National Agriculture Day

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s almost a too late to post this but I think it’s only right to honor the men and women farmers of America who provide such abundance! National Agriculture Day is coordinated by the Agriculture Council of America and it kicks off National Ag Week. We should all be grateful for our safe, abundant food supply.

Ag Groups

Missouri Agricultural Leaders Luncheon

Chuck Zimmerman

The Missouri Agricultural Leaders Luncheon is an ad hoc group. That means no membership or staff. Just your handy volunteers which this year are Cindy and myself. We coordinate a meeting monthly that rotates between Jefferson City and Columbia. At our March meeting our new Director of Ag, Fred Ferrell, spoke to over 75 people at Summit Lake Winery.

Ag Groups

Big Press Conference in Washington, DC for Ethanol

Chuck Zimmerman

Team Ethanol put on a great press conference today thanks to some great folks from Integer Group. I’ll have more information about it by tomorrow but wanted to at least get one picture out today before calling it quits. The press conference was in Washington, DC outside of Union Station. I’ve got pictures, audio and of course Talking News Releases …

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The Final TNR With The New NRECA President – Great Reporter Feedback

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s Cindy interviewing Mike Treadwell (Oklahoma), new President of NRECA. Mike actually takes the reigns tomorrow officially. We’ll use the audio from this interview for the last NRECA Convention Talking News Release we’ll produce tomorrow. Maybe you wonder if any reporters actually use what we send? Here’s an emailed reply we got this morning from a TNR we sent yesterday: …

Ag Groups, Audio

5 Talking News Releases In 2 Days – NRECA

Chuck Zimmerman

Chuck and Cindy are on the outside and inside from left to right are: Patrick Lavigne, Renee Butler and Eleanor Miller. It was great to work with them in San Diego, sending out Talking News Releases directly from their newsroom at the convention to reporters all over the U. S.!

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Relaxing With The “Uncle”

Chuck Zimmerman

We just had to post a picture of us at the NRECA convention with our old buddy, “Uncle” Nip Neidert. We worked with Nip at Learfield Communications for many years and he’s still a valued friend and associate. We’re proud of him and the job he’s doing for National Country Market.

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