The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is trying to get out the vote for the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. The elections are coming up the week after next. Nine nominees have been certified. For the media (and of course anyone online) the WMMB has created a page with pictures and bios to aid in a reporter’s coverage …
Beef in Boston
Here’s Kelly Dietrich, Dan Conner both Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative, Matthew Peebles, national beef ambassador and Jean O’Toole, NEBPI serving up some beef at this year’s Boston Marathon. They also did a survey of people who came to the booth. The results to the question “Do you feel beef is part of a healthy diet?” 88 out of 91 people …
Quarry Sprouts New Team Members
It looks like the ag business is good for Quarry Integrated Communications. They’ve added to their team and one of them includes a guy I’ve connected you to before because he’s one of them bloggers! You can see the link to his site below with his name. “Serving existing client needs while growing our business is important,” says Bob Wilbur, …
Where You Are Coming From
I am constantly asked who visits AgWired and I wish I could provide some sort of answer that includes all your names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. However, that would violate privacy (if I even had it). Besides this website is all about you deciding to visit and not have to register and log in. That’s just so annoying isn’t it? …
USB Communications Contract RFP
It’s my understanding that the United Soybean Board has issued an RFP for its Communications Contract. You can find the RFP on their website but will need to be registered to access it. I believe you can find it on this page.
Fast Food and Frequently
I’m assuming that with all the talk in America about obesity and research like the following that it’s only a matter of time until we have a law saying getting fat it illegal. I can even see somebody thinking we should outlaw fast food places or some such stupid thing. Maybe it’s already in the works. I hope people will …
Improve Your Beef
The list of meetings going on in agriculture is seemingly endless. At least it looks that way sometimes when you look at the calendar. The Rocky Mountains provide the backdrop for the annual meeting and 40th anniversary celebration of the Beef Improvement Federation. The meeting will be held June 6-9 in Fort Collins, Colo. It will focus on the future …
Zimfo Bites
Stratego Fungicide receives Section 3 label in soybeans – Growers have a new choice for managing soybean diseases, improving overall crop health and increasing yield potential. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a Section 3 label registration for use of Stratego® Fungicide on soybeans. Stratego is approved to control alternaria leaf spot, frogeye leaf spot, anthracnose, septoria brown …
Presenting New Media Opportunities
This has been the scene in front of a number of agencies around the midwest this past week. Aaron Gilbertie, Truffle Media Networks (standing) and myself are pictured here doing a presentation at Osborn & Barr Communications today. Online with us are representatives from both the Des Moines and Kansas City offices. Very cool tools! Besides presenting information about our …
Farm Fueled Ag Hall of Fame Luncheon
When I first saw a picture of Tom Slunecka, Ethanol Promotion & Information Council in the invitation for the 2007 Annual Meeting of the National Agricultural Center & Hall of Fame I thought he was being inducted. A little young isn’t he, I thought. Then I looked closer and saw that he’s the guest speaker at the luncheon on Thursday …