For those of you who might have been wondering if I made it back from Denver the answer is yes. Captain Evan Slack is a great pilot. We ran around some clouds and “weather” on the way to Kansas City. One of the choices as we got near Salina, KS was north or south. We went south and it was …
AgriTalking at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference
If I didn’t post a picture of Mike Adams he might start to get a complex and think I’m ignoring him. I am not. Mike’s one of several farm broadcasters here at the conference. Today he had CBB chairman Ken Stielow on as a guest. If you didn’t hear AgriTalk today you’ll be able to find it archived on the …
Precision Ag by Croplife
At the 2007 InfoAg Expo I had a nice conversation with Paul Schrimpf, editor, CropLife Media Group. His company was one of the key organizers of the event and the Precision Ag Awards from the Precision Ag Institute. In the photo he was announcing the award winners. While talking with Paul he explains how they are involved with the conference. …
Farm Journal Zeros In on New Crop Acres
New crops are, well, cropping up everywhere. In fact, Farm Journal Media reports that a significant amount of new corn acres are popping up well outside the corn belt. Farm Journal says its latest campaign to collect data on new crop acres is unprecedented. The agricultural media company says this data collection campaign will serve as a vital tool for …
A Golden Voice on the Plains
According to a release sent to me today there’s going to be a new farm radio network on the plains. Golden Plains Ag Network a division of Rocking M Radio, owner and operator of the largest number of Kansas radio stations, will officially launch Wednesday, Aug. 1. The network will begin operations with 19 affiliated radio stations that are strategically …
Learfield News Adds Waitt
Waitt Agribusiness is the latest addition to the Learfield News Group. “We rep Brownfield, America’s largest ag radio network, American Ag Network, Kansas Ag Network, KFRM, and KRES Radio, so Waitt is a logical addition,” said Stan Koenigsfeld, President of Learfield News. “We have made a significant investment in technology and human resources in order to make buying farm radio …
TOP PRODUCER Gets New Editor
Charles Johnson is the newest addition to join the TOP PRODUCER editorial team as the magazine’s national editor. The magazine has promoted another staff member, Linda Smith, to executive editor. In making the announcements, Greg Vincent, editor of TOP PRODUCER, said the addition of Johnson to the staff “is great not only for Farm Journal Media, but also for the …
RFD-TV Going HD in November
How about an RFD-TV twofer? That’s apparently what the world will get starting this fall when they launch their new high-definition channel. Could anything be more beautiful on TV than rural America in high-definition? RFD-TV is proud to announce the launch of RFD HD, this company’s new 24-hour television channel. RFD HD will create even more original programming to better …
The DTN Blogs
Chris Clayton over at DTNAg.com brought to my attention the fact that they’ve got several blogs up and running on their website. They all say “Limited Trial” on them which I think is interesting. I guess they’re just testing the waters on this blog thing. I’m betting they’d like some feedback on what they’re doing so check it out and …
News & Booze and Slow Food
Laura just brought my attention to “Slow Food,” an organization that I coincidentally mentioned in a recent post. I haven’t finished checking them out but did come across an article on their website that rings true to American agricultural journalists. In his article Phil Rees bemoans the lack of alcohol in today’s newsrooms. He writes about the good old days …