What does a bord blogger do after 7 hours of driving? Find something to blog about:
What’s New At BIO 2006
Most of Sunday will be a travel day to get to Chicago so the next time your hear from me I’ll be in the windy city. One of the 60+ press releases I’ve received on BIO 2006 is about “what’s new at BIO.” Well for me it will all be new since I’ve never been. I’m guessing that there’s some other newbies in the 18,000 plus expected to show up. But in case you’re a BIO veteran here’s what they say is new.
Not All Wind
My fellow blogger Paul Conley has a new blog project called Wind Farm News. I’ll let him explain what it’s all about:
2008 World Ag Expo Chairman
Talk about getting the word out in advance. I guess this show is so big you’ve got to start working on it over a year out. Shelley Khal, chairman of the World Ag Expo Media Committee, has been named 2008 World Ag Expo show chairman.
Canadian Support Extreme Measures to Contain Avian Flu
A report from Ipsos Reid shows most Canadians will support extreme measures to contain the threat of a human pandemic resulting from avian influenza. With many experts predicting H5N1 Avian Flu could reach North America by this fall, a survey of 16 hundred Canadians conducted earlier this month, as part of a tracking study of attitudes toward the issue, found six in ten Canadians have concerns about the virus.
Grassroots In Action at D&PL
I’ve been meaning to follow up on a story from last month on how D&PL’s grassroots initiative for National Agriculture Week went.
The Horse Clonerers
If you’re not “horsey” then you might not have heard about the fact that a couple of horses were cloned recently and seem to be doing very well. They’re the result of a collaborative effort between Viagen, Inc. and Encore Genetics.
Blogging, Blogging on the BIO
It’s all going to be here on AgWired too. I’ll be blogging the BIO, live from Chicago’s McCormick Place starting at the end of this weekend. This is going to be an interesting challenge. They’re claiming a crowd of nearly 20,000 people from all over the world.
Have a Steak Sundae
I just had to post this because of the picture. We just sent out a Talking News Release for long time client, the Missouri Beef Industry Council on the steak sundae. It had me fooled when I first looked at it. I was wondering how beef would go with ice cream. But read on:
R&K Receives ARF’s Ogilvy
ARF stands for Advertising Research Foundation. And ARF bestows the David Ogilvy Award at it’s annual convention which was just held in New York City. Rhea & Kaiser received the award in the services/retail/media category.