If you know ZimmComm then you know there’s more than just Chuck that makes this company run. In fact, you can see her picture on the blog home page!

You may wonder what the Pope has to do with agrimarketing. Trust me there’s a connection here.

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You know “blog” really isn’t a very pretty word. But what else are you going to call it? What if it’s an ag-related blog? Would it be a “blag?” (Sent in by the oh so creative Steve Mays) And would a bunch of blags be a blaggle?

I just added some links to a number of blog search engines.

This evening the Missouri Department of Agriculture hosted its annual legislative reception. Normally this consists of booths by commodity groups who serve food from their commodity. I know other states do this. One of the winners of the competition was the Missouri Soybean Association for their soy-based Pony Express green beer. Another winner was the Missouri Wine Industry which created …

I just got my ACDC News notice by email and no, it’s not a newsletter for a rock group! It’s basically a collection of stories that are collected and archived at the College of Agriculture, Consumer & Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Communications Documentation Center at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. This issue contains some timely articles on blogging! Here’s their email: …

Hopefully we’ll be able to import the directories from our old blog site at hpp://zimmcomm.blogspot.com. If you’re looking for an old post for now you’ll have to visit there. Now that we’ve moved our blog to our own server you’ll see some new features and additions cropping up since we have more flexibility and capabilites. Thanks for visiting and we …

The March issue is out and it’s all about “Connecting To Rural America.” I wrote an article on blogging in it which you can read online if you don’t get the magazine. There are other good articles as usual. You’ll notice a reference to the fact that Becky Rasmussen has moved on. I know she’ll be missed at the magazine …

What’s the Difference Between TNR’s and NAFB’s NFBS?This is one of the questions we are asked most often by ag related agencies and companies, right after “can we track who uses our releases?” I’ve been meaning to write about it for a while as a way to help answer the question. TNR’s are our Talking News Releases, which are basically …