Agri-Pulse Announces California expansion

Cindy Zimmerman

Agri-Pulse Communications is expanding coverage into California and other West Coast states with 2,500 subscribers in California now receiving localized Agri-Pulse content through agreements with the California Association of Pest Control Advisors (CAPCA) and FMC Crop Protection.

“We have been planning our expansion into California and the Western states for the past two years,” says Sara Wyant, President and CEO of Agri-Pulse Communications. “We are very pleased that we will be working with two terrific partners to accomplish our goal of providing localized ag and food policy content to this unique market.”

Agri-Pulse will distribute a West Coast edition of the early morning Daybreak Podcast, Daily Harvest email news aggregation, and the in-depth weekly Agri-Pulse Newsletter. In addition, Agri-Pulse has created a West Coast tab on the web site for California and West Coast specific content. In February, Agri-Pulse announced the opening of a news bureau in Sacramento, Calif., led by Brad Hooker.

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Luke Perry’s Ties to Farming and Biodiesel

Cindy Zimmerman

Luke Perry is being eulogized for many reasons upon his sudden passing this week at the age of 52, but not so much about his rural background and his support of biodiesel.

Back in 2006, Luke Perry showed up at the National Biodiesel Conference in San Diego sporting an FFA jacket with his name on it and talked about the agriculture influence in his early life and how he was converted to biodiesel by actress Daryl Hannah.

“My neighbors growing up farmed soybeans and I used to work in the bean fields, I’m from Ohio, you know,” said Perry, during an informal press conference with Hannah. He admitted that he was not an FFA member in high school and called it “one of the biggest regrets” of his life.

“I thought I could escape the farmer in me,” said Perry. “When I got to the point where I could live anywhere in the world that I wanted, what did I do, I bought land and cows and a tractor. Because you can’t escape who you are.”

Perry was very enthusiastic and informed about biodiesel in the press conference. Listen here: 2006 National Biodiesel Conference presser with Luke Perry and Daryl Hannah

2006 was the first biodiesel conference on the Biodiesel Conference Blog and it also featured Willie Nelson.

AgWired Animal, AgWired Precision, Audio, Biodiesel

2019 Bayer AgVocacy at Commodity Classic

Cindy Zimmerman

Bayer had a lot going on at Commodity Classic this year.

Kicking off with the pre-Classic AgVocacy Forum, Bayer had more experts than ever on a greater variety of topics since the integration with Monsanto last year. The Forum offered insights on trade, technology, the future of food and grower perspectives, as well as a chance to hear from Bayer executives Bob Reiter and Lisa Safarian.

On the Commodity Classic trade show floor, Bayer was spread out to encompass brands such as Channel, DEKALB Asgrow, and The Climate Corporation.

In addition, Bayer held a learning session on how Integrated Weed Management pays off. Moderator Arlene Cotie with Bayer discussed the topic with panelists Chad Leman, Farmer from Eureka, Ill.; Jason Norsworthy, Professor in Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences Department, University of Arkansas; Bill Chism, Senior Biologist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Listen to and/or watch it below.

You can find all of the content – 223 photos, 27 audio files, and one video – on the AgNewsWire Bayer AgVocacy virtual newsroom.

Audio file – Bayer Classic 19 Learning Session


2019 Bayer AgVocacy Forum Photo Album

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How Alltech is Helping Develop Careers

Carrie Muehling

Tyler Thomas first learned about the Alltech Career Development Program during the 2018 Cattle Industry Convention and this year at #CattleCon19 he shared his testimony about the program and how it’s set him up for a future career in animal science.

Listen to Jamie’s interview with Tyler here: Interview with Tyler Thomas, Career Development Program Participant


2019 Cattle Industry Convention Photo Album

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Animal Ag Bites 3/4

Carrie Muehling

  • The 2019 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) had a terrific year with 32,931 poultry, meat and animal food industry leaders from all over the world in attendance, setting a new record. There were also 1,426 exhibitors with 600,732 square feet of exhibit space, two more records. The Expo is the world’s largest annual feed, meat and poultry industry event of its kind and is one of the 30 largest trade shows in the United States. IPPE is sponsored by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, American Feed Industry Association and North American Meat Institute.
  • The American Poultry Historical Society added five inductees into the Poultry Industry Hall of Fame for 2019. They include Earl Benjamin, D. W. Brooks, Mark Cook, Abit Massey and Jim Perdue. The induction ceremony was held at the International Production & Processing Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
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Congressmen Visit Farm and Gin Show

Cindy Zimmerman

Rep. David Kustoff (R-TN)

Two U.S. Congressmen from cotton growing areas visited the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show on Friday to meet with constituents and show their appreciation for the farmers in their districts.

Rep. David Kustoff is a Republican from the 8th district of Tennessee, which includes Memphis where the show has been held for 67 years and much of the western part of the state’s cotton growing region.

Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO)

Rep. Jason Smith, also a Republican, represents the bootheel of Missouri, where virtually all of the cotton is grown in the state. He was raised in Salem, Missouri, where he still owns the same family farm that was started by his great grandfather.

Both of the Congressmen briefly addressed the update session of the show, but were mainly just there to meet and greet the cotton-growing farm families in the Mid South.

Listen to my interview with them here:
MSFGS19 Interview with Reps. Kustoff and Smith

2019 Mid-South Farm and Gin Show Photo Album

Audio, Cotton, Farm & Gin Show

Where’s the Content?

Cindy Zimmerman

ZimmComm had a crazy week of content creation – from Destin, Florida and the BASF Stoneville Legacy Club, to the Bayer AgVocacy Forum, the BASF Science Behind, and Commodity Classic in Orlando, and the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show in Memphis. If you are looking for it all, it’s being posted on the virtual newsroom for agriculture AgNewsWire.

Sometimes we gather content faster than we can get edited and posted, and that has definitely been the case this week. Add to that the fact that the Orlando Convention Center where Commodity Classic was held could not seem to provide the media room with decent internet access and we are running a little behind. All I can say is that I am glad it was Chuck at Classic this year and not me!

Here are direct links to the AgNewsWire newsrooms for each event where links to photo albums, audio and video are being posted:

2019 BASF Legacy Club Events

2019 Bayer AgVocacy Forum

2019 BASF Science Behind

2019 Commodity Classic

FMC at 2019 Commodity Classic

AMVAC at 2019 Commodity Classic

2019 Mid-South Farm and Gin Show

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Secretary Sonny Shines at Commodity Classic

Cindy Zimmerman

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue visited the 2019 Commodity Classic Friday and addressed most of the major issues being discussed at the big annual meeting of corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum farmers.

Perdue talked about the farm economy, farm bill implementation, ethanol, and a lot about trade. He also addressed many of the same issues during a press conference with the many members of the farm media in attendance.

Here are links to both for your listening and downloading pleasure.

Classic19 Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue remarks

Classic19 Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue press conference

2019 Commodity Classic Photo Album

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Why CRYSTALYX® is the Leading Brand of Supplements

Carrie Muehling

The CRYSTALYX® Brand has become a leader in supplements for the cow-calf industry for many reasons. The supplements are manufactured by Ridley Block Operations, a division of Ridley USA, with headquarters in Mankato, Minnesota and production facilities in South Dakota, Texas and Kentucky to allow for reliable, consistent distribution of CRYSTALYX® products.

Nutritionist Jill Larson provides an overview of the brand products and what makes them unique in this interview from the Cattle Industry Conference and NCBA Trade Show.

Listen to Jamie’s interview with Jill here: Interview with Jill Larson, CRYSTALYX® Brand Supplements


2019 Cattle Industry Convention Photo Album

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Zimfo Bytes 3/1

Carrie Muehling

  • The Renewable Fuels Association announced that DSM has recently joined the organization. DSM’s Bio-based Products and Services unit is headquartered in Elgin, Ill., with global research capabilities at the Elgin site and a start-of-the art facility in Delft, The Netherlands.
  • Registration is now open for the 2019 Water for Food Global Conference scheduled for April 29-30, 2019 at the Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln, Nebraska. Click here to register.
  • The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) joined more than 200 organizations to form the USMCA Coalition: “Ratifying the USMCA will guarantee North America’s manufacturing competitiveness and supports our industry’s nearly 1.5 million men and women working across the U.S. and Canada,” said AEM president Dennis Slater. “That is why we are urging Congress to take quick action to ratify the United States Mexico Canada Agreement.”
  • American Agri-Women installed its executive committee at its annual convention, held recently in Springfield, Ill. Two new officers joined the standing members of the executive committee. Lesley Schmidt of Kansas Agri-Women was elected to a two-year term as vice president of education. Natalina Sents from Iowa Agri-Women was elected to a two-term as secretary.
  • BigIron Auctions announced the company will provide its expertise and partner with the National Sorghum Producers in its biggest fundraiser of the year. The fundraiser will take place in conjunction with the 2019 Commodity Classic show, which is one of the largest in the agriculture industry.
  • There’s still time to enter the IFAJ/Caterpillar AgTech Reporting Award. The entry deadline has been extended to March 8. Click here for rules and an entry form.
  • Farmers Union Enterprises recently released STEM:IT AG, a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) curriculum focused on agriculture, food and natural resources for kindergarten through 12th grade students.
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