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 …
Largest Combine in North America
This is one big combine and it was on display at the Commodity Classic last week. I really didn’t get much done in the way of video but Cindy got motivated and thought that something this big spinning on a pedestal was worth a minute of YouTube’s time. So here’s what you’ve got. A minute of: The largest combine in …
New Holland Blue iPod Winner
New Holland held a drawing for a blue iPod Nano this year at their booth at Commodity Classic. That’s so one more person in agriculture can subscribe to and listen to farm podcasts right? Well the drawing was held and the winner is: Ms. Edith Gaffner from Greenville, IL We’ll be contacting Ms. Gaffner to let her know she won. …
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 …
Don’t Forget the Podcast & Photo Album
I’m about done for the day here at Commodity Classic. The trade show’s over. This evening is the final entertainment function with country music star Collin Raye. I think Cindy and I are going to take some time off and miss that. I’ve got some more things that will be posted like the winner of the New Holland Blue iPod …
The BASF Wrapup
I know I’ve covered a lot of BASF activities here at Commodity Classic but they are very involved and hey, they’re one of my sponsors. To get a wrap-up I spoke with Steve Henning, Marketing Manager Corn Belt after he got done with a tv interview. Steve exudes enthusiasm and I think you’ll hear that in his voice. He says …
Kleckner on Biofuels
Cindy was trade show talking today with Dean Kleckner, Truth About Trade & Technology. They had an extended discussion on one of the main topics everyone’s been talking about and that’s biofuels. Dean always has an opinion and he shares that with Cindy. I think you’ll enjoy it. Listen Cindy’s interview with Dean here: cccast-26-kleckner.mp3 This interview is part of …
ASA Awards Banquet
Another banquet held last night was the Annual ASA Banquet. It’s another opportunity to distribute awards. This one is being presented by ASA President Rick Ostlie (left) to Kaleb Hellwig, BASF, in appreciation of BASF’s support and partnership. Thanks to ASA for supplying this picture. AgWired coverage of Commodity Classic is made possible by: and
Random Street Photo
This is just a completely random street photo I thought I’d share. Since Cindy and I got a hotel about 5 blocks away instead of one of the “close” hotels we’ve been doing a lot of walking back and forth. It would be nice if the media could get in the hotels that attach to the convention center since we’ve …
NCGA Awards Banquet
Each of the commodity groups making up Commodity Classic have their annual banquets on the same night. Thanks to several people I got a couple of pictures to share. This one is from the NCGA Awards Banquet. In it, NCGA President, Ken McCauley (left), is giving an appreciation plaque to BASF which was accepted by Andy Lee, Director of Business …