Here’s the happy crowd full of Starbuck’s coffee and McDonalds sausage biscuits and hash browns. Our bus guide is Carey Brown, Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association. We’ve got about an hour to go to the first stop so I brought the Mac along to keep up to date during the day, battery willing. I’ve already got a photo album started for the …
Pre AMS Tour Started
We’re on the pre-Ag Media Summit tour here on Saturday morning. Most of us thought is was a farm tour until we saw Diane’s place next door. Actually, our bus was across the street so we didn’t go in. In reality we’re on the bus right now heading to our first stop which is the Woodford Reserve Distillery. Nothing like …
Meeting The NACT Officers
I’m here in Louisville now and some of the first people I got to meet were the officers of the National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow. They are a very fun loving bunch as you can see here. We gathered together for a little relaxation. Me, from driving all day. Them, from working on helping set things up for AMS since …
BASF Sponsors Media Room Again
You know where I’ll be doing a lot of work from next week? Yeah. The BASF sponsored media room at the Agricultural Media Summit. Here’s the details on where you’ll find it. BASF is proud to sponsor the media room at the Agricultural Media Summit again this year. The media room is located in the Rose Room on the second …
Ag Media Summit Info Expo Floor Plan
It looks like we’re going to have a great Info Expo at the Ag Media Summit. This is the floor plan. Click on the image to see a bigger one that you can read. I think there are 65 organizations exhibiting this year which is a record. There’s no way I’ll be able to personally visit with all of them …
Ag Media Summit Update
It’s only days until the 2007 Agricultural Media Summit. I’m heading that way on Friday. From what I’ve heard we’re at about 568 registered! Let’s all give Diane Johnson fits and have about 500 more show up as walk-ins. Now that would be cool. Demand to go on Saturday’s tour too. I’ll be there to take the picture. Okay, so …
AgraGate Climate Credits Corporation Announced
Farmers now have a new revenue stream to tap into courtesy of AgraGate Climate Credits Corporation. This brand new company has been formed by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation. It was just officially announced this morning. Cindy has already had a chance to interview their CEO, Dave Krog. AgraGate Climate Credits Corp. was created to expand the Iowa Farm Bureau …
StollerUSA iPod Drawing at AMS
If you’re a media person and going to the Agricultural Media Summit then StollerUSA is giving you some incentive to stop by their booth at the Info Expo. For starters, if you stop by and talk about Bio-Forge you get a $20 iTunes card. Then you can get entered into a contest for an iPod Nano. They’ll be giving one …
Ag Media Summit Shatters Records
The Agricultural Media Summit is shaping up to be an awesome event this year. It’s only 2 weeks away! This year’s event is record shattering because we already have the most attendees, most exhibitors and most sponsors ever. The coolest thing is that I made the highlight list. AMS – which began in 1999 – is a partnership of the …
IFAJ Congress 2008 Pumpkin
Cindy and I are looking forward to this year’s IFAJ Congress in Japan but we’re already looking forward to next year in Austria/Slovenia. Why? Because to pre-promote it the organizers are running a little pumpkin growing incentive. Here’s my plant growing next to our tomatoes. What we’re supposed to do is grow our pumpkins with seed they supplied starting now. …