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 Mtg. too. So, lots going on as the harvest kicks into gear.
Our last ZimmPoll asked about what sustainability mean to today's farmer. The answers are an indication of how many things the word means to the general public too. Instead of choosing just one answer 82% picked All of the Above!
Besides harvest it's also hunting season so this week we are asking, "Where or how do you hunt?" Please let us know.
Here are some audio files from this week you might have missed:
Now for some news from the ZimmComm News Network:
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 AgWired Alberta Farm Writers Get Together
This week's program comes to you from Calgary, Alberta where I have been attending the 2015 Canadian Farm Writers Federation Annual Conference. Alberta is new territory for me and on Friday we started out with a day of farm tours. I've got videos from each of my tour stops to share this coming week. MOREZimmCast
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Dairy Policy Talks at #WDE15
Policies concerning our nation's dairy industry were just a few of the topics Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection, Ben Brancel, discussed while attending the 2015 World Dairy Expo. MORE
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60,000 Expected for National FFA Conference
This is the last of the three-year visit of the National FFA Convention & Expo to Louisville. Starting October 24 the guests will converge on the city to experience the event, with more than 60,000 expected. MORE
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Senator Toomey's Anti-RFS Amendment Tanks
Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) introduced an amendment that would eliminate corn ethanol from the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). It was promptly defeated by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs by a vote of 15-7. Pro RFS supporters came out en masse against Toomey's amendment and thanked the Committee for making the right decision on consumer choice at the pump. MORE
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Joule Receives EPA Cert for CO2 Ethanol
Joule's fuel grade Sunflow-E ethanol has been registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for commercial use in E10 and E15 gasoline blends. The fuel is derived from recycled CO2. MORE
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Renewable Fuels Association Elects 2016 Leadership
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) announced the election of officers for the 2016 Board of Directors at the organization's annual membership meeting held this week in Omaha, Nebraska. MORE
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New Holland's Forage Cruiser at #WDE15
Producing the best quality feed possible is the end goal for New Holland's FR Forage Cruiser SP Forage Harvesters. Naturally, one of the best places to display this monster of a machine is during the 2015 World Dairy Expo. The New Holland team has been out in full-force to talk to producers from around the globe about their line up of forage equipment. MOREPodcast
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Senators Urge Obama to Push Biotech in China
U.S. Senators John Thune (R-S.D.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), both members of the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Agriculture Committee, along with 42 other senators, have sent a letter to President Obama. This letter asks Obama to address the concerns of Chinese delay in accepting U.S. biotech while President Xi is in Washington D.C. MORE
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Researcher Discovers Link in Understanding Pest
Nematodes are a billion dollar threat to agriculture each year. Plant scientists at the University of Missouri and the University of Bonn in Germany have discovered that nematodes use a specific hormone to help them feed on the plant. This discovering could allow scientist to develop plants with resistance to the pests. MORE
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New Pro-RFS Group Formed
Former U.S. Senator Jim Talent from Missouri today launched Americans for Energy Security and Innovation (AESI), a new organization aimed at expanding support for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). AESI will focus its efforts on building support for a stronger RFS to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil, stimulate domestic innovation and economic development in the biofuels sector and "work to create an environment to prevent regulations and restrictions to the renewable fuel industry by increasing support and mobilizing elected officials to support our efforts." MORE
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The 2015 World Dairy Expo, held September 29 through October 3rd, has an attendance of over 75,000, including over 3,000 international attendees from 94 countries. MORE
Listen to audio here.
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New N-BOUND Stabilizer for Urea
Eco Agro introduces N-BOUND™ nitrogen stabilizer as a breakthrough for protecting nitrogen against loss in the soil, due to denitrification and leaching. Unique PENXCEL technology delivers a proven nitrogen stabilizer, Dicyandiamide (DCD), for applications not possible with previous formulations. MORE
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Alice in Dairyland Engages Youth in Agriculture
In an effort to educate audiences across Wisconsin about the importance and global impact of agriculture, the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection(DATCP) has created a secret weapon: they call her Alice, and the role she holds as an agricultural industry professional is making an incredible impact on Wisconsin youth. MOREPodcast
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NCBA Urges Conclusion to TPP
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association is asking for a swift conclusion to the TTP negotiations as the United States gears up for a meeting of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Ministers. MORE
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It's tailgating season, and with fall in the air what's not to love about sausages cooking on the grill. In fact, the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council (NHDSC) says Americans love sausage so much they'll eat 14 billion servings of it this year with peak consumption being autumn. Thus October has been declared National Sausage Month. MORE
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