Pioneer Hi-Bred announced a multi-year sponsorship to support Farm Journal Media’s Legacy Project at AG CONNECT Expo. You can listen to their press conference remarks below: “The median age of the U.S. farmer today is 58 years, yet only 20 percent of farmers report being confident in succession plans for their businesses,” says Andy Weber, president and CEO of Farm …
Charlene Finck Promoted to Senior VP, Farm Journal Media
Congratulations to Charlene Finck who has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Editorial & Content Development, at Farm Journal Media. “Charlene has been very visible in all four corners of our company in not only integrating our content efforts into a much more cohesive and impactful offering for the hundreds of thousands of farmers and ranchers we serve, but as …
Social Media Use In Business Up Significantly
For the third year in a row the Center for Marketing Research at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has conducted an in-depth and statistically significant study on the usage of social media in fast-growing corporations. The study is titled, “Social Media in the 2009 Inc. 500: New Tools & New Trends.” I’m guessing agribusiness companies will follow this trend and …
NAFB Internet Usage Study
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting recently released its latest Internet Usage Study. Cindy spoke with Ted Haller at their convention and I thought I’d have a chat with him about it too since the organization sent our a release on it last week. You can download a pdf with some of the key findings of the study on their …
Happy Holidays From CattleNetwork
Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for the New Year from Drovers CattleNetwork, the source for cattle news. On behalf of you, our sponsors and the Kansas City Airport Hilton, more than $19,000 worth of food is being distributed to the Harvesters — The Community Food Network and City Union Mission to help those in need this holiday season. Harvesters’ network …
Fastline Top Ten Ag Twitter Users
You know social media has become part of the ag communications world when you start seeing top ten lists like this one from Fastline (Part 1 and Part 2). I’m honored to have been selected for it and congratulate all the folks listed. There are many, many people now using social media like Twitter and all the other channels to …
Holiday Greetings From IFP Media
The staff at IFP Media, including the world renowned David Markey wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and prosperous new year.
Happy Holidays From AgroPress
Goran Djakovic, President, AgroPress, says Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Or as he also puts it, “Srecni novogodisnji i Bozicni praznici!”
John Walter is Social Media Superstar
Media Industry News selected one of our own as a Social Media Superstar. He’s John Walter, Successful Farming Executive Editor. John knows where we’ve been when it comes to convincing agrimarketers that farmers are like “regular people” when it comes to new and social media. Congratulations to him for this recognition! Walter was one of the founders of Agriculture.com, the …
Farm Broadcaster of the Year Unemployed
Just a couple of weeks ago, former NAFB president Ken Root was grinning from ear to ear as he accepted the coveted Farm Broadcaster of the Year award from the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. This week, he was unceremoniously let go by a company that has a reputation for not appreciating the work of talented and respected farm broadcasters. …