Talking About Photography

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmCast-206 - Pro PhotographyChildress, TX is home to one great photographer and that would be Russell Graves, RussellGraves.com. I spent a half day with him yesterday and feel like I learned a lot from the experience.

Childress, TXI know that a lot of AgWired fans are pro photographers themselves or at least have a real interest in taking pictures so I hope you’ll really enjoy getting to know Russell and listening to our conversation about his work. Russell also teaches high school ag technology classes. He has a passion for his home state and looks at his work as a way to chronicle the rural lifestyle he grew up in so that current and future generations will still be able to enjoy it captured in pictures. If you take time to look through his pictures I’m sure you’ll see many that will make you think, “I’ve seen that same picture before (in your own life).” He could probably live anywhere he wants but he chooses to raise his children in a country environment and I applaud him for that decision.

Russell and I talk about equipment, software, work flow and why we love what we do and do what we love. I think this is a great conversation and I hope you enjoy it. Thank you for listening.

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Camel Sighting

Chuck Zimmerman

CamelWhen you think of Texas, you think cowboys and cattle but . . .

On my way back from Childress yesterday I saw a bunch of these off of Highway 278 so I had to stop. They were just grazing around. I can’t say I’ve ever seen a camel farm.

So that’s just one of the unique sights on this trip so far.

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Visiting With Russell Graves

Chuck Zimmerman

Russell GravesMeet Russell Graves, RussellGraves.com. He’s a professional photographer whose work I absolutely love. I’m on a layover in Ft. Worth, TX and he was gracious enough to take some time to meet with me to talk “shop” today.

We’re going to record an interview here in a few minutes for tomorrow’s ZimmCast. The drive up here from Ft. Worth was beautiful. It’s a little breezy today but sunny and warm enough.

We did a little drive around on some property that Russell manages and I got this shot of him there.

More to come tomorrow.

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Cattle Industry Convention Concludes

Chuck Zimmerman

The Cattle Industry Convention is just wrapping up. Rod Smith, Feedstuffs, and I, have been sitting side by side as the CBB and NCBA conduct their annual business meetings. Some of us think we should call our table the “Rod Smith Memorial Media Table.”

CBB/NCBA Annual Meeting

My coverage has focused once again on the activities of the Beef Board as the Beef Board Blogger. If you’d like to learn more about what they did, you’ll find it on BeefBoardMeeting.com. Media are invited to download audio and pictures which you’ll find many links to there as well as committee agendas and minutes.

It’s been a great convention here in Phoenix. I’m headed on to Ft. Worth today and will be spending time at the Ft. Worth Stock Show doing a little more Drive Green blogging for John Deere.

Cattle Industry Convention Photo Album

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Top 15 Davisms

Chuck Zimmerman

At the CBB Dinner tonight we had a little fun with outgoing Chairman Dave Bateman.

I guess Dave was a target this past year. Here he’s showing off one of his going away presents. The exit sign is purely a coincidence.

Dave Bateman

Vice Chairman, Lucinda Williams, collected a list of her favorite “Davisms” this past year and shared them with us.

You can listen to the top 15 Davisms here: cic-09-davisms.mp3

Cattle Industry Convention Photo Album

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Beef Board Approves Recommended Changes To Checkoff

Chuck Zimmerman

CBB Update SessionThe CBB Update Session was pretty interesting yesterday. The Beef Board voted to pass recommendations to change the Beef Checkoff and the discussion was fairly emotional and heated at times.

Basically, the Board is recommending to increase the Checkoff to $2 along with changing a number of other elements of the rule like allowing more involvement from producer groups that weren’t eligible under the original rule.

This morning I spoke with Chairman Dave Bateman who explains the process and what will happen at this point. The Board has done its duty and now has to depend on the Secretary of Agriculture and the industry to move the process for change forward.

You can listen to my interview with Dave here: cic-09-bateman-2.mp3

There are a lot of photos in the convention photo album. Check to see who you know: Cattle Industry Convention Photo Album

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New in the Novus Line-Up

Cindy Zimmerman

International Poultry Expo 09A new line of products going to bat from Novus International for the poultry industry is CIBENZA feed additives and other Novus enzyme and probiotic products. The coach for this special team is product manager Dr. Nasser Odetallah.

cibenzaNasser comes from Amman, Jordan, where he earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from University of Jordan specializing in enzymes. He also owned and operated a broiler production farm and held positions in academia, research and product development. Novus put him in charge of the CIBENZA line of products just this past November.

The enzyme products offer a number of benefits for the poultry producer, as well as the environment and Nasser explains it all in this interview. ipe-09-nassar.mp3

You can also download the interview here: Nasser Interview (mp3).

International Poultry Expo Photo Album

AgWired coverage of International Poultry Expo is sponsored by:
Novus

See all posts from Poultry Expo by following this link.

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NAFB’ers at Cattle Industy Convention

Chuck Zimmerman

NAFB MembersSpeaking of NAFB, it’s always been kind of a tradition to have the members get together for a photo. We did that last night at the media reception. Of course not everyone attending was there at the time. But it’s still a group.

Thanks to Colleen Church-McDowall for taking the picture of us.

There are a lot of photos in the convention photo album. Check to see who you know:Cattle Industry Convention Photo Album

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Greg Akagi Is Part of the Team

Chuck Zimmerman

Greg AkagiAt this morning’s Producer Huddle, formerly known as general session 2, the President-Elect of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Greg Akagi, was on stage.

The session was a sports team theme so Greg’s comments followed that line. When he was finished he got everyone to “break the huddle” by yelling “team.”

You can listen to Greg here: cic-09-akagi.mp3

There are a lot of photos in the convention photo album. Check to see who you know:Cattle Industry Convention Photo Album

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Zimfo Bytes

Melissa Sandfort

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  • Meister Media Worldwide has announced the launch of GrowingProduce.com, a hub-site designed to serve as the news and market information source for the U.S. specialty agriculture markets.
  • Fellow board members elected Marshall Ernst, Windsor, Colo., as the new Certified Hereford Beef LLC president.
  • Lange-Stegmann has agreed to sell its bagged, blended NPK fertilizer business to T&N, Inc. of Foristell, Mo.
  • Dairy industry leaders from around the country will converge on the Omni Interlocken Resort Hotel in Broomfield, Colo., from April 19-21 for the 2009 National Dairy Leaders Conference. Register online here.
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