The deadline for the IFAJ-Yara Award for Sustainable Agriculture Reporting is coming up fast – July 1, 2012. Don’t know what it is? Here’s some information. The IFAJ-Yara Award for Sustainable Agriculture Reporting is open to articles, Internet productions or radio/TV broadcasts on the broad themes of hunger, feeding the world sustainably and meeting the challenge of providing nutrition to …
Southeast AgNet Announces AgNet West
Southeast AgNet introduces a new venture, AgNet West Media, LLC. The company has just announced the newly formed joint venture with California farm media personality Patrick Cavanaugh, Farm Director, and Laurie Greene, West Coast operations (pictured below). The company will operate AgNet West Radio Network, local farm radio network for stations and listeners in California and the western region. I …
Services for Mark Pearson
Family, friends, farmers and fellow Iowans are saying goodbye this week to beloved “Market to Market” host Mark Pearson, who died suddenly last Sunday. Mark’s visitation will be held at the Hy-Vee Conference Center in West Des Moines today from 4 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the Plymouth Congregational Church on Friday, June 8 at 11 …
Iowa Market to Market Host Dies
We were so saddened to hear the news this morning that Mark Pearson, the long-time host of Iowa Public Television’s popular “Market to Market” show, passed away suddenly yesterday at his farm in Madison County. Mark, who was 54 years old, was also co-host of WHO-AM radio’s “The Big Show.” I just had the opportunity to interview Mark in February …
Molding the Future of Agriculture
Wrapping up our tour at Locust Trace AgriScience Farm, I had the opportunity to chat with one of five agriculture education instructors at Locust Trace, Mr. Todd Harp. He had the students eating out of the palm of his hand as he discussed artificial insemination and quizzed them on reproduction in dairy cattle. This hands-on approach to learning is just …
Agriculture.com® wins two MobileWebAwards
Less than one year after the re-launch of m.Agriculture.com, the site has been awarded two MobileWebAwards from the Web Marketing Association for Best Magazine Mobile Website and Best Magazine Mobile Application. The two awards come shortly after the announcement of the industry-first Mobile Commerce Messaging suite of offerings. The new services include a unique [A] Deals feature that provides farmers …
Alltech Symposium Press Conference
A press conference was held following the morning session of the 2012 Alltech International Symposium. Panelists included Dr. Pearse Lyons, President/CEO of Alltech, Governor John Y. Brown Jr., Dr. Mark Lyons, Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Alltech, Dr. Karl Dawson, Alltech’s Chief Scientific Officer & Tim Gannon, Co-Founder Outback Steakhouse. Catch a recap of the question and answer session …
DTN/The Progressive Farmer Market Strategies App
Telvent GIT, S.A., parent company of DTN/The Progressive Farmer, just launched a new Market Strategies app. It is now available via the Apple iTunes Store and Android Market. The Market Strategies app ensures producers will have the most accurate, real-time data on commodity markets with instant alerts to changes in the market. Unlike other consumer-based applications, the app shares DTN/The …
Internet Grows As Farmer Information Source
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting has just released the results their Media Usage Update Survey. The internet continues to make inroads as a farmer’s source for news and information and mobile devices are gaining steam too. But as you’ll find in the results you’ve still got your farmers out there who don’t even use a computer much less the …
Mourning the Passing of Stewart Doan
It is with great sadness that I learned of the passing of good friend and industry colleague Stewart Doan, Agri-Pulse. I’ve known Stewart long enough not to even remember when I first met him. He’s always been there and it was through the National Association of Farm Broadcasting that we got to know each other. Here’s a photo I took …