The Ethanol Promotion & Information Council wants you to experience fuel performance at 220 miles per hour. As they say, “There’s nothing Mickey Mouse about that.”
Down On The Farm With Michael
A lot of people are entering our New Holland “Down on the Farm” Classic iPod Keepsake Contest here at Commodity Classic. The FFA is helping out by selling Michael Peterson’s new CD, which you can only purchase from a New Holland dealer until later in the spring.
Biodiesel Progress Makes Soybean Growers Happy
Also speaking out at the opening press conference was the ASA president, Bob Metz. Bob is proud of the progress being made with biodiesel and thinks that soybean growers need to get involved in the organization to make their voice heard. It’s a grassroots effort he says. That’s what’s going on here at policy issues are discussed and the membership provides guidance for the staff of the organization to work on in the coming year.
Michael Peterson is “Down on the Farm”!
I love Michael Peterson! He is here at the 2006 Commodity Classic promoting his new CD “Down on the Farm”. He was gracious enough to give me his signature and take a picture with Margy and I and Chuck was kind enough to get us a signed copy of his new CD!!!
NCGA President Gets Things Started
The first press conference here at Commodity Classic is always with the leadership of NCGA and ASA. Next year that will include NAWG, but more on that later. To get us started I interviewed NCGA President, Gerald Tumbleson.
The suspicious life of a fellowshipper
As Chuck posted, Mary and I got a sneak peek of the trade show. This year’s show is featuring over 180 companies in over 645 booths. At 3 (Pacific time) the show will officially open to the press, and yes, Mary and I were able to receive press credentials although we are getting some funny looks from people. Maybe they are confused about our blogging…
Already we’ve seen many of the booths, and I am really impressed on the technology, business strategies and other aspects of this industry being presented.
I am especially looking forward to further investigating a special section about renewable fuels, which is new to the show this year.
Roll Out The Green Carpet
I asked the college bloggers to think creatively and find some pictures to post. Here’s another one Margy came up with. The post title is hers too.
What You Can Make From Corn
Margy took a picture at the NCGA booth because she thought this was such an interesting collection of products made from corn.
FFA and John Deere:What a better combination?
It is a beautiful Thursday here in Anaheim. We started of the day by going to the National FFA Organization LifeKnowledge breakfast. This was a press conference that allowed the National FFA to announce their LifeKnowledge program that is being implemented into schools across the nation. This had special interest to me because I was a member of the Illinois FFA for five years
Broadcasters Interviewing Broadcasters
The media are so enthusiastic here at the start of Commodity Classis that they’re even interviewing each other.