RFA Ethanol Podcast

BASF Beltwide Booth

Chuck Zimmerman

It seems like Headline has made headlines for BASF and that’s brought in a lot of growers to their booth here at the Beltwide trade show. This isn’t all of the crew here but most of them right before the show got started today. I did a couple interviews in their booth including the following one with Tom McKemie, BASF …

Audio, BASF, Beltwide Cotton, Cotton, Video

Cotton Consultant’s Headline Perspective

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s always interesting getting a perspective from your audience. For BASF today that was a group of cotton consultants like Ray Young on the right. Ray’s from northeast Louisiana. Next to him is Boyd Kidwell, Quarry Integrated Communications. I talked to Ray after the BASF Cotton Consultants Conference and he said that the registration of Headline for cotton was news …

Audio, BASF, Beltwide Cotton, Cotton

BASF Bolls Them Over With Headline

Chuck Zimmerman

Scott Asher is a BASF Diversified Regional Manager. He spoke today at their Cotton Consultants Conference and provided some technical information about the product. Scott says that BASF has a variety of activities planned for growers here that ranges from this session to a nightly hospitality suite and trade show booth. He says that communication with consultants is important and …

Audio, BASF, Beltwide Cotton, Cotton

A Headline Cotton Yield Advantage

Chuck Zimmerman

One of the experts on the program at the BASF Cotton Consultants Conference is Amber Shirley, BASF Technical Marketing Manager. Amber says that having Headline, a foliar fungicide, available for the first time means that cotton growers now have the full range of plant protection products available to them that other commodity growers have. She says that using a fungicide …

Audio, BASF, Beltwide Cotton, Cotton

Headline Making Cotton Headlines

Chuck Zimmerman

Kicking off the BASF Cotton Consultants Conference is Dr. Gary Fellows, BASF Technical Market Manager. Dr. Fellows started things off by announcing that Headline fungicide is now registered for cotton. He says that 4 years worth of field trials are showing great results. Many of the cotton consultants here were hearing the news for the first time. The conference provided …

Audio, BASF, Beltwide Cotton, Cotton

MO Governor Supports Agriculture

Chuck Zimmerman

Missouri Governor Matt Blunt addressed a big crowd in St. Louis today at his annual ag conference. I think attendance is up this year and people got here even with a major interstate in the area closed for construction. This is a real who’s who in Missouri agriculture. The conference actually takes place over two days with lots of speakers …

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Sociable Beef Breeds

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s time to hit the agricultural marketing highway once again. Actually I did that Friday when I did some blog training in Kansas City before attending the Beef Breeds Social. This year it was held at the American Hereford Association offices. It was very well attended and we of course ate some very good beef. Before things got too sociable …

Audio, Beef, ZimmCast

Volunteers Run World Ag Expo

Chuck Zimmerman

The World Ag Expo is right around the corner, a show I’ve never been to. It overlaps with the National Farm Machinery Show for one thing. Yesterday I chatted on the phone with Shelley Kahl, 2008 Chairman. The Expo is “Where the World of Agriculture Means Business.” She’s been a volunteer for about 18 years and this year was named …

Audio, Farm Shows

Agricultural New Media Growth in 2007

Chuck Zimmerman

This week’s ZimmCast is a happy new year program. Cindy sits in with me and we look back over the growth that took place in agricultural new media in 2007 that we’ve been blessed to be a part of. Here’s some statistics you might be interested to know: We manage 20 blogs now – 5 of our own, 15 for …

Audio, ZimmCast

Merry Christmas Trees

Chuck Zimmerman

Merry Christmas Trees from the National Christmas Tree Association. This week’s program is about NCTA and I want to thank them for having audio available on their website. Here’s a good example of why we encourage multi media content on your site. In the program you’ll hear from NCTA President, Beth Walterscheidt, Evergreen Farms Christmas Trees, Elgin, TX. She’s going …

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