It just looks like Al Pell, U. S. Farm Report, is proposing to Jeff Simmons, driver of the Team Ethanol Indy car. Al was actually interviewing Jeff for the show at yesterday’s Gas America pump promotion. I talked with Jeff and he seems to be very upbeat going into race week for the greatest spectacle in racing. 2007 Indy 500 …
Laura Meets Ron
I didn’t get to meet and talk with Indianapolis Speedway director of photography, Ron McQueeney (pictured on the right) until after I’d been covering Indy Car races for a year or so. Laura got to meet the man on her first trip out. She seems pretty comfortable jumping right in there and is getting some great shots. I took this …
Our Healthy Land Talks About Farm Bill
American Farmland Trust is providing tools for people to use when lobbying Congress on the farm bill. It’s on a new section of their website called “Our Healthy Land.” “Congress is Talking About Your Food” and the corresponding website, www.ourhealthyland.org, give consumers an overview of the federal farm bill, and suggests ways in which they can become informed and join …
Hefty Competition at Ag PhD
I don’t know how familiar you are with Brian and Darren Hefty of Ag PhD but they’ve just started making their television show available on their website. They also produce a regular radio feature called “The Ag Minute.” “As farmers ourselves we understand that it might not always be possible to watch Ag PhD as often as farmers would like,” …
Laura McNamara Contributing to AgWired
Hello AgWired fans. In order to keep you even more up to date on what’s new in agribusiness we’d like to welcome Laura McNamara as a contributing editor. Laura is helping me here in Indianapolis this week covering ethanol related activities including the 91st Indy 500 this Sunday. She’s also helping me with posts on our Domestic Fuel website. We …
Feed and a Degree on the ZimmCast
This week’s program contains interviews with Alltech founder, Dr. Pearse Lyons and Owen Roberts, University of Guelph. You can also hear a song from Jen Elliott and Bluestruck called “Curse on You” from the Podsafe Music Network. Dr. Pearse Lyons founded Alltech in 1980 and his company has grown into an international agribusiness. Each year he holds a Symposium for …
Meyocks Team Grows
The Meyocks Group has added two new team members and the president is pleased. Kristin Oelmann joins the agency as an account coordinator. Previously she was a marketing coordinator with Iowa Realty/First Realty GMAC in West Des Moines. A native of Ackley, Iowa, Oelmann earned a bachelor’s degree in communication arts at Wartburg College in 2006. Angel Modtland, a former …
Indy Race Week Is Here
I sure hope you’re not getting tired of hearing about where I’m going next. This time it’s another ethanol related adventure in Indianapolis. It’s race week folks and that means working with the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council once again. I’m heading east today and there are activities scheduled through race time on Sunday. For example, on Thursday, we’re going …
DTN Acquires Quickfarm
According to a letter I just received from DTN the company has acquired all the assets of QuickFarm effective May 14. It looks like this means that all Quickfarm customers now have access to a lot more information and services. With the acquisition, customers now have access to the full suite of DTN agribusiness tools and services including DTN AgHost™, …
Celebrity Signed Tractor Online Auction
Last year I covered the Michael Peterson/New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race at the CMA Music Festival and now the tractor that was signed by the racing celebrities is up for auction online. It will end just in time for us to do it again this year! Proceeds from the auction will benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and Habitat for …