ZimmComm Expands AgNewsWire.com Content

ZimmComm New Media, LLC has expanded its AgNewsWire.com website to serve as a new agricultural media content service for reporters, companies, organizations and individuals seeking high quality photos and audio from industry events and concerning current issues. “We generate so much content on our agricultural and renewable energy websites that we decided to create one place for all of it …

ZimmComm Coverage from Coast to Coast in August

August may have been our busiest month ever. We started out the month with cattle producers in the Sunshine State for the 2011 Cattle Industry Summer Conference. The joint meeting of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) in Kissimmee, Florida featured Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain. Click on the photo for a larger version …

Busy January for ZimmComm

After a nice quiet holiday season, ZimmComm immediately got back on the road with the new year. We started out the month in “Icelanta” covering both the second AG CONNECT Expo and the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) annual meeting. The weather was okay for the first couple of days, but on the first day of the AFBF meeting we …

World Soybean Champ Does it Again

Missouri farmer Kip Cullers proved once again this year that he is the “Super Soybean Rock Star” by setting yet another world record yield of 160.6 bushels per acre in his contest plot. That beats his old record by about five bushels. This is the third time Kip has set a record and he remains the champion of the world! …

Promoting Ethanol By-Products To International Buyers

The 2010 Export Exchange brought together international buyers and U.S. suppliers of DDGS, an ethanol production by-product that has seen significant growth in consumption and exports in recent years. The conference was jointly sponsored by the Renewable Fuels Association and U.S. Grains Council. With the support of RFA I was on hand to provide coverage on Domestic Fuel with photos …

World Dairy Expo

The World Dairy Expo was a very busy one for Cindy this year. Our coverage on World Dairy Diary was sponsored by Novus International, Charleston Orwig, Alpharma, Arm & Hammer and Novartis Animal Health. I think Cindy conducted a record number of interviews this year at Expo. She also has photos for you to enjoy.

Covering Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games For John Deere

Thanks to John Deere I got to attend the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington, KY. The WEG is a very exciting place for horse lovers and just because of the pageantry and varied activities taking place. John Deere held a media reception that included reining demonstrations in their own arena next to their pavilion. They displayed their full …

Covering Swine Health With BIVI

The ZimmComm team got to work with Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica once again in St. Paul, MN. This was their swine health seminar in advance of the Lehman Swine Conference. Chuck was photographer and conducted interviews with each of the presenters. These made story posts on AgWired. It was great to work with BCS Communications and BIVI once again.

Off To The Ethanol Races

I was on location this week for the Iowa Corn Indy 250. I’ve made it to the event for 3 out of the 4 years it has been on the IRL schedule. The event is sponsored by Iowa Corn Growers and Pioneer Hi-Bred. This year my coverage on AgWired and Domestic Fuel was sponsored by the Iowa Corn Growers. So …

On The Road With ZimmComm

ZimmComm will be out and about next week. Here’s a heads up of where you’ll find us. To start with, Cindy will be attending a BASF Sustainability Summit in Chicago. From there she’ll join Joanna Schroeder and John Davis at World Pork Expo working with sponsors Boehringer Ingelheim and Novus International. It’s going to be a busy week for the …