Here’s my home for the week. Got in this afternoon and had a long blog training session with one of our clients. It’s not public yet but will be soon. Then we went to supper and ate one of the best steaks I’ve had in a long time. You sure better be able to get a good steak here this week.
National Biodiesel Conference Blog Announced
It sure seems like the ZimmComm blog announcements are coming out hot and heavy lately. There’s still more to come too. Today we were able to announce one of our latest projects – the National Biodiesel Conference blog.
Ag Marketing Needs Rural Broadband
I know I already did a program with audio from Tim Ganschow. But that was using excerpts from a speech he gave.
Blogging From The Cattle Industry Convention
It’s time once again for the Cattle Industry Convention. This week I’ll feature on-site coverage here on AgWired.
Retired Journalism Prof Shows Arrogance
In the latest issue of the AAEA Byline (you’ve got to be a member to read it) there’s an article on ethics called “Beware The Ethics Swamp.” It’s written by Elaine Shein. I think this is a great subject to do a series of articles on.
PETA Is Getting Udderly Ridiculous
Proving once again that they are completely without brains or any moral compass, the folks at PETA have created a website to attack milk. If it wasn’t a good idea to know what the wackos are up to I sould suggest you just ignore it. It would almost be funny if they weren’t so ignorant and just plain disgusting.
Soft bodied insects had better watch out. Snacking At The Food Safety Summit
With food safety such a big issue right now, going to Las Vegas in March for the Food Safety Summit (March 22-24, Las Vegas), is an option. It was just acquired by Stagnito Communications which is an Ascend Media Company.
Triple Nickel Comfort For Military
If you’re going to wear Kevlar for protection add a little cotton for comfort. At least that’s what I think Dr. Seshadri “Ram” Ramkumar of Texas Tech University’s Institute of Environmental and Human Health is doing for our military. He’s also doing it with the “triple nickel.” What’s the triple nickel? Good question. From a D&Pl release:
Some Sweet Varieties of Corn
This announcement made me think of Florida sweet corn boils and especially the Zellwood Sweet Corn Festival. It’s nice to know that new varieties are still coming out.