The American Farm Bureau Federation has selected twelve photographs as winners of the 2015 Farm Bureau Photo Contest. Ten Farm Bureau members and staff chose winners in each of four categories; Consumer Outreach, Family Farm, Farm Labor, and Technology. The winning photos reflect farm and ranch life and their efforts to reach consumers. This year’s winners are: Consumer Outreach: …
UF/IFAS Photo Contest Needs Your Pictures
The University of Florida Center for Public Issues Eudcation in Agriculture and Natural Resources (PIE Center) is inviting you to submit your favorite photographs in their 4th annual photo contest. The Center is looking for pictures that capture a moment, landscape, product or service that represents and celebrates the agriculture industry. All photographs must be submitted by Friday, March 18 …
Farm Bureau’s 2015 Photo Contest to Begin
Farm Bureau’s 2015 photo contest begins soon. This news release from the group says it is open to all state and county Farm Bureau members and staff above 18 years of age at the time of entry, including professional photographers. Photo submissions will be used to accurately portray today’s agriculture and the safe practices of farmers and ranchers, and also …
2nd Annual Fields-of-Corn Photo Contest
The National Corn Growers Association has just kicked off its second Field-of-Corn Photo Contest. The entry period is May 1-November 30, 2015. The National Corn Growers Association is calling on photographers to help tell the story of farming field corn in America. The goal is to capture high-resolution photos of growing corn from seed to harvest, the women and men …
Google Glass Wedding
We are back at ZimmComm World Headquarters today after spending Thanksgiving in Cancun marrying off our youngest daughter to a wonderful young man we are proud to call our new son-in-law. The setting for the wedding was just beautiful in a Catholic chapel on the beach. All of my family was there from south Florida, which made it very special. …
CFWF Photography Workshop
Improving photography skills was the goal of a post-conference workshop for the Canadian Farm Writers Federation last weekend. Photographer Elaine Shein with DTN/Progressive Farmer took close to 20 participants around the Legacy Garden behind the PEI Farm Centre and through the Royal Forest on the east side of the Crops and Livestock Research Centre grounds. Our Canadian correspondent Trudy Kelly …
The CT Farm Project
The fertile soils of the Connecticut landscape has sustained generations of farmers who toil from dawn to dusk to work the land and grow the food to feed a hungry state. It also has inspired award-winning photographer Jack McConnell to document the hardscrabble life of farmers. The CT Farm Project is a new exhibit that celebrates the faces and places …
Farm Progress Show Sunset
I couldn’t get a Farm Progress Show sunrise today but I did get the sunset! After I took this one and looked at it I realized there was a flag in front of the sun. That was a big surprise! Then another few miles down the road I had to pull over by a corn field. It was too good …
Hawaii Pictures by Vincent K. Tylor
In this week’s program we’re going to talk photography. Hawaiian photography with Vincent K. Tylor, Hawaiian Landmark Images. I want to be like Vince! Taking photos in Hawaii! A lot of you in the AgWired community are photographers or at least like taking pictures. I think you’ll enjoy our conversation. I asked Vince what was his favorite type of photography …
NCGA Fields-of-Corn Photo Contest
If you shoot it, they will vote – in the new National Corn Growers Association Fields-of-Corn Photo Contest. NCGA is calling all photographers to help tell the story of farming field corn in America with this brand new photo contest. Submit your favorite high-resolution photos of corn growth from seed to harvest and the families that grow it and you …