Aloha from NAFB President

Cindy Zimmerman

Aloha from yet another president at the 93rd American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting – the president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB). Tom Steever of Brownfield Ag News gave the traditional NAFB president greeting at the start of the closing general session Monday – and was darn near as funny as keynote speaker and Pulitzer Prize winning …

AFBF, NAFB, Video

Holiday Greetings From NAFB

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s a holiday greeting from the National Association of Farm Broadcasting: Celebrate… the Tradition of Giving, the Beauty of the Season, and a New year of Peace and Happiness National Association of Farm Broadcasting

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NAFB Convention President’s Report

Chuck Zimmerman

New National Association of Farm Broadcasting President Tom Steever, Brownfield, just sent out a post-convention report. It sure makes sense to send out a report we can listen to from this group doesn’t it? In Tom’s report you’ll hear about the value of increased professional improvement opportunities for the organization. I had the pleasure to chair the professional improvement committee …

Audio, NAFB

Great Outlook for Beef Exports

Cindy Zimmerman

The first six months of 2011, exports of U.S. beef and variety meat exports totaled over $3 billion, a 40% increase over the same time period in 2010 and something that has made beef cattle producers very happy this year. “It’s looking really good,” said National Cattlemen’s Beef Association president-elect J.D. Alexander of Nebraska during an interview at NAFB Trade …

Audio, Beef, NAFB, NCBA

The BASF Advantage Keeps Getting Better

Cindy Zimmerman

It seems like there is always something new from BASF Crop Protection to make life a little better for farmers. At the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Trade Talk, I talked with Technical Market Manager Nick Fassler about what is new in the fungicide arena. You might remember that we just chatted with Nick earlier this year at Commodity Classic …

Audio, BASF, Corn, NAFB, Soybean

Update On Vault HP

Chuck Zimmerman

At the NAFB Trade Talk I visited with Russ Berndt, Becker Underwood. We had visited earlier this year at the Ag Media Summit where we talked about their bio-based, growth-promoter for soybeans, Vault HP. Russ says that’s still the big news with Becker Underwood. Russ says they’ve had a big increase in sales this year which is the second year …

Agribusiness, Audio, NAFB

Increasing Corn Yield In 2012

Chuck Zimmerman

Maximizing corn yields in 2012 was the theme of information shared during the NAFB Trade Talk this year by FMC. I visited with Gail Stratman (not pictured), FMC Midwest Technical Lead to find out what’s new with FMC. He says that as demand for corn continues to grow worldwide, farmers are trying to eke out every bushel they can from …

Agribusiness, Audio, FMC, NAFB

New Research On Benefits Of Atrazine

Chuck Zimmerman

During the recent NAFB convention, AgriTalk recorded a panel discussion about new research on Atrazine. This herbicide, which has been on the market for more than 50 years is very beneficial from an economic and environmental standpoint in the production of corn, sorghum and sugar cane according to this new research. I interviewed one of those researchers, Dr. Mike Owen, …

Agribusiness, Audio, Environment, Farming, NAFB, Syngenta, Video

Cattlemen’s Beef Board Update

Chuck Zimmerman

The Cattlemen’s Beef Board is enjoying the best relationships with its contractors in years according to new CEO Polly Ruhland. I spoke with Polly, pictured on the right, at the NAFB Trade Talk session to find out how things are going after some of the recent changes. Polly says that the Beef Board is taking a look at the structure …

Ag Groups, Audio, Beef, NAFB

Meet New NAFB President

Chuck Zimmerman

He looks very presidential in this photo doesn’t he? He’s Tom Steever, Brownfield and the new President of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. Tom actually takes over officially on January 1, 2012. However, he has been serving as interim President following the tragic death of Lindsay Hill earlier this year. So that kind of makes Tom the “old” and …

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