Just last Friday I asked Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, what he thinks about farmers using computers and the internet and he responded with a personal anecdote. When I got back to the office I had a news release from USDA in my inbox announcing some more money provide for “BROADBAND “COMMUNITY CONNECT” GRANTS.”
Eliminating Dangerous Child Labor
Eradicating dangerous child labor in agriculture will be a big focus of the International Labour Organization, working with other organizations like FAO in 2007.
Nitrogen Cycling Around Canada
I guess the Agrotain Nitrogen Cycle was such a big hit that it’s on display at farm shows in Canada now.
Markets By Phone
A ZimmCast earlier this summer featured an interview with Commodity Update founder Joel Jaeger. We just sent out a talking news release for him via AgNewsWire.AgWired.com.
We ain’t seen nothing yet
The World Harvest for Kids was significant in many ways, but to me once I tallied up the media outlets I had touched in some way directly and indirectly, and the number of mediums I had used to get there, it blew me away.
Past Ag Club Award Recipients
Here’s another group of very important people.
Past Presidents of the St. Louis Ag Club
I’m not even going to try to identify these people.
These are the past presidents of the St. Louis Agribusiness Club.
Also pictured is the current president, Brett Cude. We don’t want to imply he’s “past” yet.
Gateway NAMA President
Today’s luncheon is a joint meeting of the Gateway NAMA chapter along with the St. Louis Ag Club.
Honoring The Past President
The immediate past president of the St. Louis Agribusiness Club is Dean Dittmar, Ag Education Field Advisor, Facilitating Coordination in Agricultural Education (l).
He was presented with an award for his service to the organization by current President, Brett Cude, Farm Manager, Real Estate Broker, Farmers National Company (r).
Sec. Johanns on Farmer Internet Use
I didn’t get to do a one-on-one interview with Secretary Johanns after his speech here in St. Louis today. There were a number of local media here as you can see. So we just did a joint q&a session.