ZimmNews – November 13, 2015

Hello ZimmComm Fans: The big news this week is the National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention in KC, MO Read all about it on AgWired and check out all our photos. We’ll have lots of stories to come from the annual Trade Talk session that took place on Thursday. ZimmComm donated a weekend at Pensacola Beach to the NAFB Foundation …

ZimmNews – November 6, 2015

Hello ZimmComm Fans: Many of your will be gathering in Kansas City, MO next week for the Livestock Publications Council Vision Event and/or the annual National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention. So will the ZimmComm team. We look forward to seeing you there courtesy of New Holland and FMC! This week our founding AgNerd, Chuck, covered the annual John Deere, …

ZimmNews – October 30, 2015

Hello ZimmComm Fans: We’re nearing Thanksgiving time and of course it is the farmers and ranchers who supply us with all the good food we have in such bountiful supply. That’s why it is very timely to learn that Bayer CropScience #Thankful4Ag program has surpassed it’s October 31st goal of donating 330,000 meals to the hungry via Feeding America. That’s …

ZimmNews – October 23, 2015

Hello ZimmComm Fans: The ZimmComm editorial team held down the fort while Chuck and Cindy attended the IFAJ Congress in New Zealand and then took a few days of vacation in Sydney, Australia. They returned to ZimmComm World Headquarters yesterday and are back in action. Well, Chuck is mostly back in action. He’s heading out to the Crystal Pig Hunt …

ZimmNews – October 16, 2015

Hello ZimmComm Fans: While Chuck and Cindy are attending the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists Congress in New Zealand, Joanna was on location in Des Moines, IA for World Food Prize activities courtesy of John Deere. Check out photos from each event here: World Food Prize – 2015 IFAJ Congress. Here are some audio files from this week you might …

ZimmNews – October 9, 2015

Hello ZimmComm Fans: If you’re a friend of Cindy’s on Facebook then you already know that after the Ceva Swine Media Event she spent some quality time with grand babies. Cindy and Chuck like those Missouri event opportunities! This weekend Chuck and Cindy don’t go to Missouri but to New Zealand. That’s a big jump. They will be attending the …

ZimmNews – October 2, 2015

Hello ZimmComm Fans: This week the ZimmComm Team is off to World Dairy Expo courtesy of sponsor, New Holland. Lizzy and Jamie are there and you can find lots of stories being posted to Animal.AgWired.com. Today Cindy is in Kansas City with CEVA for their swine media event. Chuck is still posting stories from the Canadian Farm Writers Federation Annual …

ZimmNews – September 25, 2015

Hello ZimmComm Fans: We are back from Italy where we had a wonderful time with the global New Holland Agriculture folks and their farmer and blogger guests from around the world. We have been doing a series of posts featuring some of New Holland’s farmer heroes in the Seeds of Life presentation at the Expo Milano pavilion. We also had …

ZimmNews – September 18, 2015

Hello ZimmComm Fans: Bonjour from Italy! We have spent this week in Milan with farmers and bloggers from Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, UK and us from the U.S. Jamie, Joanna and Kelly have been keeping all the websites populated while we are abroad. Still posting stuff from Farm Progress Show but almost all done. In last week’s ZimmPoll …

ZimmNews – September 11, 2015

Hello ZimmComm Fans: It’s harvest time and we saw some of that during the Farm Progress Show. We are wishing all farmers a safe and bountiful harvest. We love seeing the pictures and video clips showing up in social media. Speaking of the Farm Progress Show, the ZimmComm Team has been working on lots of stories with interviews conducted there. …