40 years of lean hog futures. That’s the CME celebration this month. They’ve been hedging a lot of hogs for producers over the years.
Ken Dean Says “Wow”
What a difference a bunch of advocates can make. Ken Dean, High Plains Journal, led an effort to promote and grow membership in the National Agri-Marketing Association this past year. He just sent out a note to all of us which I think shows what can happen when we try:
New Business Developer For D&PL
Rob Nixon will be joining D&PL as their director of business development. He’ll be responsible for leading business initiatives to grow and expand the company’s U.S. and international business.
Double Digit Growth For Internet Use/Access
Internet use in America just continues to skyrocket. The latest Pew Internet & American Life Project report shows that 73 % of adults are online. That’s double digit growth from a year ago and the same holds true for broadband access. What does this mean for agricultural communications?
Mootube Let’s You See What Cows See
This is different. Cows with cameras. Actually I’m not sure what category to put this in. Someone has way too much time on their hands. It’s called, Mootube.
ARC Is Blogging
I didn’t get to attend the Agricultural Relations Council meeting in Memphis. If you didn’t either you can find out information about the meeting on their website, including powerpoints from presentations made there.
Propanecast Podcast
Speaking of podcasting. I was actually just speaking of podcasting. Let’s look at (and listen) to the Propanecast by the Propane Education and Research Council. Use this link to subscribe if you’re so inclined. It looks like they’re doing both video and audio versions.
Farmer iPod Use Growing
According to the latest NAFB eChats they’ve got a new qualitative farmer media use study out that says farmer use of iPods and other digital audio devices has grown to about 5 percent! This seems like pretty fast growth to me when you consider that they didn’t even exist just a couple years ago. I guess it’s kind of like radio back when it got started. How many farmer had one in the first 2 years? Was it 5 percent?
This Week’s Deere Gear Toy Winner
The winner of the Deere Gear Toy Tractor Contest for this week is Wilmer Myers from Broadway, VA.
Play Pioneer Games
You have to have a Pioneer Growing Point login to have access but there’s some new video games in town. The first one is “Max The Protector.”