Farm Foundation: A Forum for Discussion

Joanna Schroeder

AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and There are a lot of agricultural policy concerns today and the Farm Foundation is taking an active role in helping DC adopt better legislation. The organization notes that agriculture is important and ag policy is important, and their role is to bring divergent views together and provide a forum for discussion. …

Ag Media Summit, Audio, IFAJ, Novus International, Pioneer

IFAJ Congress/Ag Media Summit Photos

Chuck Zimmerman

Our photo album for the IFAJ Congress/Ag Media Summit has been giving us fits the last few days. Flickr is great but every once in a while . . . So, I’ve got most of our photos re-uploaded and ready for your viewing pleasure. Here’s the link to use for IFAJ Congress/Ag Media Summit photos: IFAJ/AMS 2009 Photo Album

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Insights From Forrest Bassford Award Winner Whitney Wallace

Joanna Schroeder

AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and Several student and young professional awards were given during the IFAJ/AMS summit and one of the most coveted awards, the Forrest Bassford Award was given to Whitney Wallace and is sponsored by LPC. Whitney will be a senior at the University of Missouri this fall and she is an active member …

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Photo Memories From IFAJ/AMS

Chuck Zimmerman

Thanks to Carly and Joanna, pictured here about to go into Billy Bob’s, our online photo album from this year’s IFAJ/AMS is very full. You’ll find almost 900 pictures in there. Please feel free to use them and if you need a high res version we’ll do our best to get one to you. I got up early this morning …

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Post Your Comments on IFAJ Congress

Chuck Zimmerman

All registrants to the IFAJ Congress 2009 received a great wild west souvenir to take home with them. These leather note pad holders were all printed with our names. I was registered although I did not get to attend. Cindy brought mine home. She actually just got home yesterday after attending the APS meeting in Portland, OR right after IFAJ/AMS. …

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Two Lunches, Two Authors, Two Great Speakers

Joanna Schroeder

Now that everyone is home safe and sound from Ft. Worth, you’ll have a little time to read the new books by the IFAJ/AMS lunch speakers. Participants were first treated to a presentation by Julie Wainwright, who is the owner of Smartnow.com. She worked her way up to found Pets.com (how can you forget the sock puppet) and then undergo …

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Fungicides in Ft. Worth

Joanna Schroeder

AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and Small grain farmers and agricultural researchers were taken by surprise this year due to a huge outbreak of head scab. But many farmers were spared to much damage through the application of various fungicide products including those who used Caramba. Caramba is a fungicide developed by BASF and now for the …

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Pioneer Promotes Its New Products

Joanna Schroeder

AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and I spent some time with Jerry Harrington, Sales and Marketing PR Manager for Pioneer during the Ag Media Summit today so that I could learn a little more about some of their new products. Pioneer is launching several new products this year for producers, two of which are for corn farmers …

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