A Quick Lesson On Quickfarm

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmCast46 - Matt WalshIf you’re considering ZimmComm’s AgNewsWire.AgWired.com service you may be wondering about what we call the Quickfarm network. In fact, you may wonder just what Quickfarm is. Well this week’s ZimmCast will answer your questions. I interviewed Quickfarm’s VP of Sales/Operations, Matt Walsh last week at the NGFA Country Elevator Conference. Matt describes the company, how it got started, where it’s going and what it’s doing with ZimmComm to help distribute news release material directly to farmers.

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Agribusiness, Audio, Podcasts, ZimmCast

Missouri Wall of Brands

Chuck Zimmerman

Missouri Wall of BrandsHere’s another picture from the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association Convention that’s concluding today. It’s the Missouri Wall of Brands. I don’t really know much about it except that it looks pretty cool. I don’t know if it contains all the brands in Missouri or what. Anyone know?

Ag Groups

Missouri Cattlemen Meeting In Columbia

Chuck Zimmerman

Lisa The Shoeshine LadyThe Missouri Cattlemen’s Association is having its annual convention in Columbia, MO today. I showed up to enjoy some fine Missouri beef for lunch. At least I hope we have some for lunch.

Here’s the MFA Incorporated booth and Lisa the shoeshine lady. I’m in line and hope to be next.

Ag Groups

New Finance Man For D&PL

Chuck Zimmerman

Kenneth AveryThere’s a new Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary at D&PL. That’s a lot of titles for one person and Kenneth Avery is just getting started. He’s been on the team of the audit firm that has conducted D&PL audits though so he at least has a very high level of familiarity with the company. He’ll be responsible for accounting and finance and will report to Tom Jagodinski, D&PL President and CEO.

Mr. Avery commented, “I am pleased to be joining Delta and Pine Land, a company I have worked with for 10 years, and I look forward to working with the excellent management team that is dedicated to driving growth and increasing shareholder value.”

Agribusiness

Venezuelan Monk Coffee The Best

Chuck Zimmerman

Monk Bean CoffeeI don’t know about you but on a day like today (frigid) a good cup of coffee is necessary. I’m only writing this because I know you’re looking for good holiday gifts and maybe you’re a coffee lover like me.

This is the best I’ve found yet and I’ve even had kona beans flown in from Hawaii. I recommend the whole beans and grind your own right before brewing. The best part is the price. For coffee of this quality you would expect to pay twice as much.

This is a fine arabica grown by Trappist Monks in the Andes Mountains of Venezuela. You can read about it directly from their website or you can order from The Monastery Store at their order’s location in Conyers, Ga.

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Quickfarm On Display In St. Louis

Chuck Zimmerman

The Quickfarm TeamYou know that we’ve teamed up with Quickfarm as a distribution point for AgNewsWire.AgWired.com. Now you can see who they are. I caught up to them earlier this week at the National Grain & Feed Association’s meeting and trade show in St. Louis.

At their booth is (l-r) Jeff Jackson, Elizabeth Wilmes and Matt Walsh. They said the NGFA’s annual meeting will be in Charleston, SC (March 5-7) next year, their home town. I will be planning on attending.

Agribusiness

Start The Day At The Farm Gate

Chuck Zimmerman

The Farm GateThe extension specialist quoted in the release for The Farm Gate is the father of Keith Good who publishes FarmPolicy and writes for AgWired weekly on Tuesdays. I guess he saw what the boy was doing and pronounced it good.

“Agricultural decision-makers have a new place to start their day – “The farm gate,” an internet blog updated daily by University of Illinois Extension. “The farm gate is a place to go to find integrated information across a variety of disciplines, including crop and animal sciences, ag economics, ag engineering, and veterinary medicine,” explained U of I Extension marketing specialist Darrel Good. “These disciplines will be addressed as they meet, intersect and often intertwine to shape the environment in which the ag community lives and work.”

The Farm Gate blogger is actually Stu Ellis. This only makes sense!

University

The Dude Has A New Dell

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s my first post from my new Dell Latitude D410. With all the travel that’s underway and not going to stop (except for the holiday weeks) I can not lug around an Inspiron 9100. That is a great machine but it’s a portable desktop. This is a dream machine for a road warrior.

I was on a plane today that was so small that even when I took my old Inspiron out of my bag it still wouldn’t fit under the seat in front of me. I’ve still got leg cramps. That’s not going to happen with this baby. As my good friend Napoleon would say, “Sweet.”

Maybe this will mean more road posting, especially at events since this unit gives me a lot more options on how to carry it around.

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Utah State Fair By Napoleon Dynamite

Chuck Zimmerman

Utah State Fair NapoleonSteve Mays gets the credit here. He found out that the Utah State Fair is using Napoleon Dynamite in their marketing campaign and I think it’s hilarious. Of course I’ve already watched the movie about 4 times and think it’s funnier every time I see it. You can find Napoleon’s Sweet Ads here. Just look at the link in the left side list.

Like Stevie Mays the Wonder Man I thought I’d preserve one of the radio ads for you. It’s very agricultural.

Audio, Farm Shows

Podcast Is Word of the Year

Chuck Zimmerman

Farm PodcastingAccording to Podcasting News: “The Oxford University Press, publishers of the New Oxford American Dictionary, has selected podcast as the Word of the Year for 2005.”

Erin McKean, editor in chief of the New Oxford American Dictionary, said: “Podcast was considered for inclusion last year, but we found that not enough people were using it, or were even familiar with the concept. This year it’s a completely different story. The word has finally caught up with the rest of the iPod phenomenon.”

Supposedly the word will be in the new online update in early 2006. I wonder if it will include a sub definition for farm podcast?

Hey all you public relations and communications people. Let’s make farm podcasting the buzz of the new year.

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