Where in the World was ZimmComm in 2012?

Once again, 2012 was busier than the year before when it comes to traveling. ZimmComm – mostly me and Chuck, but also Joanna and Jamie this year – attended 67 different events in 2012. Here is where we were: January Starting off the year looking for a house in Pensacola, Florida and did all of our travel for the month …

ZimmNews – Dec. 28, 2012

Hello ZimmComm Fans: We hope everyone has had a very blessed and merry Christmas. We wish you a very happy New Year too! The ZimmComm Team gets back on the agriblogging highway in just over a week as Chuck attends a NAMA Executive Committee mtg. before heading to Nashville for the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting while Cindy attends …

ZimmNews – August 24, 2012

Hello ZimmComm Fans: It’s Agvocacy time as in the 2012 Agvocacy 2.0 Conference in Kansas City, MO. This is the third annual agvocacy training conference put on by the AgChat Foundation. We’ve got a new crop of passionate farmers learning how to use social media to tell their story. Some are there to hone their skills since they are already …

ZimmNews – August 17, 2012

Hello ZimmComm Fans: The annual International Federation of Agricultural Journalists Congress is taking place in Sweden and Chuck is there courtesy of our long time sponsor for this event, Dupont Pioneer. He’s already got a lot of photos online for your viewing pleasure. While Chuck is in Sweden Cindy visited Collinsville, IL for a Respect the Rotation event with Bayer …

ZimmNews — July 27, 2012

Hello ZimmComm Fans: Chuck is Denver right now doing some Beef Board Blogging for the Cattlemen’s Beef Board at the Cattle Industry Sumer Conference. You can find his photos here and follow him on Twitter – @AgriBlogger. Cindy just returned to ZimmComm World Headquarters from the Raven Innovation Summit in Sioux Falls, SD. You can find her photos here and …

ZimmNews — July 20, 2012

Hello ZimmComm Fans: We’ve been having a cornfest on AgWired lately. Between Chuck’s interviews from the Indian Creek Watershed Project Field Tour, Wyffels Hybrids Corn Strategies, FMC Anthem Plot Tour and the International Conference on Precision Agriculture you can find lots of interviews pertaining to corn and lots of photos from these events. This week he’s also attending the Bayer …

ZimmNews – July 13, 2012

Hello ZimmComm Fans: The temps may be lower in the midwest but as Chuck saw first hand this week the dry weather continues. He started out on the Indian Creek Watershed Project Field Tour north of Bloomington, IL where the corn looks bad. From there he went to NW Iowa for the Wyffels Hybrids Corn Strategies and saw some very …

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Hello ZimmComm Fans: We’re not counting miles this week. Between Chuck in Indianapolis for the Corn Utilization Technology Conference, Cindy in Chicago with BASF and in Des Moines for World Pork Expo and Jamie in Minneapolis for the Fuel Ethanol Workshop, we’ve covered more than a few! Now we get a short break to finish setting up the new ZimmComm …

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Hello ZimmComm Fans: Chuck is just returning from “the best tour ever,” 2012 Conservation in Action Tour which is coordinated by the Conservation Technology Information Center. He’s got lots of stories to post and photos to upload as soon as he gets back to ZimmComm World Headquarters. Farmers are proactively doing all they can to improve their stewardship of the …

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Hello ZimmComm Fans: With the help of new ZimmComm editor, Jamie Johansen, Chuck attended the 2012 Alltech International Symposium last week. You can find all their photos online and scroll through the story posts here. They’ve still got several stories to post. This week Chuck will be back on the road to the Mississippi Delta Region for the 2012 Conservation …