Podcasting is becoming more mainstream all the time. Now USDA’s FSIS is using this great new media communications tool. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today launched a series of educational podcasts tailored to address food safety and education issues for consumers and other stakeholders. As a part of the Agency’s ongoing outreach efforts …
Focusing on Farm New Media
I just finished doing Blogging 101 for the international ag media attending the Alltech Symposium. Thanks to Liz Broomall, Alltech intern, for taking the photo. Ignore those empty chairs. The crowd was all around there and behind Liz. I kind of rambled around on the subjects of blogging, podcasting, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. I was also very surprised to be …
Pioneer Forage Forum Podcast
Pioneer Hi-Bred International is now on its third year of podcasting the Forage Forum on World Dairy Diary and the Pioneer Growing Point website. We just posted podcast number 30 on the websites today. Forage Forum features “news and information important to dairy professionals working for successful animal nutrition.” It’s kind of interesting that a seed company provides this kind …
Podcast Audience Grows Significantly
For those of you who are continuing to ponder the wonder of new media and are maybe waiting out this “fad” then you might want to take notice of a recent Arbitron-Edison Media Research study titled, “The Infinite Dial 2008: Radios Digital Platforms.” You will find that there continues to be huge growth in the number of people with iPods …
Writing and Podcasting in Iowa
This week I attended a portion of the AAEA/LPC Regional Design & Writing Workshop in Johnston, IA. Some of you are probably thinking, “Why didn’t he stay since he so obviously needs help?” Yeah, but I had other places to be too. So in this week’s program you’ll hear from LPC Executive Director Diane Johnson who talks about the workshop …
NCGA Starts Podcast
The National Corn Growers Association is Gettin’ Jiggy wit It. They’re doing RSS Feeds of their news, they’re blogging and now they’re podcasting. Here’s the file you need in order to subscribe. Now Hear This: A Better Way to Get Top NCGA News (4-8-08) The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), which has been making audio files of its top news …
New Soyfoods Council Podcast
The Soyfoods Council has a new podcast series started which you can find a link to on their website. We’ve worked with Executive Director, Linda Funk, to create this new series which you can subscribe to with this feed link. Remember that you can use your browser to subscribe now or my favorite, iTunes. The Soyfoods Council website www.thesoyfoodscouncil.com has …
New Podcast on Domestic Fuel
Over on our sister Domestic Fuel site we just introduced a new podcast today to feature renewable energy news twice a month (or more often). The Domestic Fuel Cast will feature people and news of interest in the alternative fuels industry. If you’d like subscribe to the podcast then here’s the url/feed link: http://zimmcomm.biz/domesticfuel/domestic-fuel-cast.xml. You can use your browser (IE, …
Podcast Training by University of Florida Ag School
Cindy found some great pictures from the current class going through the Wedgworth Leadership Institute. I assume they were learning to use their iPods for creating and subscribing to podcasts like the ZimmCast during the media training portion of the program. The name of the program changed after a generous donation in honor of the memory of Mr. George Wedgworth. …
Truffle Media Networks Starts Ag Media Conversations
The podcasting folks at Truffle Media Networks are starting a new one to focus on ag podcasting. Although it sounds a lot like my ZimmCast I’m sure glad to see another channel for you to learn about how to integrate new media tools into your agricultural marketing strategy. Agriculture promotion professionals, get ready to download. Ag Media Conversations – the …