Hello from Chicago Midway. I had to check my bag with my laptop so I’m experimenting with my Palm Treo. I’ll be back in full gear tomorrow. Today I was covering an ethanol pump promotion in Detroit for the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council. We sold 3,202 gallons of E10 gas in 1 1/2 hours and had the Governor of …

If you attend my agriblogging and farm podcasting workshop on Monday morning here at the Ag Media Summit you’ll find out about “The Long Tail.” If you’re not going to be here then go out and purchase “The Long Tail” by Chris Anderson. You might also start reading his blog.

I’ve been in a lot of airports lately. Take today as an example. We got out of Raleigh okay and then had to circle St. Louis for a while. Then we got to sit on the tarmac for a while until the plane at our gate got out of the way. Then it only took 45 minutes for baggage to show up.

If you’re new to the professional world of agribusiness you can find help. For example, you might consider the “How to Manage the Transition from College to Work” seminar coming up August 10 at the Drake & Company headquarters in St. Louis.

I just noticed that I’ve posted over 2,000 times on AgWired. It’s a milestone! That’s a lot of pictures, interviews, links, notices and other types of information on the business of agrimarketing.

The very first version of AgWired was installed in August of 2004 but I didn’t get in the blogging groove until March of 2005. I think my daily posting average works out to around 4 posts a day, 7 days a week.

Here’s a lot of what you see around town here in Reno. I came in a day early for the Cattle Industry Summer Conference because of flight availability and cost. So, it’s been nice to relax a little.

The Brew Blog is where you can find out news and information about the alcohol beverage industry. I think this is a fantastic idea. Listen up agrimarketers. Take a look at what Miller is doing here. They’ve hired or contracted with a reporter who is covering their industry. I know you purists out there will be shocked. How can this have any credibility you might ask? I say, look at what’s being posted by Jim Arndorfer. He’s certainly going to be an example I’ll be using in my workshop at the Ag Media Summit!

Hello AgWired fans. My marathon road trip for ethanol awareness with the AASHTO Celebrate the Interstate 50th Anniversary Cross Country Convoy is over! Over 80 posts on Domestic Fuel to date but I’ve got more to add over the weekend. You can use this link to scroll back through my trip and listen over 25 interviews and audio clips, lots of pictures and even a bunch of video clips. I’ve posted some here but not a lot.

This morning we got to tour the Eisenhower farm at Gettysburg. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that he farmed. Of course, that’s why it was called a “farm.”

It’s time for an update to my cross country, side-by-side, dueling satellite radio contest. I really don’t have a clue which one is going to win this yet.