Missouri River Flooding Along Katy Trail

Chuck Zimmerman

Everyone’s watching to see how much flooding we get here in Missouri along the river. The Missouri River is up enough to close the Katy Trail. I still went out for a bike ride today and shot a little video. I didn’t have time to make it to the closed section but saw all I needed of the river up …

Video

IFAJ Trailer on YouTube

Chuck Zimmerman

You know I’m a big fan of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) so when I saw a link to an “IFAJ Trailer” I had to YouTube it for you. Cindy and I just made our reservations for the IFAJ Congress this fall in Japan. The early registration deadline is today. Nothing like waiting until the last minute, eh? …

IFAJ, International, Video

Ethanol Radio Remote

Chuck Zimmerman

We’re all about promotion here at ZimmComm New Media and the promotional efforts by EPIC to reach out to the public seemed to be working pretty well this week in Kansas City. Here’s Indy car driver Jeff Simmons doing a live break on AM 610 radio during the pump promotion they ran yesterday. 2007 Kansas Lottery Indy 300 Photo Album

Ethanol, Video

Surprise Eldon Reception

Chuck Zimmerman

We had a surprise reception for Eldon White last night. Kyle Bauer, KFRM, was outside the door for some reason and supposed to let Eldon in when he stopped by the president’s suite. The problem was the key he had didn’t work. So all of the sudden there was violent pounding on the door which we definitely weren’t expecting. Then …

NAMA, Video

The Armadillo Whisperer

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m really not sure if Bob Brunker, J. L. Farmakis, is praying or just what but you’re welcome to speculate in the comments. He couldn’t afford to pay me enough not to post this. We had armadillo races in the NAMA Connection Point and Bob was a racer. He lost by the way if I remember right. The think I …

NAMA, Video

Heading Out to Golf

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s the golf gang heading out to their tee-off earlier today. This is the great thing about YouTube. Take a short video clip, upload it and within a short period of time you’re available to be seen by the world wide web.

NAMA, Video

On YouTube We’re Live on the Radio

Chuck Zimmerman

I told you we had fun in the Y-100 studio this morning. Talking with the Bear & Charli. This is Charli in the middle with Michael Peterson (left) and BJ Schumacher (right). I shot a video clip while they were in one live segment and got it uploaded to YouTube this afternoon. I’m using a new camera and had to …

New Holland, Rodeo, Video

Ethanol Car Leaving The Pits

Chuck Zimmerman

At the moment it’s cool inside the overflow media tent which where I got assigned to. My little spot is right in front on the end of the table. It was the last place open when I got here yesterday. You can’t escape the word ethanol here as the logo is everywhere and it’s on the “suggested stories” list handed …

Ethanol, Video

Largest Combine in North America

Chuck Zimmerman

This is one big combine and it was on display at the Commodity Classic last week. I really didn’t get much done in the way of video but Cindy got motivated and thought that something this big spinning on a pedestal was worth a minute of YouTube’s time. So here’s what you’ve got. A minute of: The largest combine in …

Commodity Classic, Equipment, Video

Shuttle Bus Video

Chuck Zimmerman

All of the shuttle buses that are carrying people around from hotel to Convention Center are sponsored by BASF. I think they’ve done this before but it’s a great idea. The buses have video monitors and to keep people entertained they can watch a video that was put together by BASF. I’m getting a copy of it so you can …

BASF, Commodity Classic, New Holland, Video