Hello and welcome to the 2013 Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation Conference in Harrison Hot Springs. Yesterday was check in and if time allowed, take a dip in one of the hot springs pools outside or inside. This is a beautiful location on Harrison Lake. We got things started last night with a welcoming reception. Today it’s off on tours. I’ll …
Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation Conference
Big agriculture in a small setting. That’s what I’m off to see in Canada! For the next several days I’ll be attending the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation Conference which is hosted by the BC Farm Writers’ Association. We’re going to be in Harrison Hot Springs, BC. The Harrison Hot Springs Resort, on the southern shore of Harrison Lake in the …
2013 LPC Royal Gala
It’s Royal Gala time once again for the Livestock Publications Council. Please join us for the 10th annual LPC Royal Gala which has been appropriately named “A Diamond Event”. This year’s is extra special as a new event will debut in 2015 replacing the Gala as we know it. The new event will have many of the features of the …
Al Gustin’s Farm Byline
Like North Dakota agriculture? Then you might like a “Al Gustin’s Farm Byline: Reflections on North Dakota Agriculture 1974-2013.” Widely considered the “Voice of North Dakota Agriculture,” Al Gustin spent 45 years as a television and radio agricultural broadcast journalist and is in his 40th year as a magazine columnist. In this, his first book, Gustin has compiled a collection …
Wrapping Up 2013 IFAJ Congress
Cindy and I are close to wrapping up our coverage of the 2013 IFAJ Congress in Argentina but not quite done. As we arrived at the airport in Buenos Aires to return home I spent a few minutes with Marcus Rediger, President, IFAJ. Marcus is pictured on the left with Congress President, Carlos Curci Gonzalez. Marcus says he was already …
Ruralisima TV Program 1
There’s a new tv show in Argentina and I’m happy to have been included! It’s Ruralisima TV, produced by Uno Sei. I hope you speak spanish but if you don’t you can find me at about 18:30 in and I only speak English. This was a short interview on our boat ride in which we talked about why participation in …
Americans Score IFAJ Awards
American ag journalists were honored for their work in the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) Star Prize contests, results of which were announced last week at IFAJ’s World Congress in Rosario, Argentina. A Progressive Farmer team of American Agricultural Editors’ Association (AAEA) members Gregg Hillyer, Barb Baylor Anderson, Charles Johnson, and Howard G. Buffett – took home the IFAJ-Yara …
RFA and NCBA to Debate Renewable Fuel Standard
Representatives of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) will be squaring off to debate on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) this week in Washington D.C. AgriTalk and Agri-Pulse will be hosting the debate via broadcast and the web on September 12 starting at 11:00 am Eastern time live from the Longworth Building, Room 1300. …
2013 IFAJ Congress Group Photo
Here’s the whole group of 2013 IFAJ Congress participants at our La Campiña lunch tour and stop. Thank you Case IH and New Holland for your support. 2013 IFAJ Congress Photo Album
Your ZimmComm Team at Work
Here is your ZimmComm team at the 2013 Farm Progress Show, all fresh and ready to go – before we got to work and started wilting in the heat – standing in front of the new and improved **AIR CONDITIONED** media tent, sponsored by BASF. This is our biggest team ever at any event! That’s me, Cindy Z, on the …