Hello from Green Bay, WI, the site of the Three Hills Rodeo which will kick off this evening in the Resch Arena. I’m here documenting a day with Michael Peterson which started out very early this morning. I interviewed him early to get a perspective on what all’s going on. He’s here to watch some young people get sworn in …
Ethanol, EPIC and Indy
This past weekend I got to spend some time in the home state attending the XM Satellite Radio Indy 300. It was historic because it was the first race powered by 100% ethanol fuel. No matter who won, ethanol won. In fact, if you checked out the coverage on ESPN2 they called it the Ethanol Indy 300. While I was …
Dan Wheldon & Ethanol Win Race
Well, my man Jeff Simmons may not have won the race but ethanol still came out a big winner. Did any of you watch the ESPN coverage? I’ve heard that they spent lots of time talking about the fuel. Here’s the winner of the first Indy car race of the year, Dan Wheldon. It’s the third time in a row …
Interview With Ethanol Car Driver Jeff Simmons
It has been a hot sunny afternoon in south Florida. Fortunately the Indy cars get to do qualifying for race start position tonight under race time conditions since the XM Satellite Radio Indy 300 is a night race tomorrow. Jeff Simmons has a new helmet this year which I think is pretty cool looking. This afternoon I caught up to …
4 Questions for The Iraq People
It looks like Paul McKellips, Global Outreach Officer, US Embassy Baghdad, The Green Room – Public Affairs GO Team, is going to get a little rest and relaxation after his latest posting into Iraq. Here’s his final report. You can listen to his last audio report here. In this report he asks some Iraqi’s that he’s been working with 4 …
World Water Day
Thursday is World Water Day and the Food & Agriculture Organization is having an event. The theme is: Coping with Water Scarcity. This year’s theme highlights the increasing significance of water scarcity worldwide and the need for increased integration and cooperation to ensure sustainable, efficient and equitable management of scarce water resources, both at international and local levels. Jean-Marc Faurès, …
Future Agriblogger & Farm Podcaster
Last week I got to speak to the AGJ Capstone class at the University of Missouri. We talked about blogging and podcasting and some ways they might think of using these new communication channels when they get out in the real world. Afterward I interviewed Jessica Pollard who’s a senior at Mizzou and interested in public relations. She says that …
Grandma’s Got a Blue iPod
The winner of the New Holland Blue iPod contest which was held at their Commodity Classic booth is Edith Gaffner of Greenville, IL. Here at ZimmComm we like to provide order fulfillment with a smile so I was in St. Louis already and decided to just drive out to the Gaffner farm to personally meet Edith. I had a very …
John Deere Pink
Here’s another post Commodity Classic ZimmCast for you. In this week’s program Cindy interviews John Deere’s Barry Nelson about how they’re marketing at Commodity Classic. Barry talks about the company being 170 years old and although he never would have thought it, they’re selling the logo on pink merchandise! You can download and listen to the ZimmCast here: ZimmCast 110 …
The Latest On NAFB & The BARN/ABN
Another Commodity Classic has come and gone and I’m in recovery mode. But I do have a ZimmCast for you which is in part from the trade show floor. In the first part of the program I interviewed the three amigos you see in the picture. They are (l-r) Jeremy Povenmire, National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Me, Bill O’Neill, NAFB …