We’ve been talking with Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) Vice President of Agricultural Services Charlie O’Brien about AG CONNECT Expo since it was first announced at Ag Media Summit in July 2008. Now we are starting the second AG CONNECT Expo, which will be held every other year after this year, and Charlie says the show has really come together …
Georgia FFA Helps Out with AG CONNECT
Georgia FFA officers from around the state are helping out with AG CONNECT Expo this year. I spoke with Josh Daniel, State Vice President from Oconee County, and Beth Hickey, State Vice President Stephens County, about their involvement in the expo. “We’re helping with some of the educational breakout sessions and with some of the other educational opportunities and tours …
Preview Day at AG CONNECT Expo 2011
Preview day for the second AG CONNECT Expo is underway here in Atlanta and it’s obvious the newest U.S. ag show is going to be much bigger this year. There are already more media folks here than last year in Orlando. In fact, Julie Harker with Brownfield Network commented that last year it was just her and Chuck here! I …
Get Educated at AG CONNECT
The second AG CONNECT Expo is now just days away in Atlanta and if you are attending, make sure you check out all of the educational events on tap. There will be a lot more people at this second event than there were at the inaugural event in Orlando last year and there will be even more educational opportunities – …
Happy New Year Survey Winner
The new year is starting off a little greener for the latest winner in our ZimmComm publication survey drawing. The winner for December is Michelle Stahlhut, an Agwired reader and crop farmer from Indiana. Michelle actually filled out her survey in November and since we put all the entries back in the pot for the next month, she was the …
The Best of 2010 on Agwired
2010 was a very busy year on Agwired, but no different than normal! We spent a total of 172 days on the road covering more than 60 different events from coast to coast, as well as Mexico and the Netherlands. Traffic was up 17% on Agwired this year to a grand total of more than 185,000 unique visitors. We had …
Last Chance to Win in 2010
Today is the last day of 2010 and the last chance to enter and win $250 in the ZimmComm web pub survey contest this month. If you read Agwired and want to have a voice in what we cover here in 2011, fill out our survey today. At the end of the day, we will be taking the names of …
A Blurb About Blurb
For the past three years, we have been creating year-end photo albums for some of our clients with a service called Blurb. There are others out there that can do the job, but I started using Blurb and have stuck with it and I think it’s just great – easy to use and not very expensive for a really high …
New Look for Corn Commentary
Have you seen the new look for the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) blog Corn Commentary? ZimmComm New Media gave the three year old site a face lift that just went live last month. Corn Commentary was developed in 2007 to provide NCGA with an outlet for providing opinions on issues impacting the industry, especially in the areas of environment, …
Get on Santa’s List by Taking our Survey
We’re making a list of all the nice Agwired readers who have taken our survey – and checking it twice to see who will win $250 to help make the holidays brighter. We know that people hate giving out personal information on the internet, but we are asking so that we can improve our on-line publications by knowing who our …