Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner appointed 35 producer members and one public member to serve on the National Potato Promotion Board for three-year terms beginning March 1, 2008 and ending on Feb. 28, 2011. In addition, another member has been appointed to fill a vacancy for a term of office beginning immediately and ending on Feb.28, 2009. Newly appointed producer …
Gateway Governor’s Ag Lunch
The Missouri Governor’s Conference on Agriculture got kicked off this evening and I’m not there. But I will be for lunch tomorrow. Right now I’m missing the Taste of AgriMissouri. If you’ve never been then I can tell you you’re missing a great party and some good food. I think this is the first time the conference has been held …
Let’s Link Up
I think blogging about agricultural marketing to an audience of thousands of people every month via a massively search engine optimized website is a pretty open form of communication. To enhance that effort you can now find ZimmComm on some additional social communication networks – Facebook and LinkedIn. To view my profile and write on my wall you’ll need to …
Farm Art From Artist in the Sky
Ever wondered what your farm or business looks like from the air? How about having a picture taken? There’s lots of things you can do with it including using the photo in your marketing efforts (website, newsletter, flyers, emails) or just to hang on the office wall. The folks at Artist in the Sky have lots of reasons why you …
Zimfo Bites
The 2008 Commodity Classic trade show is sold out and a waiting list is in place for additional exhibitors. The trade show, featuring cutting-edge products and services and technological demonstrations, will be the largest in Commodity Classic’s history with 213 companies in 840 booths. A complete list of exhibitors and their products/services can be viewed here. Commodity Classic, the annual …
January Farm Meetings
It’s going to be a busy farm meeting season right after the holidays. Have you given any thought to having your event covered online? How about sponsoring coverage of an event as a way to promote your company or products? Here’s a few meeting ideas for you that we don’t have sponsors for but would love to cover: American Farm …
How To Talk To CCA’s
Right now Bryan Young, Southern Illinois University is talking His topic is “Targeting a Certified Crop Advisor Audience: Is there Some Middle Ground?” To start out he’s describing what that audience is like and I think it’s interesting that they have a wide range of educational backgrounds from no high school diploma to PhD. He did point out that 70% …
Growers With Maxx-imum Market Skills
Penton Media’s Corn & Soybean Digest announced the winners of its 2007 MarketMaxx competition, an online grain-marketing contest designed to help growers sharpen their marketing skills. MarketMaxx is a free, Web-based marketing simulation that allows corn and soybean growers to gain experience using marketing tools in a game environment. The 2007 MarketMaxx contest was sponsored by AGCO Gleaner, AGCO Tractors, …
Ice Storm Photos
Well the conditions here in Missouri have only become worse all day. The trees and branches falling sound like explosions. There’s going to be a lot of cleaning up to do like in this yard of a local home. The roads aren’t too bad except for the fallen branches and power lines. I went out for a while just to …
Missouri Ice Storm
Here’s the beautiful scene I woke up to this morning after a loud middle of the night thunder and lightning storm. It would be pretty until you hear the loud snapping and popping as branches and trees start breaking under the weight of the ice. That’s a sound I’ve heard quite a few times already this morning. We’ve got freezing …