You are definitely not going to see this on CNN or Fox News. At least not until they have their event in June. I can only imagine what Florida or California mango growers think of this idea. How big of a need do we have for mangoes anyway? Today, the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) met with U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador …
Land O’Lakes Makes Better Animals
It’s “The place where animal lovers come together.” It’s a new interactive website by Land O’Lakes Purina Feed. You need to be a member to be able to take advantage of the features offered on the site. Land O’Lakes employees, members and customers now have a fun, interactive way to learn about Land O’Lakes Purina Feed’s Better Animals program. Visit …
The KINZE Vision
Two Iowa companies, KINZE Manufacturing and Ag Leader Technology, have gotten together to develop new planting techology that improves the precision and control of row crop planters. Now if they could just add a satellite tv feed into this thing. The new KINZE Vision system is based on the Ag Leader Insight display with touch screen control (on a large …
Liver Fluke Roundtable on RFD-TV
Now I ask you. Where else but on a “new media outlet” would you find a full hour tv show on the subject of liver flukes? Could you see this on Good Morning America? No. But on RFD-TV now . . . I assume this is sponsored by Merial. Tune to RFD-TV Live on Monday, April 23, 2007, at 8 …
Geri Berdak in Monsanto Public Affairs
Monsanto has a new public affairs director. She’s Geri Berdak and she’ll be heading up the Oilseeds and Chemistry business. Berdak brings over 16 years experience in marketing and strategic communications and has used this skill to benefit companies in differing sectors of the agriculture industry including producer organizations, food companies, ingredient companies and retailers. Most recently, Ms. Berdak was …
CBOT Says Try Mini Me
I guess that farm broadcasters needing some more program material have got it now. Mini Futures. The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) announced today that it will launch mini-sized CBOT Ag futures contracts on its e-cbot electronic trading platform. This is the first time these contracts will be available on an electronic platform and they will include mini-sized Corn, mini-sized …
Rodeo Blogging in Green Bay
As I was driving to a client presentation today I received a phone call from another client and tomorrow I’m headed to Green Bay, WI for the Three Hills Rodeo. This is going to be fun. For one thing, I haven’t been to a rodeo for a while. For another, I’ll be shooting some more video to play around with …
E Energy Adams Live Webcam
After putting a link to E Energy Adams in my last ZimmCast post I took a closer look at their website and found out I could take a closer look at their ethanol plant under construction. If you’ve ever wanted to watch an ethanol plant being built, well now you can. They’ve got a very cool live webcam set up …
Troy Price New VP of Sales For New Holland
Troy Price has been named to a newly created position of Vice President of Sales to oversee the New Holland North American sales organization. In that position, he is responsible for promoting sales growth and increased profitability of the North America market, directly managing the sales team. He will report to Lorenzo Sistino, President of New Holland worldwide, and will …
Pioneer Presents FlexFuel Trucks To Winners
You’re going to see a lot of smiles in these pictures. Wouldn’t you if you were handed the keys to a new truck? Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., highlighted its commitment to biofuels recently by presenting three 2007 Chevrolet Silverado trucks to winners of its Technology That Fuels sweepstakes. The national sweepstakes helped Pioneer promote biofuels and their importance in expanding …