http://www.agwired.com Weekly interviews with agribusiness industry leaders about what's new with a focus on agricultural marketing. Feeder 1.5(356) http://reinventedsoftware.com/feeder/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us 2008 ZimmComm New Media chuck@zimmcomm.biz (Chuck Zimmerman) me@robertcanales.com (Robert Canales) Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:55:16 -0600 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:55:16 -0600 http://www.agwired.com/agwired-globe-200w144.gif http://www.agwired.com 144 144 Chuck Zimmerman Weekly interviews with leaders in agribusiness about what's new with a focus on agricultural marketing. Each week Chuck or Cindy interviews leaders in the agrimarketing world and talk with them about what they're doing that's new and different. agriculture, farming, farm, Agwired, ZimmComm, agribusiness, marketing no Chuck Zimmerman chuck@zimmcomm.biz no Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:30:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/08/26/aggie-lance-makes-farm-progress/ Chuck Zimmerman Laura McNamara interviews Mark Jewell In this week's program Laura McNamara interviews Mark Jewell, Aggie-Lance creator and founder. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, ag media summit, ams, aaea, lpc, abm, ifaj, aggie-lance no 12:00 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:30:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/08/17/cool-interactive-new-media/ Chuck Zimmerman Chuck talks with Erin Holte of Martin Williams In this week's program Chuck interviews Erin Holte, Martin Williams, about buying and using new media for her clients. She provides an example and discusses what companies ask about in regard to using new media. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, ag media summit, ams, aaea, lpc, abm, ifaj, pioneer hi-bred no 14:00 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:30:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/08/11/pioneering-rural-internet/ Chuck Zimmerman Chuck talks with Jerry Harrington and Tom Dorr In this week's program Chuck interviews Jerry Harrington, Pioneer Hi-Bred, about connecting ag journalists to agronomists and Tom Dorr, USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development, about re-authorization of the broadband loan program. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, ag media summit, ams, aaea, lpc, abm, ifaj, pioneer hi-bred no 16:00 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:00:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/08/04/analyzing-ams/ Chuck Zimmerman Chuck and Cindy talk about the Ag Media Summit In this week's program Chuck and Cindy talk about the Ag Media Summit with special interest in student involvement and professional development. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, ag media summit, ams, aaea, lpc, abm, ifaj no 19:00 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:00:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/07/21/digital-cattle-news-pioneer/ Chuck Zimmerman Interview with Rob Cook In this week's program Chuck interviews Rob Cook, CattleNetwork.com, about the company being purchased by Vance Publishing. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, cattlenetwork, vance publishing no 24:00 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:00:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/07/14/peanuts-on-the-beach/ Chuck Zimmerman Interviews from the Southern Peanut Growers Conference This week you can hear several of Cindy's interviews from the Southern Peanut Growers Conference taking place in Panama City, FL. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, spgc, peanut no 18:00 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:00:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/07/07/trends-in-agriculture/ Chuck Zimmerman NAMA renames the Agribusiness Forum to Trends In Agriculture This week Chuck talks with Kenna Rathai, KBR Communications, and chair of the NAMA Trends in Agriculture conference about why they changed the name. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, nama no 11:00 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:00:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/06/30/horse-traveling/ Chuck Zimmerman Horse Travel Network offers advice and boarding locations This week Chuck talks with Mark Hardy, President, Horse Travel Network, about the new online venture that provides horse boarding locations and advice. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, horse, equine, Appaloosa no 13:00 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:00:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/06/27/appaloosa-on-the-move/ Chuck Zimmerman Learning About Moving a Major National Show This week Chuck talks with Steve Taylor, Executive Director of the Appaloosa Horse Club about moving their National Show to Jackson, MS. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, horse, equine, Appaloosa no 14:00 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:00:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/06/16/bio-economy-transition/ Chuck Zimmerman Making The Transition To A Bio Economy This week Chuck talks with Steve Halbrook, Vice President of Farm Foundation, about their latest Transition To A Bio Economy program on Risk, Infrastructure and Industry Evolution. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, Farm Foundation no 21:00 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 14:00:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/06/08/celebrities-riding-tractors/ Chuck Zimmerman Michael Peterson and New Holland Celebrity Tractor Race This week Chuck talks with Michael Peterson about his 3rd annual Celebrity Tractor race that is sponsored by New Holland. He also interviews Darby Ledbetter, the winner. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, New Holland, Michael Peterson, tractor no 8:00 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:00:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/06/02/knowing-novus-now/ Chuck Zimmerman Novus International and World Pork Expo This week Chuck talks with Scott Fleetwood, Novus International Executive Director of Marketing and Products about their involvement with World Pork Expo. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, Novus International, World Pork Expo no 14:00 Wed, 28 May 2008 08:30:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/05/28/the-technical-use-of-corn/ Chuck Zimmerman Learn About the CUTC This week Chuck talks with Nathan Fields, NCGA Director of Research and Business Development, about the Corn Utilization and Technology Conference that will be held in Kansas City, MO. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, NCGA, CUTC, corn no 17:00 Mon, 19 May 2008 18:30:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/05/19/getting-real-on-the-road-with-michael-peterson/ Chuck Zimmerman Michael Peterson Real Life Tour This week Chuck talks with Michael Peterson about his My Real Life Tour which is sponsored in part by New Holland and is reaching young people across the country with a message of hope that's helping form the leaders of tomorrow. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, New Holland, Michael Peterson, My Real Life Tour no 18:00 Sun, 11 May 2008 15:30:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/05/11/innovating-with-basf/ Chuck Zimmerman BASF Media Summit This week Chuck talks with BASF Group Communications Manager, Ray Gilmer, about their Media Summit in Washington, DC which provides the company to develop closer relationships with journalists. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, ZimmComm New Media, BASF no 14:00 Mon, 05 May 2008 10:30:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/05/05/milk-producers-with-issues/ Chuck Zimmerman National Milk Producers Federation This week you get to meet Sarah Olson, Communications Coordinator, National Milk Producers Federation, who participated in the NAFB Washington Watch Issues Forum. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile, nmpf, dairy, nafb no 13:00 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:30:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/04/28/trusting-in-farmland/ Chuck Zimmerman American Farmland Trust This week you can learn about American Farmland Trust and what they're doing to reach out to the public and members. The tool is podcasting and they've now got a YouTube account as part of their video podcast strategy. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile no 8:00 Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:30:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/04/15/mobile-markets-news/ Chuck Zimmerman Introducing AgWired Mobile This week Chuck and Cindy announce their new AgWired Mobile service and talk about all the activities they're involved in at the NAMA Convention. Chuck also talks about mobile communications with Commodity Update founder, Joel Jaeger. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, commodity update, agwired mobile no 23:00 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:35:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/04/10/writing-and-podcasting-in-iowa/ Chuck Zimmerman AAEA and LPC Workshop and Soyfoods Podcast This week Chuck talks with Diane Johnson, Executive Director of the Livestock Publications Council about their regional writing and design workshop held in conjunction with the Ag Editors. He also talks with Jerry Harrington, Pioneer Hi-Bred about their Carver Center facility which they provided to hold the workshop in. Then Chuck visits with Linda Funk, Executive Director of the Soyfoods Council about their new podcast series. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, aaea, lpc, soyfoods, soybean no 16:00 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:40:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/04/03/nafb-will-be-watching-washington/ Chuck Zimmerman NAFB Washington Watch This week Chuck talks with Lindsay Hill, BARN and program chair for the National Association of Farm Broadcasting's annual Washington Watch program. Learn about why farm broadcasters do this every year and what's on the program. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, nafb, farm broadcasting no 16:00 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:40:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/03/25/leading-the-charge-to-nama-convention/ Chuck Zimmerman NAMA Convention Trade Show It's time to think ahead to the NAMA convention coming up in Kansas City, MO. Chuck interviews trade show chair, Rosemary Schimek, Farm Progress Companies, about this year's Expo. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, nama no 20:00 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:40:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/03/20/national-ag-day-in-words/ Chuck Zimmerman National Ag Day Learn more about the Agriculture Council of America and National Ag Day with Vice Chairman Gregg Webb who works for Archer Daniels Midland as Chuck interviews him on Ag Day. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, national ag day, adm no 13:00 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:24:00 CDT http://agwired.com/2008/03/10/a-binding-way-to-find-ag-media/ Chuck Zimmerman Finding Ag Media This week Chuck interviews Cory Cart, owner of AGRIpr which will be publishing the FINDERBINDER Agricultural Media Directory this summer. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, zimmcast, agripr, finderbinder no 34:00 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:32:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2008/03/03/the-gene-hemphill-media-reception/ Chuck Zimmerman Honoring Gene Hemphill At Commodity Classic the media honored long time supporter Gene Hemphill, New Holland Industry Affairs, who is partially retiring. The program features a Gene Hemphill story and his comments at the reception. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, commodity classic, new holland, tractor no 17:00 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:46:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2008/02/28/commodity-classic-coverage/ Chuck Zimmerman Commodity Classic Coverage Commodity Classic is underway in Nashville and in this week's program you can hear from a bunch of the reporters covering the meeting. Chuck wandered around the media room asking them what they were doing or hearing. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, national farm machinery show, tractor no 23:00 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:46:32 -0600 http://agwired.com/2008/02/18/marketing-farm-machinery/ Chuck Zimmerman Marketing Farm Machinery This week Chuck interviews Dan Smaldone, Marketing Manager, Kentucky Fair Board about the National Farm Machinery Show. Dan talks about how they market the show which includes working with 850 exhibitors who are also marketing their booths. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, national farm machinery show, tractor no 18:05 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:01:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2008/02/11/angus-productions-getting-multimedia/ Chuck Zimmerman Chuck interviews Shauna Hermel Chuck interviews Shauna Hermel, Editor, Angus Productions, Inc. about all their services including publications and websites. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, angus, angus productions no 16:00 Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:49:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2008/02/03/commenting-on-corn/ Chuck Zimmerman Chuck interviews Mimi Ricketts Chuck interviews Mimi Ricketts, NCGA, about Corn Commentary, the blog about corn farming and American agriculture. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, corn, ncga, corn commentary no 15:00 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:49:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2008/01/28/hey-pumpkin-visit-austriaslovenia/ Chuck Zimmerman Chuck interviews Uschi Raser Chuck interviews Uschi Raser, Austrian Farmers Union, about the program for this year's IFAJ Congress in Austria and Slovenia. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, IFAJ, Austria, Slovenia no 23:00 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:50:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2008/01/21/successful-crop-tech-tour/ Chuck Zimmerman Chuck interviews John Walter Chuck interviews John Walter, Agriculture Online Editor, about their Crop Tech Tour which utilizes multimedia resources to document how farmers are using new technologies. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, Successful Farming, Agriculture Online no 24:00 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:30:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2008/01/14/getting-the-mana-crop-protection-lowdown/ Chuck Zimmerman Chuck interviews Dave Downing Chuck interviews Dave Downing, Senior Product-Marketing Manager, MANA Crop Protection to learn about the company history and line of products. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, MANA Crop Protection no 19:00 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:30:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2008/01/06/sociable-beef-breeds/ Chuck Zimmerman Chuck interviews Craig Huffhines, Glenn Klippenstein and Robert Williams Chuck interviews representatives from the American Hereford Association, American Chianina Association and American-International Charolais Association. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media, beef no 17:00 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:30:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2008/01/02/agricultural-new-media-growth-in-2007/ Chuck Zimmerman Chuck and Cindy Look Back Chuck and Cindy look back at 2007 and all the new media work going on in agriculture. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, new media no 20:00 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 10:30:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2007/12/24/merry-christmas-trees/ Chuck Zimmerman Audio from NCTA President Beth Walterscheidt In this week's program you can hear National Christmas Tree Association President, Beth Walterscheidt, talk about tree care, safety and the Trees For Troops program. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, christmas, trees, ncta no 8:00 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 11:30:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2007/12/18/reminiscing-with-brenda-curtis-heiken/ Chuck Zimmerman Interview with Brenda Curtis-Heiken In this week's program Chuck interviews Brenda Curtis-Heiken, USDA Radio who is retiring after a long career of producing content for farm broadcasters to use. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, usda no 20:00 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:30:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2007/12/10/talking-beef-with-the-mbic/ Chuck Zimmerman Interview with John Kleiboeker and Chris Derks This week's program contains interviews that Cindy conducted with MBIC Executive Director John Kleiboeker and cattle producer Chris Derks about their new Speaking of Beef program. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, animal, beef no 16:00 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:50:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2007/12/03/rebuilding-afghanistans-livestock-industry/ Chuck Zimmerman Interview with Pfizer Animal Health Vet Dr. Sam Barringer This week Chuck interviews Dr. Sam Barringer, Pfizer Animal Health, about his work as an Air Force Reservist participating in a project to help rebuild Afghanistan's animal agriculture industry. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, animal, pfizer no 18:00 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:05:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2007/11/29/share-your-holiday-party-pics-audio-and-video/ Chuck Zimmerman Interview with BCS Communications Principles This week Chuck interviews Illinois, Leigh Ann and Kelly of BCS Communications, a full service advertising agency in Kansas City that specializes in agricultural communications. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, agency, country, nafb, broadcasting no 9:00 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:17:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2007/11/20/farm-broadcastings-future/ Chuck Zimmerman Interview with Pam Fretwell and Greg Akagi This week Chuck interviews past NAFB President Pam Fretwell and new NAFB VP Greg Akagi about what they think the future of farm broadcasting is. The program also includes a presentation by Paul McKellips about his time in Iraq. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, agency, country, nafb, broadcasting no 23:00 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:50:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2007/11/12/farm-city-week-kicks-off-friday/ Chuck Zimmerman Interview with Al Pell This week Chuck interviews Al Pell, chairman of the Farm-City Council about Farm-City Week. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, agency, country, appaloosa, photography, horse, equine no 10:00 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:50:00 -0600 http://agwired.com/2007/11/05/meeting-with-horse-photographers/ Chuck Zimmerman Interview with Karen and Larry Williams This week Chuck interviews Karen and Larry Williams about their equine photography business. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, agency, country, appaloosa, photography, horse, equine no 11:00 Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:30:00 -0500 http://agwired.com/2007/10/30/preview-of-the-nafb-convention/ Chuck Zimmerman Interview with Randy Koenen This week Cindy interviews NAFB President-Elect, Randy Koenen, Red River Farm Network about the upcoming convention. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, agency, country, nafb no 15:00 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:30:00 -0500 http://agwired.com/2007/10/22/agrimarketing-magazine-goes-digital/ Chuck Zimmerman Interview with Lynn Henderson This week Chuck interviews Lynn Henderson, Publisher of Agrimarketing Magazine about his decision to start a digital version of the publication and what opportunities this offers advertisers. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, agency, country no 18:00 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:30:00 -0500 http://agwired.com/2007/10/14/a-country-living-conversation/ Chuck Zimmerman Interview with Courtney Yuskis This week Chuck interviews Courtney Yuskis, Director of the Country Living Association about their upcoming Country Living Outlook Conference and Country Living Olympics. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, agency, country no 15:00 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:30:00 -0500 http://agwired.com/2007/10/08/dr-franz-fischler-will-chair-ifaj-congress-2008/ Chuck Zimmerman Interview with Dr. Franz Fischler This week Chuck interviews Dr. Franz Fischler, former Ag Commissioner for the European Union. Dr. Fischler is chairing the 2008 IFAJ Congress and invites all ag journalists to attend. agriculture, agribusiness, agrimarketing, farming, blog, podcast, marketing, media, internet, farming, business, agency, ifaj, eu no 15:00