The Ralph Grossi Policy Update

Chuck Zimmerman

Ralph Grossi, President, American Farmland Trust, was our luncheon speaker today. He gave us a great overview of Washington, DC policy including the farm bill situation. To save me time summarizing his comments I’m going to just let you listen for yourself. Yes, the golden ZimmComm microphone was in action. I’ll try to get back here and post more about …

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Doing The YMCA

Chuck Zimmerman

Thanks to Brandon Souza, Cal Poly – Brock Center, San Luis Obispo, CA for providing me with another video clip from our opening session. Brandon made sure we never forget the YMCA portion of the evening. 2007 Ag Media Summit Photo Album AgWired coverage of the Ag Media Summit is being sponsored by:

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AMS Idol Contestants

Chuck Zimmerman

Getting back to the AMS Idol contest, here’s all the contestants. Mr. Magic, Barry Nelson, John Deere, contestant and sponsor, is taking his bow as we showed our appreciation for their efforts last night. You can find more photos in the album. 2007 Ag Media Summit Photo Album AgWired coverage of the Ag Media Summit is being sponsored by:

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Heads of the Industry

Chuck Zimmerman

This is why I like taking the pictures as opposed to being in them. Poking my head through an animal cutout would not be the way I want to be remembered but hey, I take the pics when they ask. I don’t know if you can figure out who they are but these are leaders in the industry. It’s just …

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AMS Idol Winner Angie Greving

Chuck Zimmerman

The winner of the first AMS Idol contest is Angie Greving, Charleston-Orwig. Angie just absolutely wowed the crowd with a Martina McBride number (Independence Song). In fact, she was called back up afterward to sing some more. I’m not sure what the winner received. Hopefully a recording contract somewhere. Hey, I’ve got a microphone and a lot of hard drive …

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AMS Idol Contestant Jodie Wehrspann

Chuck Zimmerman

If you didn’t make it to the AMS Idol competition then never fear. AgWired is here (or was there). I only shot video of Barbra Streisand also known as Jodie Wehrspann, Farm Industry News. She did a big performance number including two songs. YouTube wouldn’t let me upload the whole performance but you can see her first song. 2007 Ag …

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AMS Idol Judges

Chuck Zimmerman

Our opening reception here at the AMS featured a unique competition called AMS Idol. Here are our famous judges getting ready to lay down the feedback to the competitors. One judge is not pictured (Marilyn Cummins). You figure out who they are. Let’s just say that the judges on that tv show that imitates this competition have nothing to worry …

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Meet the Hubers

Chuck Zimmerman

The farm tour at the Huber Winery Opening Reception was a little more sedate than the one we went on Saturday. Although I’m sure the end result for some people might have been the same (at least from what I’ve heard). Me, I was a good boy going home on the early bus. While we were at the Huber farm …

Ag Media Summit, Audio, Farming

Promoting IFAJ 2009 Congress

Chuck Zimmerman

We had multiple receptions yesterday starting with one to generate interest and support for the 2009 IFAJ Congress which will be held in conjunction with the Ag Media Summit. So, the organizing committee took many sponsors to Churchill Downs where we watched a video on the conference and had a short presentation by the Committee Co-Chairs Greg Lamp and Mike …

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Blogging for Business Session

Chuck Zimmerman

Here are the happy shining smiling faces of the Blogging for Business workshop. This is a demo post to show how relatively easy it is to put fresh content on your website. 2007 Ag Media Summit Photo Album AgWired coverage of the Ag Media Summit is being sponsored by:

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