What do you do when it’s about 100 degrees out and there’s a water fountain you can get into? You jump into it.
BASF Brings Joy To The Media
Moving up to gold sponsorship this year at the Agricultural Media Summit is BASF. Gold means sponsoring a lot of things. I interviewed BASF Communications Manager, Joy Watson, to learn what they’re doing and why.
Wheat Straw Fuel Lowers Heating Costs
An industrial equipment manufacturer in Manitoba expects to save about 50 thousand dollars a year in heating costs by switching from natural gas to waste wheat straw fuel.
Registration Open At AMS
Welcome to the Ag Media Summit. Registration is open.
The Stag of Portland
It’s a beautiful day here in Portland. I got out early to run along the Willamette River walk.
Blogging In The Long Tail
If you attend my agriblogging and farm podcasting workshop on Monday morning here at the Ag Media Summit you’ll find out about “The Long Tail.” If you’re not going to be here then go out and purchase “The Long Tail” by Chris Anderson. You might also start reading his blog.
Checked In To The Portland Hilton
Welcome to the Portland Hilton & Executive Tower. This is going to be the scene of the next several days as we attend the Agricultural Media Summit. I say “we” because we’ll be doing it together.
Brownfield Open Phones
Brownfield, Ag News and Indiana Pork are teaming up for another teleconference coming up July 26.
Beef Babes At MBIC Party
We had a great going-away party for Steve Taylor today in Columbia, MO. Stevie “Wonder” is going off into the sunset to Moscow, ID. He’s leaving behind the Beef Babes, current and future.
Cow Got Arthritis?
I’ve been in a lot of airports lately. Take today as an example. We got out of Raleigh okay and then had to circle St. Louis for a while. Then we got to sit on the tarmac for a while until the plane at our gate got out of the way. Then it only took 45 minutes for baggage to show up.