We ain’t seen nothing yet

Chuck Zimmerman

Harry SiemensThe World Harvest for Kids was significant in many ways, but to me once I tallied up the media outlets I had touched in some way directly and indirectly, and the number of mediums I had used to get there, it blew me away.

Without sounding like I’m blowing my own horn overly much, let me explain. When Ray Wieler, the organizer of World Harvest for Kids contacted me about getting some exposure, I had no idea it would explode in the manner if did. My thanks go to all the different media outlets for catching the vision, and playing your part in getting the word out there. Today, I had a note from an editor in Quebec who wanted to use a combine picture, and tell the story about the camp. Read More

International

Past Presidents of the St. Louis Ag Club

Chuck Zimmerman

St. Louis Ag Club Past PresidentsI’m not even going to try to identify these people.

These are the past presidents of the St. Louis Agribusiness Club.

Also pictured is the current president, Brett Cude. We don’t want to imply he’s “past” yet.

Ag Groups

Gateway NAMA President

Chuck Zimmerman

Becky RasmussenToday’s luncheon is a joint meeting of the Gateway NAMA chapter along with the St. Louis Ag Club.

Here’s Gateway NAMA President, Becky Rasmussen, Drake & Co., filling us in on our next meeting.

I don’t have the details with me but you’ll find them shortly on the Gateway NAMA website.

NAMA

Honoring The Past President

Chuck Zimmerman

Dean Dittmar & Brett CudeThe immediate past president of the St. Louis Agribusiness Club is Dean Dittmar, Ag Education Field Advisor, Facilitating Coordination in Agricultural Education (l).

He was presented with an award for his service to the organization by current President, Brett Cude, Farm Manager, Real Estate Broker, Farmers National Company (r).

Dean has agreed to take over the management of the St. Louis Ag Club and is the person who did a lot of the work to make today’s very successful luncheon happen.

Ag Groups

Sec. Johanns on Farmer Internet Use

Chuck Zimmerman

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

Audio, Internet, USDA

Sec. Johanns Speech

Chuck Zimmerman

Secretary of Agriculture Mike JohannsRight 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: Listen to MP3 Sec. of Agriculture Mike Johanns Speech (27 min MP3)

Audio, NAMA, USDA

Q&A With The Secretary

Chuck Zimmerman

Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns & Mike AdamsWe’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

Secretary of Agriculture Mike JohannsRight 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

Gateway NAMA/St. Louis Ag Club RegistrationHello 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