I have a niece who would probably love to go to this show which is taking place right now in Oklahoma City. I emailed her yesterday that she will be able to see a lot of what’s going on here on AgWired later this week. I’ll be covering activities there starting Wednesday. Yep. Independence Day. I guess it’s because the …
I Scream You Scream For Dippin’ Dots
Have you ever tried Dippin’ Dots? They are awesome. How about winning a year’s worth? Kicking off the summer season with “cool” news for ice cream lovers, Dippin’ Dots today announced a call for entries for the “Adventures of Packy Movie Mash-Up Challenge” — the company’s first-ever, user-generated online contest. Contestants are invited to create an animated short film starring …
Jax Your YouTube Video Onto Your iPod
Since I’m getting pretty comfortable with my Mac now I might from time to time let you know about some things that make using it even more fun. One of those is a cool little app I found from Joesoft called Jax. If you want to load video onto your iPod and you want it to be easy then this …
iPhone Mania
I think I have to mention iPhone mania, especially since you can even find it in a little town like Jefferson City, MO. This is outside the local AT&T store here in Jefferson City, MO. There were people lined up even here to get their iPhone before anyone else. I think the store kind of overdid it on the security …
FEW Trade Show Tour
You can learn all about this week’s Fuel Ethanol Workshop trade show right here. Cindy’s getting into this YouTube thing finally. I did have to do some editing for her though. In the video she does a walking tour through the trade show with BBI International (conference organizer) president, Kathy Bryan. Cindy’s also got her pictures from the event in …
Farmers’ Markets Blogging
The Home Cooking blogger is now doing a little farmers’ market blogging. She’s Lane McConnell who is Ag Promotions Specialist with the Missouri Department of Agriculture, Ag Business Development Division. Isn’t it amazing what you can do with these things? Farmers’ Markets are an essential part of Missouri’s agricultural economy, providing an outlet for Missouri farmers to sell their produce …
Watch Your Fertilizer
It of course pays to be vigilant and I would assume that most of the members and affiliates of The Fertilizer Institute take very good precautions. Even so, TFI felt compelled to issue this alert to members today. In light of the recent discovery of a potentially viable explosive device in London, England, The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) wants to remind …
More From Monsanto
Speaking of Monsanto (2 posts back). . . Here’s some more news from the company about their investment plans related to corn production facilities. Monsanto’s Board of Directors has approved a three-year, $610 million capital investment for the company’s U.S. corn production facilities. The investment plan includes expansions at nine existing corn production facilities, as well as two sites in …
Connecting Rural America
It’s really getting hard to ignore the fact that broadband internet access is available or in development everywhere in rural America isn’t it? We’re sure not ignoring it. In fact, we’re helping companies take advantage of it! Deputy Agriculture Secretary Chuck Connor today announced the availability of $8.9 million in grants for communities without broadband service to provide residential service …
A BASF and Monsanto Headline
It seems like these two companies are sure working together a lot lately. You can listen to BASF’s director of business operations talk about Headline here. BASF Corporation and Monsanto Company announced a co-promotional agreement today that will see each partner’s sales force promote Headline fungicide from BASF – an ideal combination to help corn and soybean growers improve yields …