded one IFAJ Congress but it’s time to look forward to next year. The man in charge is former EU Commissioner of Agriculture Dr. Franz Fischler. He’s chairing IFAJ 2008 and I met him in Japan. I found Dr. Fischler to be very easy to speak with. He’s got me convinced that Cindy and I should …
World Dairy Expo Summary
Wow. It’s nice to be home. You can call this a catch up day and a much needed one. I’m going through cheese withdrawal right now. It’s always interesting (to me) to summarize our activity when blogging an event. So here’s some current totals for World Dairy Expo: 42 posts on World Dairy Diary, 10 on AgWired 24 episodes of …