Here’s the current Mizzou Student Blogging Team, Bill Allen (left) and Julia Shuck (right). Bill has to return home but Julia, who is a freshman Agricultural Journalism major will be sticking around for the whole World Agricultural Forum. I’m hoping she’ll be able to supply me with some coverage after I leave tomorrow. Be sure to check out her posts …
World Agricultural Forum 2007
The main room for the World Agricultural Forum is set up in a kind of arena style with participants at tables on risers around a central podium and table where groups of speakers gather and talk on a specific subject. I’m here to cover the event for the next day and then I’ll be seeking the help of the Mizzou …
New Media Reporting on BIO 2007
I have mentioned that the Biotechnology Industry Organization has embraced the use of new media tools for their current BIO 2007 taking place in Boston. Today their PR firm sent out an email that started out, “Bloggers, If you were unable to attend the BIO convention in Boston, you can still cover this event. . . “ Now how cool …
Some Think NAMA is Odd
I don’t know about you but I don’t feel odd. That’s the word that Angela Natividad, AdRants, uses to describe the National Agri-Marketing Association. In a post she did on John Deere’s NAMA winning ads for Farm Plan, like the one with the farmer walking a cute pooch, she says, “It’s odd enough that an association for agri-marketing in specific …
Paul McKellips Report From Iraq
It is great to hear from Paul McKellips again. He’s back for his 3rd stint behind the scenes in Iraq and finding the good news our mainstream media doesn’t want us to know. Good news just wouldn’t do in their politically motivated style of reporting. So as long as Paul keeps doing it, I’ll keep posting it. You can listen …
New MU Agricultural Journalism Blog
In case you don’t at first notice, Bill Allen here has a Mac. As a Mac user now I’m seeing them everywhere. But that’s not the point of this post. Bill teaches at the University of Missouri and he and his students have started the MU Agricultural Journalism Blog. I’m very proud of them. It seems like it was just …
BIO 2007 Blog In Progress
Well I’m going to miss BIO 2007. But here’s some interesting notes. They have a blog now. Can you imagine an organization like BIO having a blog? Last year at their convention I was basically the only person there blogging it. Now they have their own. Oh, and here’s another interesting thing they’re doing. An online Flickr photo album and …
This Babe Partners With Pioneer
This guy sounds like a person I can get along with. Babe Winkelman has partnered up with Pioneer Hi-Bred to provide more forage for Minnesota’s wildlife. “We’re planting seeds for all types of wildlife – deer, turkey, pheasants, ducks, geese, bear,” says Babe Winkelman, host of “Good Fishing” and “Outdoor Secrets.” “It’s far beyond a small plot that offers food …
The Weather Is Wacky
I suppose things could be worse than a little water standing in your field. However, an active bunch of storm systems has certainly made it wet around the midwest. This is a field near my house. When I flew in to St. Louis yesterday some of the nearby fields looked like lakes. I’ve got one project pending since the conditions …
Monty’s Plant Food Podcast
Another former farm broadcaster is doing the farm podcasting thing. This time it’s Price Allen, Monty’s Plant Food. I stopped in and spoke with Price after the National Farm Machinery Show and it looked to me like he was equipped and ready to go. Now he’s got Monty’s Plant Food Podcast. Here’s a link to the post with his first …