The Executive Vice President of the American Hereford Association is Craig Huffhines. He welcomed us to the media day event and reviewed our day’s activities. I’m going to interview Craig on our break to learn more about him and what he’s trying to accomplish in his leadership position with the organization. Craig’s been with AHA since 1992 when he started …
Hearing About Herefords
Class is in session at the American Hereford Association offices for agricultural journalists. I think this is the first time for most of us to actually visit the AHA office. Our program includes topics like new heterosis research, the resurgence of an industry icon, answering the performance call and creating Hereford demand through consumer satisfaction. AHA Media Day Photo Album
American Hereford Association Offices
The American Hereford Association media day is underway here at their offices in downtown Kansas City. It may be raining this morning but no one is complaining. We needed it! This morning we’re going to have some presentations and time for interviews with several representatives of the AHA as well as producer members. I’ll be posting mine during the day …
Getting a New Media Fix
It looks like I’ll be able to attend the third annual Podcast & New Media Expo. I’m finding it hard to believe we’ve been doing this new media thing in agribusiness for over 3 years now. Starting Friday, I’ll be getting my new media fix with educational sessions and a trade show. I’ll be attending the conference with longtime friend …
Blogging From 3 Countries
This is a first for AgWired and ZimmComm New Media. Hopefully tomorrow you’ll see posts from three of us in three countries from three different events. Laura is in Texas, USA attending the Propane Technology Forum, Cindy is in Frankfurt, Germany attending a tour at BASF headquarters and I’m finally in Guelph, Canada where I’ll be passing along what I …
Zimfo Bites
DEKALB has announced the launch of DEKALB WingWear, a clothing line featuring custom-designed graphic apparel and accessories for young men and women ages 15 to 24. A portion of all DEKALB WingWear proceeds will be donated to help fund a new DEKALB Ag Youth Scholarship for high school and collegiate students pursuing agriculture-related degrees. Ten students will be awarded a …
Akismet Catches Comment Spam
Comment spam wasn’t something I knew much about until about a year ago when AgWired started to get hit hard. That’s when we made a decision to install Akismet on all our sites and all of our client’s sites as well. In fact, Akismet is a standard feature of any site we build today. So far Akismet on AgWired has …
Mexico Missouri Air Show
While I was out doing some field photography today I just happened to be passing Mexico, MO at a convenient time. This was a long zoom away but I think the contrast is pretty cool. I’m not sure what plane this is or who is flying it but this is the low spot in his dive just before going vertical …
Fall Family Fun on The Rock Ranch
Mark your calendars for September 15th, when The Rock Ranch kicks off its Fall Family Fun Days. Scheduled events include a art, square dancing, music and more. The Rock Ranch, a 1,250-acre cattle ranch owned by Chick-fil-A® Founder S. Truett Cathy, kicks off its “Fall Family Fun Days” on Sept. 15 with its unique blend of “agritainment” (a mix between …
Member Website Training
It’s another road warrior day as Cindy and I move our youngest to college. That means some light posting until tomorrow. Yesterday was a little light too because much of it was spent doing website training at the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council offices. We re-built their member website recently and Elizabeth, Joanna and I finally found time to all …