Probably the biggest disappointment of the Alltech tour was that their in-office Irish Pub was closed. You have got to love a company that has their own pub on the premises. I’m sure I know where happy hour is. These are the taps in the pub because they only serve Kentucky Ale from the Lexington Brewing Company. This is an …
Alltech Sponsoring World Equestrian Games in 2010
Talk about forward planning, Alltech is going to be the sponsor of the World Equestrian Games which will be held in 2010 in Lexington, KY. It’s a multi-million dollar investment and you might wonder why they would choose this venue. Here’s how they put it to the IFAJ group in a short presentation about the future games. The Olympics bring …
Touring Alltech Headquarters
Alltech has a beautiful headquarters building here in Lexington, KY. We got to tour the facilities this afternoon and you can find the pictures I was allowed to take in the online photo album. Right before we got started we were welcomed to the building and given a little background on Alltech. I recorded our presenter and you can listen …
Alltech Symposium at Lexington Convention Center
It’s afternoon now and our IFAJ board meeting group took a break to tour the Alltech headquarters building. First we stopped at the convention center to get registered and then board a bus. I understand there will be almost 1,700 people here from around the world attending the Alltech Symposium. It’s truly an international experience. In fact this evening’s dinner …
Blogging From the IFAJ Board Meeting
Good morning from Lexington, KY and the IFAJ board meeting here at the Radisson hotel right across the street from the Convention Center. Our hosts, Alltech, will be holding the sessions for their 2007 International Feed Industry Symposium there starting tomorrow. This morning I’m doing a presentation for the IFAJ board on blogging and podcasting. It’s going to be a …
IFAJ Leaders Enjoy Dinner
Tonight at dinner we were treated to superb service. Here’s IFAJ president, David Markey (left) and James Campbell (right) with our server and her Ireland cap they presented her with. I think some of these folks got out on the golf course today and had a little fun. Some of us just spent the day getting here. I’ll have interviews …
Getting Started In Lexington
Hello from downtown Lexington, KY and the Alltech International Feed Industry Symposium and IFAJ board meeting. This is the fountain right outside our hotel. We just got back from dinner at the Woodlands Grill. The award winning chef uses Kentucky Ale in his recipes so of course we had to go there. In case you didn’t know, Alltech owns the …
Alltech International Feed Indusry Symposium
It’s off to Lexington, KY for the 23rd Alltech International Feed Industry Symposium. I’ll be arriving late Saturday and activities get kicked off on Sunday. Bright and early on Sunday I’ll be doing a short presentation on blogging and podcasting for the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists board meeting which is taking place there. This group of editors and broadcasters …
Country Music at 2007 Farm Progress Show
We’ll be country rocking at this year’s Farm Progress Show. They’ve decided to add country music entertainment to the show this year in Illinois with two good acts. Tracy Lawrence and Tracy Byrd are set to perform their popular country music hits on the Farm Progress Show stage, sponsored by Grinnell Mutual, in a live country music concert Wed., Aug. …
Your Farm And Some Peace On The ZimmCast
The ZimmCast is done and this week you can listen to interviews with Joel Jaeger, founder of Your Farm and Ken McCauley, NCGA president. Joel just launched Your Farm, the coolest online community for farmers and with it he’s made available the USDA/FAS 1614 Farm Subsidy Database which you can search. ZimmComm freelance reporter Mike Rogers actually did the interviews …