Why is it that everything from Florida is “fresh?” I’m from Florida. Does that mean I’m “fresh.” I guess it’s all that beautiful blue sky and sunshine. That’s where the American Agri-Women will be holding their annual convention this year. I wish they’d hire me to blog it for them.
Successful Farming Gets New Features Editor
It looks like Jeff Caldwell has the “right stuff” for Meredith.
AgSource Seeds & NuTech Seed Merge
Using the AgNewsWire.AgWired.com, a couple of seed companies announced their merger today. They’re AgSource Seeds and NuTech Seed. Pictured are owners (left to right) Tom Thompson, Ken Rose, Dennis Ewing and Hollis Oelmann.
Farm Podcasting On The ZimmCast
On this week’s ZimmCast it’s time to relax in between road trips and discuss our latest farm podcast with Pioneer Hi-Bred called “Forage Forum.”
Farm Aid’s Top of the Haystack
The folks at Farm Aid are providing some great content for an agricultural new media workshop. I know I’ll be using them as an example in the one I’ll be conducting at the Ag Media Summit next week.
CCI Celebrates 50 Years
I just love these pictures from the Cotton Council International 50 year reception. They did this in Washington, DC at Union Station. What I like is the little “cotton tree” that frame the speakers like Hunter Moorhead here.
College To Career Workshop
If you’re new to the professional world of agribusiness you can find help. For example, you might consider the “How to Manage the Transition from College to Work” seminar coming up August 10 at the Drake & Company headquarters in St. Louis.
AEM Moves Into New Office Building
A picture can almost be as good as being there. Almost. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) just put the finishing touches on a new office building. They held an open house in June to “not only showcase its new headquarters office to attendees but also educate them – in a fun and informal way – about AEM and the industry segments it serves.”
Learn About Nutrients For Life
The fertilizer folks want the general public to know more about the societal benefits of modern agriculture. One of the ways they say they’re doing that is by creating supplemental educational materials for middle and high school science curriculums. Those materials will be used for the first time this fall.
Pork Industries Move Forward with Livestock ID
The president of the Canadian Pork Council says Canada, the United States and Mexico are moving in the same direction when it comes to developing systems for tracking the movement of livestock. Livestock identification and traceability was one of the issues discussed recently as representatives of the Canadian and US pork industries gathered in Winnipeg for the annual meeting of the Canadian Pork Council.
CPC president Clare Schlegel says, despite developing some differences in the systems, the Canadian, American and Mexican industries all recognize the need for coordination.