It’s time once again for the Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show and I’ll be Beef Board Blogging again. It’s hard to believe but this will be my 5th year of blogging for the Cattlemen’s Beef Board. Wow. Of course I’ll be providing coverage of the convention right here on AgWired and with support from new sponsor Novus International. …
Strawberry iPhone App
How about some sweet fruity goodness for your iPhone? The California Strawberry Commission has just officially launched its free STRAWBERRIES iPhone app. After being reviewed by Apple, it has been highlighted as a “staff pick” in the App Store. The app offers a collection of more than 50 strawberry recipes from food bloggers and chefs from around the web. Strawberries …
Sculpture With 1,000 Pounds of Butter
I thought you’d enjoy this story from over on World Dairy Diary yesterday. What better way to kick-off the Pennsylvania Farm Show than a butter sculpture made of 1,000 pounds of butter! Unveiled today, the sculpture is sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association and the Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program, from butter donated by Land O’ Lakes in Carlisle, Pa. The …
Summary of U.S. Grains Council 2009 Corn Mission
For those of you who didn’t get to follow along with the U.S. Grains Council Corn Mission trip I went on last month I have prepared a slide show that will give you a pretty good overview of all we saw and learned. In the show you can hear from some of the key individuals I interviewed including the U.S. …
FFA On Rose Bowl Parade With RFD-TV
Here’s Samantha Warner, 19, Archie, MO, putting the last rose on the RFD-TV float before the 2010 Rose Parade. Warner, Missouri FFA President will walk beside the float, which honors the association for its work guiding students toward careers in agriculture. On the morning of January 1, 2010, the National FFA Organization will make contact with an estimated 42 million …
Chicago Farmers Thoughts On Social Media
I’m going to be talking about social media and networking at the upcoming Chicago Farmers Farmland Investment Fair. But before getting there I talked about it with Rich Schell, SchellAcres.com, who is a member and committee organizer for the fair. He’s also an Attorney, Author & Agri-preneur, Wagner & Schell, LLP. Rich says that since the purpose of the Fair …
Holiday Greetings From U.S. Wheat Associates
U.S. Wheat Associates wishes us all a little bit of peace and prosperity. I could use some couldn’t you?
Off The Cob Podcast
The National Corn Growers Association has just started a new podcast series. Welcome to “Off the Cob”, an original podcast series produced by the National Corn Growers Association. This series features interviews with grower-leaders on hot topics in agriculture and will expand media options for those wishing to further their knowledge of the industry. The first piece looks at the …
Corn Yield Contest Winners Annouced
The National Corn Yield Contest winners have been announced. It’s been a challenging growing season weather wise but yields have been great. The National Corn Yield Contest is in its 45th year and remains NCGA’s most popular program for members. This year, NCGA has processed 6,960 entries – a 3.5 percent increase over 2008 (6,727 entries) and 41 percent increase …