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 …
Looking Down on AgriTalk
I don’t mean that the way it sounds. I was actually looking down on AgriTalk just a few minutes ago when they were doing their show live here at the ACE Convention. In the picture Mike Adams is interviewing ACE executive vice president, Brian Jennings. This takes care of the AgriTalk road picture portion on my ACE Convention coverage. It’s …
American Coalition for Ethanol Convention Underway
The American Coalition for Ethanol convention got kicked off yesterday. I might have made it to the opening trade show reception except for United Airlines problems again. But I’m here now enjoying a very large media room. This morning the trade show was the first order of business before breakout sessions. We’ll have an opening general session this afternoon featuring …
Jay Leno Talks Biodiesel With Joe Jobe
Hello from the American Coalition for Ethanol convention in St. Paul, MN. Before I get into some ethanol coverage though I’ve got a biodiesel story for you. You might remember that I went out to Burbank earlier this year with Joe Jobe, National Biodiesel Board and Gene Hemphill, New Holland to visit Jay Leno’s Garage. While we were there Jay …
Talking Nebraska Pork
I just got the latest edition of the Pork Industry Report from the Nebraska Pork Producers Association delivered to me. You can listen to this week’s program here: ne-pork.mp3 Now this should be in an rss feed which would make it a podcast! I looked all over the website but didn’t see it set up as such. NE Pork Talk …
The Next Agriblogging Destinations
The traveling agriblogger is going to take most of the next day and a half off before hitting the road again so you may not see much new from me until the end of the weekend. But then it’s off to new places. The first stop next week is Richland, MI for an event with Pfizer Animal Health titled, “Delivering …