News from ZimmComm New Media

Sep 27, 2013

Hello ZimmComm Fans:

We know you were wondering ... Chuck got his iPhone 5S this week and it is now in action as one of our newest agriblogging and farm podcasting tools! You can probably count on him writing about it on AgWired soon.

This week Cindy spent time in Minnesota with Growth Energy and New Holland at Absolute Energy, an ethanol plant near Lyle. You can find her coverage on AgWired. Looking ahead, Chuck will be in Canada next week for the Canadian Farm Writers Federation convention and Cindy will be off to Germany with BASF. They're getting some international miles in this summer!

Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, "Planning to buy a new iPhone or upgrade?" Apple set a new record for iPhone sold when the new ones were announced!

Our poll results:

� Happy with my current iPhone 25%

� Still using a dumb phone 25%

� Not an iPhone fan 17%

� Upgrading to 5S 17%

� Buying 1st iPhone - either one 8%

� Other 8%

� Upgrading to 5C 0%

Our new ZimmPoll is now live and asks the question, "What is your favorite rodeo event?" What really gets your heart racing (besides the cowboys and cowgirls)? Do you show up early for the roping or stay late for the bull riding? Let us know!

Here are some interviews from this week you might have missed:

Rick Schwarck, Absolute Energy, on ethanol's positive impact on rural economy

Ashley McClintock, GROWMARK, scholarship winners

Paul Redhage, FMC, on leading NAMA, now outgoing President

Kenna Rathai, on leading NAMA, incoming President

Luke Johnson, New Holland, on powering American Ethanol

Jim Miller, Growth Energy, on farm bill

Jay Harrison, Maritz, on big data role in agrimarketing

Now for some news from the ZimmComm News Network:

AgWired

GROWMARK Names Scholarship Winners

Forty-six college students from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin recently received help to continue their college educations from GROWMARK as recipients of scholarships aimed at promoting higher education in agriculture and business. MORE

Podcast

Leading NAMA into a New Year

Leadership within an organization is key to it's success and the National Agri-Marketing Association has gone above and beyond to ensure their leadership is a cut above. During NAMA Fall Conference business was carried out, professional development sessions took place and the gavel was passed down the ranks to the upcoming president.MORE

Podcast

Corn Growers Voice on Climate Change

The president of the National Corn Growers Association provided a voice for American farmers Monday at the Opening Ceremony for Climate Week NYC 2013 along with leaders from business and government all over the world. MORE

Domestic Fuel

Former Phillips 66 Marketer Shuns Big Oil for E15

A man who used to market fuels under the Phillips 66 name has decided to forgo the Big Oil brand so he can offer consumers the choice of E15 ethanol. MORE

Podcast

Absolute Energy Hosts New

Nearly 200 area farmers attended a New Holland American Ethanol Producers Club event Wednesday at Absolute Energy, an ethanol biorefinery located near Lyle, Minnesota. MORE

Podcast

American Ethanol Powered by New Holland

New Holland is proud to be powering American Ethanol as the premier equipment partner for Growth Energy and its member ethanol plants. MORE

Podcast

Precision Pays

New Shuttle Loading Facility Up and Running

A new 110-car shuttle loading facility on the Norfolk Southern railroad near Kankakee, Illinois is up and running just in time for the fall harvest. MORE

Podcast

Data Management's Future at New Holland

New Holland Agriculture turned heads at the recent Farm Progress Show and one of those head-turning displays was the Precision Land Management System (PLM). The team showcased the in's and out's of the cutting-edge technology and were on hand to answer any and all questions from attendees. MORE

Podcast

BASF Launches New Mobile Website

BASF launched a new mobile platform, m.agproducts.basf.us, for U.S.-based Crop Protection products. This platform gives BASF customers and employees access to company and product information for use on all tablets and smartphone models. MORE

New Holland American Ethanol Producers Club Event

Nearly 200 area farmers attended a New Holland American Ethanol Producers Club event Wednesday at Absolute Energy, an ethanol biorefinery located near Lyle, Minnesota. MORE

Interview with Rick Schwarck, Absolute Energy - Podcast

Interview with Luke Johnson, New Holland - Podcast

Interview with Growth Energy Economist

Growth Energy Vice President and Chief Economist Jim Miller has served many roles in his career, from leadership positions with the National Farmers Union and National Association of Wheat Growers to Senior Policy Advisor on the Budget Committee under Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) and USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services, so he's had his share of farm policy experience and farm bills in particular. MORE

Podcast

FieldSync Your Data

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. In this week's program we're going to learn about FieldSync from Jen Cochran. We visited yesterday to talk about their mobile, cloud-based, technology and applications for agriculture. MORE

ZimmCast

World Dairy Diary

New DFA Plant in Michigan

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has broke ground on an ingredient processing facility in Cass City, Mich. MORE

N.J. Company to Work with African Dairy Farmers

PortaScience, Inc., a New Jersey company, was recently awarded a grant from Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation to commercialize a milk quality test for small farms in Africa. MORE

StrataGEN New Online Resource

The unique, sequential breeding system, StrataGEN�, now has an online resource available for the dairy industry to learn more about this exciting breeding program. MORE

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