Is agriculture important to St. Louis? You bet it is. In fact, one of the first jobs we had here at ZimmComm was to do an economic study of the financial importance of agriculture to the St. Louis economy for the St. Louis AgriBusiness Club. This was way before we began blogging and podcasting. Now about 3 years later that …
Get Connected at NAMA
Last week I said I’d have more details about the NAMA Connection Point (trade show at the convention) so here it is. Please put on your calendar so you don’t get scheduled during this exciting show. Show Hours this year: Wednesday, April 11 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. – Best of NAMA Celebration/Connection Point Grand Opening sponsored by DTN Thursday, April …
TRENDS by Cattle-Fax
If you’re wondering what the trends are in the cow-calf business then you need TRENDS. Responding directly to the needs of its clients in the cow-calf sector, Cattle-Fax has introduced TRENDS, a monthly newsletter specifically for cow-calf producers. Like other Cattle-Fax publications, TRENDS will provide expert research and analysis on the issues that affect all facets of the cattle and …
Grandma’s Got a Blue iPod
The winner of the New Holland Blue iPod contest which was held at their Commodity Classic booth is Edith Gaffner of Greenville, IL. Here at ZimmComm we like to provide order fulfillment with a smile so I was in St. Louis already and decided to just drive out to the Gaffner farm to personally meet Edith. I had a very …
The Big 3-0-0-0
This is post #3000 on AgWired. It’s hard to believe that I’ve posted that many times in the last 2 years. As one of the students in my presentation yesterday said, “You’ve got an awesome resource.” They were looking at all the categories I’ve got and how many stories or posts to each of them there are. A lot of …
Blogging From The Ag J Class at MU
Hello from the University of Missouri Agriculture Bldg. in Columbia, MO. I’m doing a presentation on new media for the AGJ Capstone class. Here they all are. No one’s asleep yet. Hopefully they won’t be. We’re in Q&A right now. This is a live demo post to show them how quickly and easily we can use this mechanism to cover …
Corn Crop Will Be Big
Everyone seems to want to know how much corn is going to be planted and what it’s going to be used for. Farm Futures has their producer planting intention survey results out and they say it’s going to be a big one. Thank you ethanol and prices. Farm Futures estimates corn plantings at 88.4 million acres, up 13% from last …
Public Relations Guidelines
While browsing the Turf & Ornamental Communicators Association website this morning I came across their PR/News Release Guidelines. This is worth a read for all you public relations professionals who I’m sure already know this. It’s always nice to have a reminder though. I wish more ag comm groups would do this. Here’s some key points they make for marketers: …
Some Ag Comm Annual Meetings
Agricultural Relations Council: A Consumer-Driven Marketplace A look at the influences consumers have on the food and fiber industries – March 29-31, 2007. North American Agricultural Journalists: The annual NAAJ meeting will be April 15-17 in Washington, D.C. The conference hotel will be the Holiday Inn-Capital. Rooms are $223/night. We have a small block reserved, so budget now. The number …
Behind The Scenes in Iraq Again
You know you’re in a wild place when you’re sharing a 256k satellite modem with a bunch of soldiers in the desert. That’s what Paul McKellips, Global Outreach Officer, US Embassy Baghdad, The Green Room – Public Affairs GO Team, is doing in Iraq to help get out the word about what’s really happening there, especially related to agriculture. He …