Here’s how the Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture, Dennis Wolff, will be celebrating National Ag Day. Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff will join Lancaster County agricultural leaders at 10:30 a.m. on March 20 to recognize National Agriculture Day during an event at Graywood Farms in Peach Bottom, Lancaster County. If you’re interested in going you can find the farm here. If the …

I’m doing a presentation in Kansas City and during the meeting saw that my good friend Barry Nelson, John Deere, is on YouTube giving a speech in a corn field. It was done by Nathan Schock, POET. See what you think. Does Barry need some media training?

I think it must be getting near spring time if the Sandhill Cranes are flying over Nebraska. Here’s a formation doing a flyover when I gassed up on my way back from Omaha today. There were countless numbers of birds in the air this morning. According to Wikipedia: The Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) is a large crane of North America …

I’ve got a number of things to post here on AgWired but I think that too many time zones, time changes and meetings are catching up to me this weekend. So here’s all you get today. Actually a lot got done here on the home front including some office catch up work. This post is ag related in that I …

It’s been a really productive day here in California working with the ZimmComm Web Man. Look for some AgWired changes soon. I also learned a lot more about my Mac since he’s been on them way longer than I have. After leaving Bakersfield I headed on to San Luis Obispo where I’ll be presenting at Cal-Poly tomorrow. The first thing …

Consumers with questions about seafood sustainability and safety now need to look no further than the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Web site for answers. At the International Boston Seafood Show, NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher launched the agency’s new Fish Watch site, designed to answer consumer questions. “Steering the public to Fish Watch is a great way for consumers …

The Beefmobiles, vans emblazoned with visions of juicy steaks and burgers, embarked on the project’s fifth tour of the United States this January with the mission of delivering information to beef and dairy producers about how their beef checkoff dollars are being used. Created to provide information about beef and the checkoff’s $1-per-head assessment to producers and consumers, the Beefmobile …

I did go “off the grid” yesterday down here in Florida. A day out of the Gulf of Mexico is good for the soul. And also your dinner plate if you’re lucky enough to land a legal maximum redfish! I caught this one just before we called it quits yesterday. Now I’m back “on the grid” in Orlando getting ready …

Hello from Florida where it’s supposed to be in the 80’s today. I’m doing some new media training here at the Southeast AgNet headquarters before traveling on to Orlando and the National Ethanol Conference. This scene is the pond/waterfall in the front yard. It sort of shows why I’d like to move back to Florida some day. In the cold …

Okay folks, it’s the last day to take our annual survey and be entered in a drawing for a new iPod Nano AgWired Survey. If you’ve been putting it off then please get your entry in by the end of today since we’ll be doing a drawing and announcing the winner early next week. Thank you.