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Hello ZimmComm Fans:
We are wishing everyone a very happy Thanksgiving holiday. And also a very hearty thank you to everyone one of you and all of those sponsors we have been blessed to work with over the years. As we get ready for our Thanksgiving meal we give #FoodThanks to all the people who produce the safe and bountiful food in our country.
The ZimmComm Team will be back on the road next week when Chuck heads to Kansas City, MO for the annual BCS Holiday Party and a Boehringer Ingelheim PRRS ARC&E event.
Here are some interviews you might have missed:
- Conley Nelson, NPB, talks about challenges for pork farmers
- Karen Jones, GROWMARK, talks about their cookbook
- Renee Picanso, Director, USDA Census & Survey Division
- Dr. Jennifer Holland, BASF, plant health benefits of F500 fungicides
- Bob Young, AFBF Economist, on impact of drought
Now for some news from the ZimmComm News Network:
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 AgWired This week marks the third annual AgChat #Foodthanks celebration, a time to reflect on the blessing of all the food choices we have in this nation. Farmers, ranchers, processors, butchers, bakers, chefs, grocers, truckers and more all make it possible for us to have healthy food on plates. MORE
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Pork Checkoff dollars were hard at work during the National Association of Farm Broadcasting's Trade Talk. I met up with Conley Nelson, President of the National Pork Board, and he expressed his concern with the rising cost of feed and other impacts to the pork industry due to the drought. But more importantly he shared how the National Pork Board is using checkoff dollars towards international and domestic marketing efforts promoting the other white meat. MORE Podcast
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 Domestic Fuel We've known for quite a while that biodiesel is helping the bottom lines of feedstock producers, in particular, the nation's soybean growers. But a new study from the National Biodiesel Board says livestock producers are also sticking more green in their pockets thanks to the green fuel. MORE Podcast
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The USDA's 2012 Census of Agriculture forms soon will be going out to farmers and ranchers across the country, and this year, the survey will be asking asking about renewable energy and biomass. MORE Podcast
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 Precision Pays If you have never seen a brand new, empty dry terminal - here is your opportunity. MORE | | GROWMARK Stuart, Iowa Dry Terminal |
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Ag producers know the importance of being precise in their information, and the USDA is no different, especially this year when growing conditions varied so much nationwide. To get that good, precise information, the USDA will be sending out its end-of-year surveys soon. Cindy caught up with Bob Bass, the Director of National Operations for the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) during Trade Talk at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention, and he said the country's farms and ranches have seen a wide range of conditions this year.. MORE
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If farmers could determine the concentration, form and location of plant-available nitrogen, deciding when and where and how much to apply would be that much easier. MORE
Podcast  | | Howard Brown of GROWMARK Explains N-Watch |
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World Dairy Diary
A new campaign launched Nov. 12, focusing on the hard-working dairy farm families and the nutritious products they produce. Named "Dedicated to Dairy," the Southeast United Dairy Industry Association Inc. campaign includes multi-media efforts featuring regional dairy families and their stories. MORE
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University of Maine hosted the 10th annual Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge which drew 105 students from nine northeast colleges and two Canadian universities to Waterville, Maine, on November 1-3, 2012. MORE
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It might cost you about the same to gobble up your Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner this year as it did last year, but while shoppers will be happy, dairy producers might not be so thankful. MORE
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