The Missouri Beef Industry Council has been a client of ours since we started ZimmComm New Media going on four years ago. They called last week needing a video psa to use in the upcoming stage 4 event of the Tour of Missouri, a professional bicycle race across the state. So with a little help from iMovie and iDVD it …
Ethanol God-Father Hits the Airwaves
The man known as the “Ethanol God-Father” is set to tackle the “myths” about ethanol in Oregon, Illinois, Wisconsin and California. Blume will be giving speeches at various Renewable Energy Conferences and Seminars. The “Bio-expert” will also be featured on XM radio and T.V. The International Institute for Sustainable Agriculture has announced that its founder and current Executive Director, David …
Sundown on Farm Progress
The sun is actually down at this point but that’s where it was as I was driving out of the Farm Progress Show this evening. While I’m here Cindy will be attending the National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s ID InfoExpo in Kansas City. Once again she’ll be producing their virtual press room using our AgNewsWire.AgWired.com service. That means that ag …
Dow, Hexima Team Up To Improve Cotton
Dow AgrogSciences and the Australian company Hexima Limited are teaming up to research ways to offer cotton growers a greater command over their crop. The joint effort wants to improve technology in the cotton industry in as little as two years. Dow AgroSciences LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, is collaborating with Hexima Limited to test …
Susan Milius Receive Plant Pathology Journalism Award
Here’s Susan Milius, Science News, receiving an award from Doug Jardine, director of the APS Office of Public Relations and Outreach. Thanks to Amy Steigman for sending the picture. The American Phytopathological Society (APS) named Susan Milius, Science News, the recipient of the 2007 Plant Pathology Journalism Award. The APS Plant Pathology Journalism Award, sponsored by the APS Office of …
Ag Investment Co. Seeking to Expand
Ag Processors Alliance has offered a proposal to acquire AGP. The proposed transaction would give AGP owners the ability to seek opportunities in today’s agriculture landscape. Ag Processors Alliance, LLC, an Omaha-based company, has delivered a letter of intent to acquire Ag Processing Inc. (AGP), an Omaha-based cooperative currently owned by local and regional cooperatives and individual members in several …
Hot Day At The Fair
It was a nice hot day in Missouri yesterday and I didn’t do any blogging. I did get some home duties caught up though like weeding and taking care of some plants around the house. I also got an extra bird feeder and a bird bath. They need a place to cool off too. I also did collect some blog …
Ag Institute of Florida Knows New Media
I love it when I see a group “get it.” I mean get this new media thing. The Agriculture Institute of Florida is having Josh Hallett as a speaker for their upcoming annual meeting. You do know who Josh is don’t you? Downloading podcasts and checking blogs may not be standard practices for farmers, but that may soon change. As …
Growers Attend IFT Food Expo on ADM
Archer Daniels Midland Company sponsored a growers delegation at the Institute of Food Technologisit Food Expo in Chicago. ADM says their sponsorship was meant to highlight the critical role grower-suppliers play in ensuring food quality and safety. To recognize the critical role suppliers play in ensuring food quality and safety, Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) sponsored a visiting grower …
Pawlenty and Peterson At ACE
We had a couple of politicians with us here today at the ACE Convention. The first one on stage was Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. When I asked him about his vision for the future of ethanol in Minnesota he said he wants to be the benchmark state for the rest of the country on the development, use and availability of …