Hey NAMA members. In case you didn’t catch it in your email box the organization would like some feedback on the possibility of putting on a 1 day rural lifestyle forum.
Here’s the link where you can take the survey. It’s short and only takes a minute.
The National Corn Growers Association has announced the Corn Yield Contest winners.
Not only was the number of entries higher than ever before, but several entrants scored yields of more than double the estimated average.
The 27 winners in nine production categories had verified yields averaging more than 298 bushels per acre, compared to the estimated national average of 153 bushels per acre. Ten winners (and 24 entrants overall) posted yields of more than 300 bushels per acre.
While there is no overall winner in the contest, yields of farmers who placed first, second and third in their production categories ranged from 252.6366 by Gary Porter of Mercer, Iowa, to 385.5861 by David K. Hula of Charles City, Va.
The national and state contest winners will be honored at the 2008 Commodity Classic, the combined convention and trade show of NCGA, the American Soybean Association and the National Association of Wheat Growers, Feb. 28 to March 1 in Nashville, Tenn. Contest winners will also be featured in a special edition of Farm Journal magazine. This year’s guide is sponsored by BASF, Bayer CropScience and Deere & Company.
Following are the 27 national winners by class: Read More
There are a few issues of the American Agricultural Editors’ Association newsletter, The Byline, available for sponsorship in 2008.
Companies will receive numerous benefits through this sponsorship. Those include:
If interested give Den Gardner a call at 952/758-6502.
The ag equipment division of John Deere has realigned it’s advertising and marketing communications jobs in the Lenexa, KS office. Here’s a list of the changes which take effect immediately.
The latest ploy from the USDA to teach kids about nutrition features characters from Walt Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book.’ The Ag Department is working with Partners with Ad Council and Collaborates with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment in an effort to promote nutrition education to children and families.
The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Nutrition and Consumer Services and the Ad Council announce today the launch of a multi-media public service advertising (PSA) campaign designed to inspire children and families to adopt healthier lifestyles.
Created pro bono by Saatchi & Saatchi, the “Nutrition Education” PSAs aim to inspire parents to encourage healthy habits by emphasizing that “good nutrition can lead to great things” and can help their children be the best at everything they do. The campaign places an emphasis on reaching low-income families, who tend to be at greater risk for overweight and obesity, and directs audiences to the USDA’s www.MyPyramid.gov website, an effective tool for guiding healthy choices.
In addition to Saatchi & Saatchi produced PSAs, the Ad Council and USDA partnered with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, on a series of PSAs featuring the lovable characters and memorable songs from Disney’s original classic The Jungle Book. An extension of the USDA’s Nutrition Education campaign, these new spots, available for television, radio, outdoor and internet media, highlight the importance of balancing good nutrition and physical activity, by emphasizing the “Bare Necessities” of healthy living and sending a message to parents and children that leading a healthy lifestyle can help them be the best at everything they love to do.
Check out the video about the new partnership which you can find at this link.
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 Bureau Federation Annual Meeting – New Orleans
International Green Week and IFAJ Board Meeting – Berlin
International Poultry/Feed Expo – Atlanta
If you want to look ahead a little into February then consider:
World Ag Expo – Tulare
By sponsoring our coverage of an event you’ll get great online exposure and custom created content that can be used for a variety of purposes. Let me know if you’re interested in a proposal or would like to discuss in more detail.
Here’s a gadget that today’s agriblogger might want to have in the kit. It’s the updated Helio Ocean that now allows you to take a video clip and immediately load it to YouTube. I’m not sure what the quality is like but for that quick upload from an event this phone might be worth checking out.
Helio is a stand alone phone and service provider but they are leasing their service from Sprint so you know it’s on a fast network if you’re in one of their EVDO cities. If anyone tries one out let me know how well they work.
Just think about doing a quick video interview at Commodity Classic or any of the upcoming annual farm meetings, uploading it to your YouTube account and linking to it as soon as you update your blog! It doesn’t get any easier than that.
You can find a video demo on their website.
The 12 days for Christmas aren’t just for eight maids-a-milking, five golden rings, or a partridge in a pear tree anymore. Turkey Hill Dairy, based out of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is celebrating the Christmas holiday with the !2 Days of Ice Cream.
Starting Friday, December 14 and ending on December 25, we’ll post a new entry every day on The Ice Cream Journal. Each entry will also feature an ice cream-related product, which we’ll give away the very next day to one lucky reader chosen at random (selected from the blog comments left during the previous day). On December 26, we’ll give away the grand prize: a one year’s supply of Turkey Hill ice cream. For some of you, that stockpile might only last a few months, but either way, that’s a lot of ice cream.
Turkey Hill encourages all readers to stop by its blog daily and leave a comment or two (or 10).
Never let your guard down in Brussels or someone will capture it on video. Such was the case for my partner and wife Cindy and BASF’s Pat Morrow. I think it could become a YouTube hit.
Thanks to Don Green, Farm Journal for making sure we got to see this.
