ScanControl In The Palm of your Hand

Chuck Zimmerman

Scan ControlAt first glance the news about ScanControl’s service and software enhancements is pretty difficult to digest. Pretty technical language for one thing and lots of it. That’s why I was very glad to see that they included a link to a flash demo. Pictures speak a thousand words or at least make something like this easier to understand!

Agribusiness

Soybean Sun Protection

Chuck Zimmerman

ARS Photo - Soybean PlantThis is an interesting story since it was put out by the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service. I can’t find this iSOY Technology Corporation online anywhere though. It’s nice that they’ve made this announcement but it leaves you with very little information and in my quick search I couldn’t find much either.

USDA

Newly Designed Website For O & B

Chuck Zimmerman

Osborn & BarrTheir latest e-newsletter says they have a newly designed website so you know we have to check that out. One of the features that I think is great is video with people who work there telling us about why they believe in their company, Osborn & Barr Communications.

Agencies

Russell Graves, Photographer

Chuck Zimmerman

I’ve been meaning to write about Russell Graves for a while. Finding out that he’s blogging forced me to go ahead. I’ve been receiving his newsletter and am very impressed with his photography and writing. Now you can find him at RussellGraves.com Updates. I’m not posting any pictures because I think you need to go there to see what he does for yourself. If you want the full meal deal then visit his website for an extensive stock photo collection. Here’s what his profile says:

Uncategorized

New MBIC Board Member Blue Geier

Chuck Zimmerman

MBIC Report PodcastEach of the next three weeks on the MBIC Report we’ll be featuring the 3 new board members starting with David “Blue” Geier of Region Two, northeast Missouri, who is from California.

Ag Groups, Audio, Beef, Podcasts

Missouri Ethanol Groundbreaking Next Week

Chuck Zimmerman

CornTalk podcastCornTalk, a weekly program for the Missouri Corn Growers Association, features an interview with David Vogt, Presidnt of Missouri Ethanol, LLC. Missouri Ethanol, LLC is breaking ground for a new ethanol plant to be built in Laddonia, near Mexico, MO. Vogt talks about the project and the groundbreaking ceremony to be held on November 7.

Ag Groups, Audio, Corn, Podcasts

Meet The Guild of Agricultural Journalists

Chuck Zimmerman

Guild of Agricultural JournalistsOnce you get involved with the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) you get exposed to people in many other countries so as time permits I’ll try to draw your attention to interesting things from the international world of ag communications. I just saw a recent e-Alert from the Guild of Agricultural Journalists of Great Britain (GAJ).

International

Heinert Joins Bader Rutter

Chuck Zimmerman

Bader RutterThis is why I posted that picture of the new FFA Officers. Those are some very impressive young adults who will be found throughout the agribusiness industry as time goes. Take for example, Seth here who’s joined Bader Rutter

Agencies

Almost 12,000 Unique Visitors To AgWired

Chuck Zimmerman

AgWired readership continues to grow. We look at those web stats frequently and the end of the month makes for a good comparison point. So far we’ve had almost 12,000 unique visitors to AgWired and growing daily. We had 133,000 page views last month. Once again last month we had more new visitors and total visits than any previous month by a significant percentage. Our average daily traffic increased too.

Uncategorized

Use Your Phone To Do Live TV

Chuck Zimmerman

PocketCasterThis is too cool not to let you in on. We haven’t even started doing video here on AgWired (just wait) and already you can now do live video “broadcasts” from a mobile phone, direct to your blog. The company introducing it is Comvu and they call it PocketCaster. You can watch a demonstration here.

Internet