I subscribe to news releases from a variety of places using agriculture as a key word so I’m sure this thing has an agricultural application. This is one of those things you’re never going to hear a radio ad for. Just look at the words in this selection of the release from Analytical Spectral Devices:
Ag Day Essay Winner
A high-school junior from Wisconsin was named the national winner of the 2006 Ag Day Essay Contest
Podcast Expo Number Two
I didn’t get to attend this event last year but I hope this year is a different matter. The Podcast & Portable Media Expo just seems like a place a gadget friendly farm podcaster ought to be. Registration is open. Anyone want to tag along?
Gary Myers – Exec In Residence
I just got alerted to the fact that Gary Myers, Morgan & Myers, was selected Thursday to be a CAFNR Executive in Residence at the Universtity of Missouri in the fall. Gary is an agricultural journalism alum of the school. He’s the Featured Alum on the school’s website. Here’s an excerpt from his bio:
Ag Week Grassroots Support By D&PL
With National Ag Week coming up D&PL decided to create a grassroots initiative to show off the valuable contribution agriculture makes to our society. This is an idea that I’d like to see more of. I hope we get a follow-up report on the project. The company’s employees are creating word of mouth advertising in support of a good cause. Who would be better evangelists than the people who work for a company that make their living from the success of our farmers?
Micro Flo-ing To Arysta LifeScience
Although the financial details are a secret it’s still a big deal. Micro Flo will be part of Arysta LifeScience now.
NFU Blogging
I know we’re going to see more of this. It’s happening. There is no better-suited-to blogging organizations than farmer member organizations. Of course that’s if you have a blogger! Apparently NFU does.
Farm Policy on the German Marshall Fund
Remember Keith Good? He was writing a regular feature here on AgWired on Farm Policy. Well one of the reasons he’s not is because of his Journalism Fellowship with the German Marshall Fund of the United States, providing Analytical news updates covering Trade, Agriculture and Development. They’re posted every Monday and Thursday.
Hope You Like Canned Tuna
I’d be interested to know your thoughts on the whole bird flu pandemic scare. Apparently the U. S. Dept. of Health & Human Services thinks it’s for real. They just issued new recommendations for people to get ready. According to a release by the U. S. Tuna Foundation that recommendation includes stocking up on canned tuna.
Davis Named Group Publisher at Meredith
Lot of news from Meredith today. To start with Tom Davis is moving up to group publisher and will oversee all operations of men’s brands like WOOD, Successful Farming and Living the Country Life. In addition Scott Mortimer has been named Successful Farming Publisher.