Administering the Army Oath to a batch of recruits on Friday evening at the Three Hills Rodeo was Col. Jill Chambers. Jill is the director of protocol for General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I had met Jill last year at the New Holland/Michael Peterson Celebrity Tractor Race in Nashville. It was good seeing her again, …
HAT’s Off To The Future
It looks like Gary Truitt is getting involved in Indiana. The future of Indiana agriculture will be the focus of the Cultivating The New Economy conference on April 5 in Muncie. Hoosier Ag Today has partnered with the Eastern Indiana Regional Workforce Development Board in presenting this unique gathering of state and national leaders to examine the growth opportunities presented …
What’s Up With Farmer Planting Intentions
I guess I’ve got to post something about this since it seems to have generated comments and releases from everywhere. Following is the report Cindy posted to Domestic Fuel on Friday. As expected, the USDA Prospective Plantings report out Friday morning showed that farmers expect to make a dramatic shift to corn acreage, and away from cotton and soybeans. The …
A Netherlands Farm Site
I got an email from Gerrit Jan Doeleman, Netherlands, who wants some feedback on his website, farmersbase.com. Help me out. Look at it and let me know what you think. dear chuck zimmermann, please have a view at farmersbase: www.farmersbase.com and let me have your comments. Here’s what it says on his about page. This site has been built & …
NAMA Leader Plans Being Made
The National Agri-Marketing Association is making plans to replace outgoing staff leader Eldon White. Current president, Stephanie Gable had this to say. Eldon White notified the executive committee this week that he has made the decision to resign his position with NAMA to become executive vice president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association in Fort Worth, Texas. We …
Michael Sings The National Anthem
I think singing the National Anthem is one way of judging someone’s voice. Have you ever noticed that or is it just me? After the army recruit swearing in ceremony Michael Peterson sang the Anthem and showed that he’s got a great voice. This recording is from the control board next to the announcer so you can hear the producers …
New Army Recruits
One of the highlights of the Three Hills Rodeo in Green Bay was the swearing in of a fresh young batch of high school senior army recruits. On hand to do the honors was Col. Jill Chambers. You can see her in front of the recruits, leading them in the oath. Standing out in front of them is Michael Peterson …
A Day With Michael Peterson Photo Album
Probably the best way to get an idea of what a day following Michael Peterson around is like is to watch the pictures I took today as a slide show. You can find them in the Zimmages section in the upper right side of the page or you can visit my online Flickr photo album which has 294 pictures from …
On YouTube We’re Live on the Radio
I told you we had fun in the Y-100 studio this morning. Talking with the Bear & Charli. This is Charli in the middle with Michael Peterson (left) and BJ Schumacher (right). I shot a video clip while they were in one live segment and got it uploaded to YouTube this afternoon. I’m using a new camera and had to …
B J Schumacher is World Bull Riding Champion
When is gets down to it, someone has to ride the bulls and the broncs in a rodeo. One of the best, actually the best, is BJ Schumacher. BJ is currently the world champion bull rider and we’ll see him in action tonight at the Three Hills Rodeo here in Green Bay, WI. I talked to BJ about how and …