Proving that she is definitely connected in Washington, DC, Sara Wyant sat down for a little “chat” with Senate Ag Committee Chairman, Saxby Chambliss this week. You have to subscribe to her newsletter, Agri-Pulse, to read all about it. Here’s an excerpt:

Steve Drake has been busy. Adding staff to handle a growing business and now I know what he was doing up there at World Dairy Expo. Way to go Steve!

Last post for the day folks and I’ll give my keyboard a rest (not). I’ve seen this story all over the place and was not sure how to handle it until I read about in on Steve Mays blog. Steve usually has a way of putting things in perspective. The story is on Adage.com (requires registration).

The American Angus Association will be inducting a number of people into the Angus Heritage Foundation in just a few weeks. I will not be able to attend but I can just guess what they’ll be serving for dinner!!

I knew another milestone was fast approaching for AgWired but I didn’t catch it until I went past it. This post is number 1,002! When I got started I thought that I’d be lucky to post something every once in a while. Little did I know. I guess it’s called being bitten by the blog bug. Whatever it is, there is no shortage of information or topics.

Want to know what’s in the foods you eat? USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, Food Survey Research Group (say that 3 times real fast) just introduced a new online search tool today that let’s you find out all the food ingredient information you could ask for. It’s called “What’s In The Foods You Eat.” You can run it online or download the search tool to your computer.

Since we’re constantly evolving around here I made a few changes that you might have noticed on AgWired. I’ve added some pages that are in the top left list of links. Several of these are categories of listings that I think you’ll be interested in. They include: Agencies, Companies/Ag Groups, Media and of course, Blogs & Podcasts. This is just a start. I will be adding to this as time permits. In the meantime, I’d like you to check them out and submit links you’d like me to include. Just email me the name and url.

I’m always looking for pictures that would make a good “Zimmage” (see top right image in sidebar). I’ll offer a free AgWired t-shirt to whoever submits their own photo that gets selected to post as a Zimmage (or in a regular post). Just email it to me. I’m looking for seasonal images, farm images, ag-related images of any kind. Let’s see how this goes.

I’ve never written a post to AgWired that I could preview in WordPress until now! I guess I got so used to it that I didn’t know there was a plugin that allows me to see what I’ve created before you do.

Have you heard about Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendel? I would find it hard to believe you haven’t. Unless he’s wasting a lot of public relations dollars. Here’s the latest from the PA Gov today: