Here’s the lastest story from Paul McKellips, US Department of State, Public Affairs GO Team on assignment in Iraq. In this one he talks about Iraq’s re-emerging tomato industry.
Missouri Beef Blogging
I know you’re familiar with the Missouri Beef Industry Council because they’ve been a new media pioneer in the agricultural community. Earlier today I spent some time with their new Executive Director, John Kleiboeker, who I believe is going to be a great agriblogger. He’ll be getting started after his first board meeting as a staff member later this week. In fact, he’s been to many board meetings because he used to be a board member!
Beef Blog Training
Say hello to John Kleiboeker and Ada Gallup from the Missouri Beef Industry Council. They just completed a blogging lesson in John’s office in Columbia.
New Look For AgWired
For those of you subscribing with a news reader please visit the site to see our new look and let me know what you think. I’ve still got a few items to finalize but it’s getting there. For example, I’m working on a system to better manage and archive all the pictures I take and make them more easily available to you. You’ll find more pictures showing up on each and every page of the website. Right now the homepage is showing pictures from my Farm Progress Show photo set.
I’ve also got some display advertising which will begin by the end of the month and the new theme makes incorporating and managing that much easier. Let me know if you’d like to be one of the first companies to show off your brand to our large and growing audience.
I hope you like it.
Significant Farmer New Media Usage
I was very excited to see the “Selected Media Use By Commercial Producers: A Qualitative Research Summary” report that came in the mail last week. Try to say that title 5 times real fast.
Resume Blogging
I have suggested to several people looking for a job that they start a blog. So far only 2 people have done so. The first one got a job right away. The second one is my friend John Davis. I hired John to be a farm broadcaster for the Brownfield Network in early 2000. He was an Air Force broadcaster who impressed me and he did a great job. He soon moved to the company’s state news network in Missouri.
WILOT Group Announced
It’s time once again for a new group to go through the WILOT program. That’s the National Association of Wheat Growers leadership program. They just announced the names of the people who will be taking part this year.
Selling That Seed Online
The latest news about how USDA is helping push broadband development in rural areas has stoked the fires of a number of people. I’m at the top of that list.
USDA Appointments
Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, was a busy man this week. Besides the Energy Conference in St. Louis he did a bunch of appointing.
Latest Podcast From the MGEX
Hello from the road. I wanted to bring your attention to the latest edition of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange Monthly USDA Crop Report Commentary. I just recorded it, uploaded it and updated the podcast file before getting back in the car and heading up the highway to Missouri.