Truckers and others learned about biodiesel on the Dave Nemo Show yesterday when NBB CEO, Joe Jobe, got behind the microphone with him and Michael Peterson. I recorded a segment for you on video. With support from New Holland, this program has been an annual deal. Perhaps Joe and Dave can get together more often now since fuel has become such an important issue, especially with the price volatility we’ve seen in the last couple years.
Live From CMA Music Festival – New Holland Booth
Hello from the Chevy Sports Zone at the CMA Music Festival. We’ve been streaming live from the New Holland booth. We’ve also got the American Paint Horse Association sharing space with us.
I was testing out our live feed in advance of Sunday’s New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race, hosted by Michael Peterson. Thanks to everyone who tuned in. We’ve got a special internet access set up that didn’t reach our tent so I was just borrowing some local bandwidth. That’s why the feed was going in and out but I hope you got a flavor of the booth. We’re looking forward to being live Sunday morning starting at 10:30am central for the race!
Dave Nemo Goes Biodiesel
For the third year in a row I got to sit in the studio with Joe Jobe, National Biodiesel Board (left) and Michael Peterson (right) while they were guests on the Dave Nemo Show. This year the show is on both XM and Sirius.
They talked biodiesel and sang some songs during the show. I’ve got video that will be showing up later. Right now I’m heading downtown to see what’s going on at the CMA Music Festival.
[iPhone] Michael Peterson, Joe Jobe are guests on Dave Nemo Show on XM/Sirius. on 12seconds.tv
2009 CMA Music Festival Photo Album
You can listen to the first segment of the show with Michael and Joe doing a duet here:
Zimfo Bytes
- Trimble announced it has acquired privately-held NTech Industries.
- The PrecisionAg Institute has announced the recipients of the 2009 PrecisionAg Awards of Excellence. This is the third annual presentation of these awards, designed to celebrate the people and programs that have helped agriculture realize the full benefits of technology to improve agronomy, efficiency, and stewardship in crop production. Click here for a list of winners and their profile.
- Plant Bioscience Limited and Becker Underwood have announced the signing of an agreement granting Becker Underwood exclusive global marketing rights to patented new seed treatment technology. The technology provides a radical new approach to protecting major food crops from pest attack.
- AgCareers.com reported an increase in the number of U.S. jobs posted and applications received in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the first quarter of 2008. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported an 8.5 percent national unemployment rate in March.
Live Country Music Delayed
This evening the CMA Music Festival had a storm issue at the LP Field concert. The second act was Reba McEntire and she was just getting started when they had to clear the field. We got to see Brooks & Dunn and then a couple songs by Reba. It was very disappointing and I’m sure most fans stayed underneath the stands in the hopes that they might restart the program. We decided not to wait and returned to our hotel. It was a nasty storm and we had tornado watch to go with it.
In the morning I’ll join Michael Peterson, Joe Jobe and Gene Hemphill as we go visit Dave Nemo for his show on XM/Sirius Radio so there will be a lot more to come from this year’s Fan Fair!
Post Update: The show did restart long after we left, probably around midnight and finished before 3am. I’m pretty sure it was only the hard
Festival Race a Winning Promotion For New Holland
In this week’s program we’re going to hear all about how well the New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race, hosted by Michael Peterson, is working for the company. I sat down with Gene Hemphill, New Holland Public Affairs, and we talked about this project that we’ve been involved with for 4 years now. Gene says he and Michael took the idea to the CMA about a year before the first tractor race and were welcomed to become CMA Music Festival participants. The event has grown to the point that, outside of the evening concerts, it’s now one of the top attended events during the festival.
You’ll hear Gene say that this project has accomplished a lot of things for New Holland as it has developed. Besides just the race event and all the celebrities New Holland is also able to support the FFA, work with Joe Jobe, CEO of the National Biodiesel Board and Chuck Leavell, keyboardist for the Rolling Stones and interact with people who fit the ideal demographics for the company and its products.
Cindy was with us so she got a photo of Gene talking to the ZimmComm Golden Microphone.
This week’s program ends with some Michael Peterson music. It’s a song titled, “Down On The Farm” and even if you’ve heard it before, it’s worth hearing again. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for listening.
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CMA Music Festival Parade
Michael Peterson recruited Carly to ride on in the parade with him here at the CMA Music Festival.
So she hopped on and joined the FFA members who rode in the sunshine as we kicked off another country music extravaganza.
While Carly was riding, Cindy was multitasking in the back.
Here in the picture you can see her shooting with my Flip Mino HD while shooting some still photos.
In case you’re wondering if that really works, there are pictures in the photo album from Cindy when I took this photo of her.
Then you can watch a clip of the video she was shooting below. In it Michael hops off the trailer for a quick live interview.
We’ll be on location here all week so you can expect to see and hear more interviews when and where we find them. We’re taking it slow this morning though since a major storm just moved through and it was not a good time to be outside. Hopefully it all clears up soon.
Boehringer Ingelheim Focused on PRRS
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is a major focus for Boehringer Ingelheim, which sponsored a press conference at the recent World Pork Expo to talk about some of the latest in PRRS-control strategies.
Dr. Reid Phillips, with BI’s Swine Enteric Technical Services, says they strive to encourage collaborative research in the field and continue to evaluate their modified live vaccine (MLV) and the role it plays in PRRS control. “We know that the vaccine has been effective in a prophylactic model 3-4 weeks ahead of exposure for mitigation of infection,” Reid told me. “We are also looking at using the vaccine in a therapeutic model, reducing the amount of virus transmitted within positive populations.” He says the early evidence of that looks very good, which would mean lowering the risk of the virus moving within regions.
Reid says BI is a family-owned company that is committed to overall animal health and they have been focused on PRRS research since 1994. “We want to do whatever it takes and we believe we are making progress,” he said.
Listen to or download my interview with Reid here:
FFA at CMA
New Holland and Michael Peterson showed their support for the FFA here at the CMA Music Festival once again. The officers of the Westmoreland FFA chapter rode with Michael in the kickoff parade. Before we got started I interviewed them. They’re north of Nashville about 45 minutes.
They were pretty excited to ride along with Michael behind a new New Holland tractor. They describe the FFA as a basic youth organization for agricultural education. They’re happy to have the chance to promote their program and show their support for agriculture. They’ll be working in the New Holland booth in the Chevy Sports Zone during the rest of the Festival.
You can listen to my interview with Westmoreland FFA here: cma-09-ffa.mp3
Or you can watch the video of it here:
Michael Peterson Parades at CMA Music Festival
The CMA Music Festival is underway in Nashville, TN. My good friend Michael Peterson was a crowd pleaser in the opening parade this afternoon. He and I found a cool place for an interview after the parade.
Michael and I agree that it seems like there are even more people here than last year. It was a big crowd lining Broadway for the parade in the heat and humidity. He’s looking forward to another great New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race on Sunday.
You can listen to my interview with Michael here: cma-09-michael-parade.mp3
Or watch the interview here:
I’ve got over a hundred photos being uploaded to Flickr right now and I’ll be posting a link to it soon in an online photo album. Check them out: 2009 CMA Music Festival Photo Album