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Because he emailed me and asked me to check out his blog he gets featured here on AgWired.
He’s M.Lakshmanan, an agricultural consultant in Tirunelvelli : TN : India according to his profile. You can find M. Lakshmanan’s Blog On Agriculture here.
Isn’t the web a wonderful and global place? So if you’re interested in a new perspective on agriculture check him out.
From February 12 to 16, I will travel in Minnesota, speaking five times to farmer meetings as part of the Linder Farm Network Marketing and Management Series of meetings. I’m looking forward to this trip because I know listening to the Linder Farm Network has become a Minnesota tradition with farmers across the state. For almost 30 years, the Linder Farm Network has been the Voice of Agriculture in the state with information that farmers need to know to run their business successfully.
How many of you are doing communications work in other countries? Have you ever wondered how you’re going to get your message into those markets? Here’s another reason to think about podcasting. And to learn more about it while you’re in another country add the Corporate Podcasting Summit Europe to your calendar.
This week on the ZimmCast I spoke with Steve Rhea, president, Rhea & Kaiser Marketing Communications. Steve was in China recently for a business conference and he has some interesting perspective to share.
Before heading out to the Missouri Cattle Industry Convention I thought you might want to know that piggies in Belgium are in pain. Actually an animal rights group has created a PR campaign to create awareness. This is why you need to think about how to get involved in the online conversation folks. This campaign has: a website, a blog …
It’s been a very nice Thanksgiving weekend so far. I’ve been playing catch up on a lot of things that were on hold with all the travel of the past several weeks.
Looking ahead we’re getting near farm convention time. A lot of state organizations are holding their annual meetings in December. I’m hoping you’ll let me know about them and how they’re promoting them so I can pass it along.
Hopefully you’re familiar with Paul McKellips and his reports on the good news of what’s happening in Iraq, especially as it relates to agriculture. If not, then I suggest you listen to this week’s ZimmCast to hear from the man himself. I was very happy to get to meet Paul in Kansas City last week and we sat down for …
I just learned that Dennis Erpelding, Elanco Animal Health, is the new chairman of the U. S. Meat Export Federation.
The challenges facing Manitoba farmers this year going into the winter are much different from the challenges they faced last year. In 2005, many farmers had empty bins from the year before, and had little or no crop, going into the second year with empty bins. One farmer told me last year, farming used to be fun, but going into the second winter with empty bins, made that a stretch. I met him hauling beans this year, and I actually detected a slight smile on his face.
In its first year of delivery, enrollment in the Assiniboine Community College’s Swine Transportation and Handling program in Brandon, Manitoba has topped 200. The College launched the program about one year ago and so far, over 200 drivers have completed the training. The course has two components, the National Pork Board’s Trucker Quality Assurance program in the United States and a Canadian component developed by the ACC.
