The Iowa Corn Growers will be the title sponsor for the Iowa Corn Indy 250 next year at the new Iowa Speedway in Newton. Iowa Corn, Iowa Speedway, and the Indy Racing League made the announcement yesterday at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines.
Continental Nightmare
You probably don’t want/need to hear about travel challenges, especially if you travel a lot but this is unusual in my experience. After getting to Oslo airport at about 9am for my 11:30am flight I got out to the gate in a reasonable time. We boarded around noon, already delayed. Right after the door shut and we were ready to …
Passing The Banner To Japan
I know it’s sad to say goodbye but the last thing you do at a closing banquet is pass the banner. Here the banner is being passed from the Norwegian organizing committee to the leaders of the Japanese committee.
50 Years and 5 Whiskies
You have got to like an organization that has custom labelled bottles of a blend of 5 fine scotch whiskeys made to give to and honor their past presidents.
This is the 50 year anniversary of the IFAJ and the 5 whiskeys in the blend each represent a decade of the organization’s existence.
All The Way From The USA
This is a fine looking group from the United States. We waited until the last possible moment to get this picture taken.
The closing banquet was closing around us by the time we got around to it.
Some of the Canadians Attending IFAJ
I don’t have any of their names, but Owen Roberts, if you know feel free to post a comment and identify these Canadians attending the IFAJ Congress.
I had to post this because I’ll be in Ontario next month conducting an agriblogging and farm podcasting workshop at the University of Guelph. The two on the left are students there.
Picking and Grinning In Norway
I don’t know who the band is but bluegrass in Norway?
They opened up and closed for the IFAJ Congress 2006 ending banquet.
Green Tractors At This Dairy Farm
I thought this would make Barry Nelson happy at John Deere.
The Norwegian dairy farmer I interviewed today made a point of making sure I knew he exclusively uses John Deere tractors. He seemed pretty proud of that.
Dairy Barn Fashion
It’s been a long trip and sometimes you start to get a little goofy. I tried to interview old Betsy here but she wasn’t interested.
As you might expect, we had to suit up to go into the diary barn.
I wasn’t the only one thinking I looked pretty fashionable in my blue suit.
Norwegian Cow Record System
One of the companies helping sponsor the IFAJ Congress here in Norway is GENO Breeding and A.I. Association.
On our dairy tour today, Torstein Steine, Director of Breeding and Research, gave us an overview of the Norwegian Cow Record System. GENO is very involved in this project which has an immense amount of data online now.