Sec. Johanns on Farmer Internet Use

Chuck Zimmerman September 15, 2006

I didn’t get to do a one-on-one interview with Secretary Johanns after his speech here in St. Louis today. There were a number of local media here as you can see. So we just did a joint q&a session.

One of my questions I thought you’d be interested in had to do with broadband internet access. I asked the Secretary his thoughts on farmer’s use of computers and the internet and he shared a personal story about a recent farm visit where he saw the use of the internet in action.

Listen to his answer here: Sec. of Agriculture Mike Johanns on Farmer Internet Use (1 min MP3)

Audio, Internet, USDA

Sec. Johanns Speech

Chuck Zimmerman September 15, 2006

Right now we just learned that the St. Louis Agribusiness Club leader of the year award is going to Sen. Jim Talent who couldn’t be with us today. That’s too bad since he is such a big supporter of agribusiness in the state of Missouri.

So, back to Sec. of Ag Johanns. I decided to post his whole speech for you. He covered a lot of ground and I think you’ll find something of interest in there.

Listen to his speech here: Sec. of Agriculture Mike Johanns Speech (27 min MP3)

Audio, NAMA, USDA

Q&A With The Secretary

Chuck Zimmerman September 15, 2006

We’re into question and answer here with the Secretary.

I told Mike Adams I wasn’t going to put him on the internet again but here he is with Sec. Johanns. Mike’s the emcee so he gets his picture posted.

Prior to the meeting here today Mike interviewed Sec. Johanns on Agritalk. I’m looking forward to a short private interview after we’re done here momentarily.

NAMA, USDA

Sec. of Ag In St. Louis

Chuck Zimmerman September 15, 2006

Right now Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, is speaking here in St. Louis.

He’s talking about drought assistance. He acknowledges the need and I’ll have more details when I post his comments and get a chance to interview him later.

NAMA, USDA

Gateway/St. Louis Ag Club Mtg.

Chuck Zimmerman September 15, 2006

Hello in real time from St. Louis and the joint Gateway NAMA/St. Louis Agribusiness Club meeting. I’m here in Clayton where we’ll have a nice program featuring our Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns. I’ll record his comments for you and try to get a private interview as well.

Here’s registration taking place in the hall outside our ballroom. I know we had 150 reservations and expect walk-ins so it’s going to be a nice crowd.

Ag Groups, NAMA

Cracker Cow Drive

Chuck Zimmerman September 14, 2006

This could be a dusty event and knowing Florida cowboys I’ll bet they find a way to slake their thirst.

The Florida Agricultural Museum will present the “Great Florida Cattle Drive of Ought 6” December 5-9, 2006. Registration is now under way for the event, which will begin just south of Kissimmee and end at the new Silver Spurs Arena in Kenansville. In 1995 — to celebrate 150 years of Florida statehood — a group of 600 cattlemen, historians, horse lovers and hearty adventurers drove 1,000 head of native Cracker Cattle across the state. The group also included wagon drivers, walkers, artists and local, state and national media.

Ag Groups

Ohio Farmers Selling at the Pentagon

Chuck Zimmerman September 14, 2006

The United Soybean Board was the driving force behind this week’s biobased products event at the Pentagon. A couple of soybean growers were on hand to help out with their display. Pictured here are Tom Brown (l) who is a member of the USB and Dale Profit who is a member of the Ohio Soybean Council.

I got to interview each of these gentlemen while I was there. I asked them about what they had on display and why products made from soybeans are a good choice for governmental purchasing agents.

You can listen to my interview with Tom here: Tom Brown Interview (2 min MP3)

You can listen to my interview with Dale here: Dale Profit Interview (3 min MP3)

You can hear all the audio I recorded at the event here and see a selection of the pictures I too here.

Audio, USB

ZimmCast on a Zune? Very Zoon

Chuck Zimmerman September 14, 2006

I can’t wait to try one of these new digital content players. It’s the Zune from Microsoft which is now official although it’s been rumored and talked about for quite a while. You can see some more photos over on Engadget which has this to say about it.

Not a lot of surprises in the specs department, but they’ve confirmed the basics we’ve known for a while, like WiFi, 30GB of HDD, built-in FM, a 3-inch screen and the basic music, pictures and video playback. They also finally let slip the screen res — an unsurprising QVGA — and some better news on the codec front: the Zune supports h.264, MP3, AAC and WMA.

It sounds like we may see these available by the holidays. Keep it in mind for your gift giving. A new device to listen to the ZimmCast on!

Podcasts

Country People Have an Organization

Chuck Zimmerman September 13, 2006

An association for people who live in the country? It seems like we have a lot of those but maybe not one like this. It’ll be interesting to see how this turns out. The announcement says there will be an annual convention and trade show too. Hmmm . . . Member registration is $49.

A new association to address the needs of the ever-growing “country living” population will begin initial operation Sept. 15, 2006. The new entity is named Country Living Association and its membership is focused on individuals and families who reside in the country and marketers who supply these families with goods and services relating to country life. “Data proves there are millions of households made up of people who reside outside of cities on acreages ranging from one to 50. These people, as well as traditional farm operators, have unique needs and priorities, and they can benefit greatly from a collective voice, as well as networking opportunities and educational resources,” says Alan Krob, executive director of Country Living Association.

In addition to introducing the new association, Krob announced that Meredith Corporation’s Living the Country Life will serve as the organization’s official publication, and John Deere has committed to be a founding sponsor.

Ag Groups, Publication

Bayer Team Additions At R&K

Chuck Zimmerman September 13, 2006

It’s good to be home. Now I’ve got some catching up to do. I’ll have a few posts for you yet today but it’ll take a couple days to get everything posted I’d like to. So let’s get started with this announcement from Rhea & Kaiser about additions to their Bayer CropScience team. They’ve added 3 new staff members: Jennie Schutte, David Harding and Brooke Hepler.

“Dave, Jennie and Brooke bring a deep knowledge of agriculture and an impeccable client service ethic to the team,” said Kim Cooke, vice president and account management supervisor at Rhea & Kaiser. “We believe they will help make a strong Bayer team even better.” Schutte (top picture) joins the Bayer CropScience corn/soybean team as account supervisor, overseeing integrated communication campaigns for BALANCE PRO® and RADIUS™ herbicides, LAUDIS and the GROWING STRONG™ REWARDS PROGRAM/corn portfolio. Schutte, who joined Rhea & Kaiser in 2002 as account coordinator, is a graduate of Purdue University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications.

Harding joins the Bayer CropScience team as a public relations account supervisor, supporting the Bayer CropScience cotton/rice/peanuts portfolio. Since joining Rhea & Kaiser in 2000, Harding has won seven first-place National Agri-Marketing Association awards. Harding received a bachelor’s degree in radio-television-film from the University of Texas and a master’s degree in media communications from Webster University.

Hepler joins the Bayer CropScience Southern row crop products team as account executive. She joined Rhea & Kaiser in 2004 as an account coordinator. Hepler is a graduate of the University of Missouri–Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture business.

Agencies

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