If you had asked me a week ago what Bio-PDO is I wouldn’t have a clue. However, after helping distribute a news release for Pioneer this morning I now know that it’s a bio product made from corn and like a lot of biotechnology, it’s helping us reduce our dependence on oil while helping American farmers. Commercial production of Bio-PDO™ …
PERC Yourself Up
It’s back to work after a very nice Thanksgiving weekend. So let’s jump right into it with this week’s program. One of the interviews I did at the recent NAFB Convention was with Mark Leitman, Director, Agriculture Programs, Propane Education & Research Council (PERC). Thanks to Sarah Robinett, Osborn & Barr Communications for helping set me up!
There’s a lot of familiarity with checkoff programs like beef or pork but not as much with some others. PERC is funded through a federally mandated law which provides some significant funding which is used for research and promotion programs. I interviewed Mark to learn more about how his organization is structured and what they do with all that money.
All I Want For Christmas
I hope you’ve had a very relaxing Thanksgiving weekend. It has been an unbelievable warm weekend here in Missouri. So today it was time for a Katy Trail bike ride wearing these, connected to this, and listening to a little bit of this and this.
Going to Blog Green Week
It’s been a very nice Thanksgiving weekend so far. I’ve been playing catch up on a lot of things that were on hold with all the travel of the past several weeks.
Looking ahead we’re getting near farm convention time. A lot of state organizations are holding their annual meetings in December. I’m hoping you’ll let me know about them and how they’re promoting them so I can pass it along.
Wish I’d Stayed Home
It is a bright sunny day in Missouri to be “black” Friday. I made the serious mistake of going out early to visit one of my favorite retailers. I had to park in the parking lot of the hotel next door. By 10 minutes after opening time there were people already on their way out the door and on to the next one I guess.
I looked around and decided that I’m going to stick to online purchasing. It’s how I do most of mine anymore. The prices are usually better and the lines are just not much of a problem.
Have a Very Happy Thanksgiving
Our cornucopia runneth over with gratitude for our friends this Thanksgiving. We have done business with about 40 different entities this year, including 10 companies, 10 ag-related organizations, 14 agencies and two farm media groups! Not too bad for a little ole new media company. I’m very thankful to everyone we’ve had the honor to work with this year so far.
It’s late in the day and just about everyone I’ve emailed or called today is “out.” I think it’s time to be “out” too.
Best wishes for a glorious and grateful Thanksgiving holiday.
Going SMS Mobile
I’ll bet that farmers will use SMS Mobile right after they get done checking their email, news feeds and the weather. How many of them have a mobile device already? Anyone know?
White House Prefers Pennsylvania (Christmas Trees)
I got this story after the video feed had already been sent out this morning but I doubt I would have been able to receive it anyway. How about a link to it folks?
Anyway, the story is about Christmas. I know it’s not quite Thanksgiving yet. But the National Christmas Tree was cut today in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, and will be delivered to the White House on Nov. 27. That’s according to state Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff.
More NAFB Awards
I was kind of out of it at the NAFB convention last week due to a very bad cold so thankfully I’ve been in receipt of some information I did not know.
New WFC Board
There’s a new leadership group at the Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives. If it’s a two state organization why does it have a one state name? The Wisconsin Federation of Cooperatives (WFC), a two-state organization representing more than 800 Wisconsin and Minnesota cooperative businesses, elected a new board of directors this week at its annual meeting in La Crosse. Replacing outgoing …