This morning Syngenta hosted a pancake breakfast for us and distributed memory sticks containing all the information we need including logos, product info, etc.
They used pancake stacks to emphasize their Agrisure stacked traits for corn. Nice tie in folks.
I’m in my morning session room getting ready to discuss “Blogging for Business.” The early comers are seeing blogging in action. Shortly you’ll get to see them.
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Even though I took the first bus back from the opening reception at Huber Winery it’s still too late for this agriblogger to get much done tonight. I’ll try to get some new pics added to the photo album though.
Gary, Leigh Ann and Kelly are having fun at the opening reception which is still going on I assume. We had the AMS American Idol contest and I’ll have the results for you tomorrow.
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Registration is open and so is the BASF Media Room.
I started out working from my room today but will switch to downstairs this afternoon. It’s going to be a busy one. We’ve got sessions starting at 1pm and receptions starting as early as 3:45pm before the big one which will take place at Huber Farms starting at 6pm.
Keep an eye of the photo album which has grown to 130 pictures so far and counting. See anyone you know? How about yourself?
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In case you’ve never seen a tobacco flower they are very pretty.
I’m not sure if they have any use and I didn’t ask.
If you’d like to learn a little bit about tobacco then watch this video clip from our farm tour stop.
In it our host shows us the difference in tobacco quality that you get from leaves on different parts of the plant. He also talks about how important immigration reform is to farmers like himself.
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One of our stops on the Saturday tour was a tobacco farm. I’m no expert but his crop looked to be in great shape and you can see pictures of it in the photo album. Here’s Harlan Persinger sniffing some dried tobacco that was on display. We didn’t get to chew or smoke any though.
The farmer gave the group a talk about growing tobacco and had several representatives on hand who also provided comments about farming in Kentucky.
Our bus driver, affectionately know as Beanie, did a great job taking care of us as we made our way around the beautiful countryside. I interviewed him during our last leg back to the hotel and he talks about the horse business in particular. He says that people come from all over the world to buy horses just based on their blood lines and before they’ve even been proven on the track: ams-07-beanie.mp3
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Attending the Ag Media Summit is a group of communications professionals from Mali. They’ve been attending Oklahoma State University as part of an international exchange program and have been doing internships and all kinds of things.
I had a chance to speak with one of the group who is actually a student in Utah right now. I’ll have to add his name here later since I neglected to write it down. He does say it in the interview.
This is the whole group after lunch at Alltech. Here’s the interview: ams-07-mali.mp3
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Our next stop on today’s tour is Alltech. The tour is going on right now but I was here earlier this year for the Alltech Symposium. I’m borrowing Billy Frey’s office for a few minutes before lunch.
Dr. Pearse Lyons greeted us at the door and welcomed us to Alltech headquarters. Then it was off to the tour which is where I’m headed to now. More after lunch.
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Once bourbon is barreled here at Woodford Reserve it “goes to sleep” for approximately 7 years. During that time the very clear distilled fresh product gains its color and flavor from the wood barrels.
The room in which they sit for this time smells wonderful. Actually up to 30% of the product will evaporate which they calls “angel’s share” before it’s ready to bottle. We weren’t allowed to use a flash inside these buildings due to safety concerns btw.
The master distiller will take samples during the process to make sure everything is going okay in the barrel. That sounds like an interesting job.
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The tour of Woodford Reserve Distillery was really good. It’s my first whiskey distillery tour and I learned a lot. Like that Kentucky Bourbon and Tennessee Whiskey are similar but not the same.
Our tour guide, Jim, led us through the whole process from start to finish including a tasting back in the main room next to the shop where many of us damaged our credit cards. You can learn a little bit about Woodford Reserve in my interview with him: ams-07-woodford.mp3
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Here’s the happy crowd full of Starbuck’s coffee and McDonalds sausage biscuits and hash browns. Our bus guide is Carey Brown, Kentucky Cattlemen’s Association.
We’ve got about an hour to go to the first stop so I brought the Mac along to keep up to date during the day, battery willing.
I’ve already got a photo album started for the Summit which you can find here: 2007 Ag Media Summit Photo Album
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