Corn Growers Looking For a Good Communicator

Chuck Zimmerman

I don’t plan on making this a habit but because he’s a great guy and one of ZimmComm’s favorite people I’ll do it. In fact, before I even get started you should know that you can find listings of agri-marketing jobs through NAMA‘s job bank. You have to be a member though! The new Vice President of Marketing for the …

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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.

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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.

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New MO Ag Director Spoke to Ag Leaders Luncheon

Chuck Zimmerman

New Missouri Director of Agriculture, Fred Ferrell. He spoke at a packed luncheon last week. There were over 75 in attendance, a larger than normal crowd. They all wanted to hear from our new Director of Ag and he gave a great speech!

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The Sun Was Shining On Team Ethanol’s Press Conference

Chuck Zimmerman

ABC/ESPN auto racing sports announcer, Jack Arute, was the emcee for Team Ethanol’s press conference in Washington, DC this week. He’s pictured here with the car and an Indy Pace Car in the background.

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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: …

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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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NRECA Sends Talking News Release to over 2,300 Reporters

Chuck Zimmerman

It was a busy day at the NRECA convention. We worked out of the newsroom and produced a couple of Talking News Releases today and conducted interviews for several that are going out tomorrow. You can see the first one we did today here: NRECA Convention Release This release was sent out nationally from the newsroom. We’re mobile! I can’t …

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