Winter convention time is coming up and there’s no way to list them all since every state commodity group is having a meeting. However, a couple of note that I thought I’d make sure you’re aware of include:
Agribusiness Forum Chairman Scott Kurfman
This is going to be a busy week of blogging since it’s time for the NAMA Agribusiness Forum and the NAFB convention (big pdf file) immediately following.
Blog The Truth About Your Company
There’s a good little article on PRWeek that is worth reading called “Note to corporate bloggers: The truth shall set you free.”
Want To Manage A Winery Association?
Speaking of California wines. The Sonoma County Wineries Association (SCWA) is looking for a new executive director after Jaime Douglas just retired. They have 170 winery members.
A Bottle Of Your Best Paso Robles
There’s more to California wine than just the Sonoma and Napa Valley. That’s what the Paso Robles region wants you to know and they’re putting up a multi million dollar advertising campaign to promote it starting with their website. Referrals, print and online advertising, and search engines are expected to drive traffic to the site. The winery alliance mission statement is: “The Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance communicates, reinforces and enhances our status as a world-class wine region.”
Kinder, Friendlier Pork Board Website
It’s no longer porkboard.org, now it’s www.pork.org. This is the newly re-designed National Pork Board website. It’s truly a portal to a lot of pork stuff.
Bunge DuPont Biotech Alliance Program
So this is how the producer gets their payoff for using these news hybrids. “Up to” a 40 cent per bushel premium is a nice extra!
G10 Countries Express Trade Concerns
As we get closer to the Hong Kong Ministerial of the WTO the rhetoric is heating up. Ag groups here in the United States have sure been sending out the “position” releases. I have to call them that since I’m not sure I would use the word news to describe the content of a lot of the ones I see. They are informative though for reporters, most of which probably don’t “use” them other than for background information.
NAMA Agribusiness Forum Blog
Announcing NAMA Connect. It’s the National Agri-Marketing Association blog. You may remember they blogged the Boot Camp this summer. Well it’s time to move on down the blogging super highway.
Photo Album From World Dairy Expo
I took a lot of pictures while I was at the recent World Dairy Expo blogging away on World Dairy Diary. Although I used a bunch of them during the course of writing about the event there were many more not used. So, it was Flickr photo album time.