Alpha Zeta will be having a special 50th Biennial Conclave in St. Louis next week. It’s their 2007 National Agricultural Leadership Conference where students and alumni from all across the country get together. The NALC features workshops focused on ethics in agribusiness, shaping the image of agriculture and developing sound public policy. AgTours will highlight St. Louis’ position as an …
American Heritage Farm Museum
While I visited Edith Gaffner earlier this week to deliver her iPod I spoke to her husband about the American Farm Heritage Museum which is a project they support. At the American Farm Heritage Museum, we believe in working together to keep the past alive. By preserving tractors and holding our annual Heritage Days program, we are able to show …
Mizzou BBQ Team Tames The Tiger
These chefs are from the University of Missouri-Columbia’s Mizzou BBQ Team. They made a name for themselves in a national cooking competition recently with “Tiger Steak.” Pictured are Mizzou BBQ Team captain Greg Chase with team member Natalie Kollars at the National Meat Association Meat Expo in Las Vegas. According to Greg, the team was just organized in May of …
St. Louis is AgWired
Is agriculture important to St. Louis? You bet it is. In fact, one of the first jobs we had here at ZimmComm was to do an economic study of the financial importance of agriculture to the St. Louis economy for the St. Louis AgriBusiness Club. This was way before we began blogging and podcasting. Now about 3 years later that …
TRENDS by Cattle-Fax
If you’re wondering what the trends are in the cow-calf business then you need TRENDS. Responding directly to the needs of its clients in the cow-calf sector, Cattle-Fax has introduced TRENDS, a monthly newsletter specifically for cow-calf producers. Like other Cattle-Fax publications, TRENDS will provide expert research and analysis on the issues that affect all facets of the cattle and …
Spring Wheat Yield Contest Winners
Not that you may care but here’s my first photo that’s been edited with iPhoto and uploaded with Transmit3 from my Mac. I’m starting to get the hang of it. iPhoto just doesn’t let me fully format the image for the web though but it works don’t you think? These are the winners of the North Dakota Grain Growers Association, …
Moving To His Own Private Idaho
I can’t believe I went a whole day without posting but it was a catch-up day after many on the road. One of the things I got to do yesterday though was help Steve Taylor load a truck to move stuff to Idaho. Steve used to be the executive director of the Missouri Beef Industry Council and is how the …
The NAMA Agribusiness Leader of the Year
The word is out and the NAMA Agribusiness Leader of the Year is Dale Ludwig, Missouri Soybean Association. I just saw Dale at Commodity Classic and congratulated him. I guess we’ll see him in Dallas. The National Agri-Marketing Association has named Dale R. Ludwig, executive director/CEO of the Missouri Soybean Association and the Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, the 2007 Agribusiness …
National Agriculture Day News
It’s going to be spring very soon and that means we’re getting closer to National Agriculture Day. Here’s some of the latest: We are pleased to announce the National Ag Day Honorary Chairmen: Secretary Mike Johanns U.S. Department of Agriculture Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Chairman, Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) Ranking Minority, Senate Committee …
John Thaemert New President of NAWG
Somehow I missed getting to see and talk with John Thaemert at Commodity Classic. He’s the new President of the National Association of Wheat Growers and he’s from Sylvan Grove, Kan. Thaemert’s operation includes the production and marketing of wheat, grain sorghum, alfalfa and hay. Thaemert also currently serves as vice president and trust investment officer for Citizens State Bank …