I was going to try to ignore Jean Ziegler the ignoramus from the United Nations when he came out and said that making biofuels from food crops is a “crime against humanity” but . . . it does make me mad and I think it should piss off all American farmers at least. Of course there’s not much about the …
Rural Lifestyle Info in Ag Census
One of the sources of a lot of information for anyone needing to research the rural lifestyle market is the USDA Census of Agriculture. You might think it’s just about corn, soybeans, hogs and cattle but you’d be wrong. According to Gene Danekas, Director of Ag Statistics, USDA-Missouri, (pictured on the left in his booth at the Country Living Olympics) …
Farm Broadcasters Targeting Rural Lifestyle
In just a few short weeks it’ll be time for the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention. I’ll be blogging the whole event so hopefully you’ll be looking forward to that. NAFB’s Executive Director, Bill O’Neill (pictured on the right) attended the Country Living Outlook Conference. I spoke to him about what he was getting out of it. Bill says …
2007 World Championship Appaloosa Show
I don’t know where you’re spending your Halloween but I’ll be at the 2007 World Championship Appaloosa Show in Ft. Worth, Texas. I hope they’ve got candy. This year’s show has some interesting features like a Chocolatey Challenge ATV Giveaway and a free screenings of the award winning short film , “Trail End,” starring Emmy-nominated actor Barry Corbin. So to …
Counrty Living Cheerleader
Teresa Hinrichs is a country living cheerleader (pictured on the right). She even says so in an interview I did with her right before the Country Living Olympics. Teresa works on a lot of projects related to agriculture one of which is the Country Living Association. She says that just about any group of people who have some kind of …
A Country Living Way of Life
If you want to know what people who live the country life think then just ask them. That’s what we did at the Country Living Outlook Conference. I can assure you that these folks are passionate about where they live. Take Alan Brend who was on the panel of rural lifestyle practitioners. He says that he does not view how …
A Revolutionary Cotton Picker
John Deere says that their new 7760 Cotton Picker will revolutionize harvesting the crop. This machine was on display in action at last week’s Sunbelt Ag Expo. Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman was on hand to obtain interviews for me. He spoke with Jamie Flood, Deere’s Cotton Marketing Manager, who worked with the 7760 development in Iowa. You can listen to …
Train Employees to Service The Rural Lifestyle Market
At the Country Living Outlook Conference one of the speakers on our program was country lifestyler, Kelly Loganbill. Kelly works in town and makes an 80 plus mile round trip each day from her home. She wants companies servicing the rural lifestyle market to know that they separate their work and personal lives and that they need information and supplies …
Agrimarketing Magazine Goes Digital
Reaching people who live the country life has been the subject of several articles in Agrimarketing Magazine. That’s why Lynn Henderson, Publisher, was on hand at the Country Living Outlook Conference. Lynn says that the rural lifestyle market presents a significant opportunity for traditional agribusiness companies. Besides talking about country living we also talked about Agrimarketing Magazine going digital. I …
Behind The Scenes at Drake & Company
If you know Steve Drake then you know he likes to work in the background. In fact, after taking about 500 pictures at the Country Living Association activities last week none of them have Steve in it. That doesn’t mean I didn’t get to talk to Steve though. His company, Drake & Company, is an accredited association management firm. Basically …