The 2014 American Farm Bureau Federation Convention has taken place January 12-15, 2014 in San Antonio, TX. Chuck has been there to capture it with photos, videos and audio. Here we will provide you with quick links to it all. Check back often as more will be uploaded daily. 2014 AFBF Convention Photo Album AFBF Convention Social Communicating 2014 AFBF …
CropLife Foundation Releases Seed Treatment Report
At the end of last week Croplife Foundation released a new report, “The Role of Seed Treatment in Modern U.S. Crop Production.” The report contains extensive information on the benefits of seed treatment for growers, consumers and the environment. The CropLife Foundation held a press conference with these speakers: Jay Vroom, chair, CropLife Foundation board of directors Andrew W. LaVigne, …
United Soybean Board Conference Call
This morning the United Soybean Board held a conference call with media to introduce new officers and answer questions. An audio file of the recording is available below. USB ADDS 70th DIRECTOR, ELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN AT ANNUAL MEETING The year 2014 will be a historic one for the United Soybean Board (USB) as it expands to a 70-member board of …
Concerns about Impact of Lowering RFS
Representatives from state government, the agriculture community, and the ethanol industry all say the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) biofuels requirements would have a negative impact on agriculture and rural economies. A telephone press discussion about the proposal held on Wednesday featured comments from Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, American Farm Bureau economist Matt Erickson Renewable Fuels …
The Chicago Farmers Rebrands Farmland Fair
The Chicago Farmers annual Farmland Investment Fair has been rebranded for 2014 as simply “The Farmland Fair” with a continued focus on the connection of social media and farmland investment. The Chicago Farmers 2014 Farmland Fair – “Where People Come To Learn, Connect and Understand Farmland” – will be held on February 1, 2014 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. …
More Content From NAFB 2013
The ZimmComm team got so much content from this year’s NAFB Convention that we decided to add a second page because the first one was getting so full. Here is a link to the first post where you can find interviews from NAFB leadership and other companies we chatted with during Trade Talk: 2013 NAFB Convention Photos: 2013 NAFB Convention …
2013 NAFB Convention
NAFB 2013 was held November 13-15 in Kansas City, Missouri at the Westin Hotel at Crown Center. The chilly weather didn’t stop anybody from attending the 70th annual National Association of Farm Broadcasting Convention, where hundreds of farm broadcasters came together to discuss the pressing topics of the industry. Photos: 2013 NAFB Convention Photo Album Audio: Airing on the Side …
ASFMRA Agronomics Vision 2014
The 84th Annual Convention of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers is being held in conjunction with the Agronomics Vision 2014 conference in Reno, NV. Here are photos and audio and video files for your use. More will be added as they get edited. We’re expecting about a dozen or more in total. Photos: Agronomics Vision 2014 …
USFRA Boston Food Dialogues
This week the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance held a Food Dialogues event in Boston, MA. You can find out more about it on their website. The event was moderated by Bloomberg News’ Alan Bjerga and the topic was “Farm Size: Does It Really Matter.” The event took place from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT at the State Room …
Animal Ag Alliance Teleconference
Today the Animal Agriculture Alliance hosted a teleconference with various third-party experts to discuss industry improvements presented in the report “Advances in Animal Agriculture; What the Center for a Livable Future, Pew Commission and Others Aren’t Telling You About Food Production.” (pdf) Third-party experts on the call included: Dr. Richard Raymond, former Under Secretary, Food Safety Inspection Service, United States …
NFU Press Conference
The National Farmers Union held a star-studded press conference Monday in Washington to highlight two important issues for agriculture – passing a farm bill this year, and maintaining the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Speakers at the event included Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) , Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), legendary rocker Neil Young, and NFU President Roger …
Cattle Industry Summer Conference
The 2013 Cattle Industry Summer Conference takes place in Denver, CO. This is the combined meetings of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board, American National CattleWomen and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. Interviews and presentation audio is being collected here for your use including lots of photos. 2013 Cattle Industry Summer Conference Photo Album
ASA President on Policy Issues
American Soybean Association president Danny Murphy, a farmer from Mississippi, attended the annual Ag Media Summit this week in Buffalo, NY and talked about some of the policy issues on ASA’s plate at the moment, which start with the ongoing farm bill saga. Murphy also talked about the hold up on the transportation bill, export and trade opportunities, and biotechnology. …
2013 Southern Peanut Growers Conference
The 15th Annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference was held July 18-20, 2013 in Panama City Beach. The theme was Making Sustainability Work and we have links here to photos, posts and audio files from the conference, which included peanut industry representatives from Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi. 2013 SPGC Photo Album Southern Peanut Growers Team – Texas Congressman at Peanut …
InfoAg Conference on Precision Agriculture
The 2013 InfoAg Conference took place in Springfield, IL. This technical education conference is all about precision agriculture and is becoming an annual conference with the next one scheduled in 2014 in St. Louis, MO. This three day conference is coordinated by the International Plant Nutrition Institute, IPNI. Story interviews will be posted here as they become available in coming …