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ZimmCastZimmCast 750 - Interviews from Farm Progress ShowHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. It has been a busy time for the the ZimmComm Team in the past few weeks. After the Tech Hub Live conference it was on the way to the Southern Peanut Growers Conference, Ag Media Summit, ACE Annual Meeting and the Farm Progress Show. I’m on my way home from the 2025 FPS and thought I’d share some interviews. Besides an interview with Rob Shaffer, Illinois farmer, about the John Deere announcement about B30 biodiesel compatibility across all of their engine portfolio, I’m sharing...
2025-08-2816 minZimmCastZimmCast 748 - Preview Interview of the 2025 Ag Media SummitHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. Lets us get a preview of the 2025 Agricultural Media Summit with Shelia Grobosky, BioZyme, and AMS Steering Committee Chair and LPC President. It's all about meetings, keynote and general sessions, breakouts, InfoExpo, awards, ACT student members, sponsors and more. That’s the ZimmCast now now. I hope you enjoy it thank you for listening.
2025-07-0315 minZimmCastZimmCast 747 - Preview of 2025 IFAJ CongressHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. In this program we’re going to get a preview of the 2025 IFAJ Congress which will be held in Kenya. After our preview I’m going to add a most recent example of how you can make your news release talk. More at the end. So, let’s get started. I have Steve Werblow, IFAJ President and Aghan Daniel, MESHA, the coordinating organization. First up is Steve followed by Daniel. The give us details about the Congress and the location it will be held as...
2025-06-1028 minZimmCastZimmCast 746 - ZimmComm Plans for the FutureHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. The ZimmComm Team are enjoying some time in paradise right near the Gulf of America. The weather has been great and we’ve had enough rain so that everything is green and growing. In this episode Cindy and I discuss the changes we’re making to ZimmComm. We recently announced that we are going to retire from business travel starting Jan. 1, 2026. That has been a very big part of the work we pioneered along with the use of social media in agricultural marketing. But we...
2025-05-1624 minZimmCastZimmCast 745 - ZimmComm Announcement & NAFB and NAMA interviewsHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. In this episode I’m going to share a couple of interviews from the NAMA Agri-Marketing Conference. One is with Gardner Hatch, Executive Director, NAFB and Debbie Boyle, Vice President, Kynetic. They talk about a new NAFB listener survey. Then I have an interview with Melanie Rice, Brownfield Ag News, about becoming the new President of NAMA. Before I do this I’m going to talk about a ZimmComm announcement Cindy and I published last week. Basically, we are retiring from business travel starting at the en...
2025-04-1509 minZimmCastZimmCast 744 - Agri-Pulse Summit & Ad DayHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. The first day of spring started the day after the annual Agri-Pulse Ag & Food Summit and National Ag Day Activities. We have published virtual newsrooms on our AgNewsWire website and story posts on AgWired. So, in this episode I'd like to share a few of the interviews and audio from the events. I'll start out with Agri-Pulse. You can listen to the opening remarks from Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States Geraldine Byrne Nason. Next will be Jim Sutter, CEO, USSEC and then Jane Fran...
2025-03-2542 minZimmCastZimmCast 742 - Cattle and Crop InsuranceHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. In this episode I’m going to share some interviews with last week’s CattleCon 2025 and CIRB Annual Mtg. I was in San Antonio while Cindy was in Bonita Springs, FL. This is definitely the busy time! So, let’s get started with CattleCon. I talked with Colin Woodall, CEO, NCBA who says they were going to break 8,500 attending. Additionally, he talks about the top issues the organization is working on. Next I have Kevin Good, VP Industry Relations, CattleFax. Kevin gave a full pres...
2025-02-1220 minZimmCastZimmCast 741 - Clean Fuels in 2025Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. While Cindy was home during the major snow storm in Florida I was attending the Clean Fuels Conference in San Diego, CA. The weather was delightful for the conference. However, in the Pensacola, FL area there was eight to ten inches of snow, something that hasn’t happened in over 150 years! But it has all melted and we’re mostly back to normal. So, let’s talk about clean fuels. We created a virtual ag newsroom once again for the conference that used to be named th...
2025-01-2918 minZimmCastZimmCast 740 - Outlook for U. S. CottonHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. ZimmComm is now entering its 21st year. Who would have thought? We officially announced our company at the 2004 National Agri-Marketing Conference. We had our first booth at the conference in 2005 which means we’ve exhibited for twenty of them! I thought you might like to hear the first audio podcast I recorded in January of 2005. We were just starting to figure out what we could do with our AgWired blog. It’s a short episode. I’m going to share some other audio after this. So...
2025-01-1913 minZimmCastZimmCast 739 - Happy New Year EpisodeHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman along with Cindy Zimmerman. Welcome to another year of agriblogging and farm podcasting. It’s hard to believe that we’re coming close to 21 years since we started ZimmComm in 2004. Cindy and I have worked together in the ag marcom field for about 21 years before that. Now we’re doing some thinking and planning for 2025. I sense that this year will be a big one for us We’ve already got plans made for the same conferences during the upcoming months. We traveled to work at 20 diff...
2025-01-0215 minZimmCastZimmCast 738 - Reaction to ElectionsHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. In this episode I’m going to share some interviews from the NAFB Trade Talk about reactions from the recent presidential election. I’m going to include Mary Kay Thatcher, Syngenta Sr. Manager, Federal Government and Industry Relations; Brian Jennings, ACE CEO; Geoff Cooper, RFA CEO and Ethan Lane, NCBA, VP of Government Affairs. Adding to these interviews, Cindy recently interviewed Kip Tom, Indiana farmer and served as the Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture during President Trump’s previous...
2024-11-2021 minZimmCastZimmCast 735 - Preview of the 2024 NAMA Fall ConferenceHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. It’s time for the 2024 NAMA Fall Conference which will be held in Minneapolis, MN, October 14-16. The theme is “Fall Back” and you’ll hear why in my interview with Laura Rustmann, Director of Marketing and Sales, J.L. Farmakis, Inc. and Chair of the committee that is organizing the conference. Cindy and I have enjoyed a few weeks without travel since the Farm Progress Show but things will get started again the beginning of October. I will not be able to attend the NAMA Fall...
2024-09-2513 minZimmCastZimmCast 734 - Interviews from FPSHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. I’ve lost count of how many Farm Progress Shows I have attended but it’s a lot. This year in Boone, IA we had great weather and that’s not always the case. But it was also an opportunity to see friends as well as clients. I was only on site for Tuesday and half of Wednesday but I recorded 26 interviews that you can find on AgNewsWire in our virtual newsroom for the event. So, speaking of clients and the fact that we’re always int...
2024-09-0335 minZimmCastZimmCast 733 - Farm Bill and Ag Media SummitHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. Although Cindy and I got a little break from the agriblogging highway things got busy again. In this episode I’m going to share a few interviews that have a focus on a new Farm Bill. What do you think? Is it still possible this year or will it be sometime in 2025? You will hear different thoughts from Ted McKinney, NASDA, Sonny Perdue, University of Georgia Chancellor, Representative Austin Scott, (R-GA) and Representative Frank Lucas, (R-OK). After these interviews I’ll provide you with a previe...
2024-08-0229 minZimmCastZimmCast 732 - Conversation with new Executive Director of NAFBHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. I’m getting a break from the agriblogging highway after last week’s AgGateway Mid-Year Meeting in Altoona, IA. Cindy and I have worked on our calendar through the end of the year and there are quite a few more places to be around the USA. In this episode I have a conversation with Gardner Hatch, the new Executive Director of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. We have known Gardner for a long time and he is a card carrying member of the ZimmComm Golden...
2024-06-1712 minZimmCastZimmCast 730 - AWIS and Nitrogen PulseHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. Cindy and I celebrated our 20th anniversary of ZimmComm at the Agri-Marketing Conference in KC, MO. We got to see and talk to many of our friends and clients and talk about the “old” days and what we think is on the horizon. We’ve needed to make changes, go in different directions and learn new skills as so much has changed, most especially just before and through the pandemic years. We’re looking ahead to the future discussing some new ideas and making some changes once again.
2024-04-2933 minZimmCastZimmCast 729 - Preview of 2024 Agri-Marketing ConferenceHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. It’s almost time for the 2024 Agri-Marketing Conference that is put on by the National Agri-Marketing Association. ZimmComm will be there to celebrate our 20th anniversary in our Connection Point booth. We’ve got more to come on this when we get to the conference later this month. In this episode I’m talking with Lori Kruger, Signal Theory, and Chair for the Agri-Marketing Conference committee. We’ll do a preview of what you’ll find. In case you haven’t registered it’s easy to go to the NAM...
2024-04-1012 minZimmCastZimmCast 728 - Global Center for AgCommHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. I started in a career of agricultural communications back in 1983 and in all these years it is amazing how much has changed. Technology has played a major role and that includes the ability today to easily communicate about agriculture everywhere in the world. Having said this I’m going to have a conversation with Dr. Owen Roberts. He is a good friend and we first met being involved at events of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists. Owen Roberts, Ed.D. Lecturer and Direc...
2024-04-0312 minZimmCastZimmCast 727 - Syngenta at Commodity Class 2024Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. Once again I learned all about what’s new in the world of agribusiness for Syngenta during the Commodity Classic which was just held in Houston, TX. So this episode will feature interviews I did in the Syngenta booth. Between Cindy and myself this was our 7th conference of the year. You can find virtual newsrooms from them all on AgNewsWire.com. In there are photos and lots of interviews. So, these are some interview I picked out to provide a good selection of to...
2024-03-0626 minZimmCastZimmCast 725 - NCBA LeadersHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. The last two weeks have been hectic for the ZimmComm Team. I was in Orlando for CattleCon and I’m going to share some interviews from there in this episode. Then I was off to Ft. Worth for the Clean Fuels Conference while Cindy went to Scottsdale for the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau Annual Meeting. You can find virtual newsrooms for all of them on AgNewsWire.com. They contain links to the photo albums, interviews and selected session audio. We’ve got a break this week but a...
2024-02-1241 minZimmCastZimmCast 724 - Preview of CattleConWelcome to the ZimmCast, I’m Chuck Zimmerman. This week we’re going to get a preview of the new CattleCon. I love that name. It is new and perfect for the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show. In fact, CattleCon is the official new name. To learn all about what’s new and different with CattleCon I talked with Kristin Torres, Executive Director of Meetings and Events, NCBA. CattleCon is where the beef industry meets! We’re Onward to Orlando from January 31 to February 2, 2024. At CattleCon, you'll discover a unique and comprehen...
2024-01-1815 minZimmCastZimmCast 723 - 2023 Events CompilationHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. As we come to the end of 2023, we already have dates on the calendar going into the new year for about the same events we did this year, most of which we have been doing for about 15 years. From Beltwide Cotton Conferences right after new years to the American Seed Trade association Field Crops seed convention, we stayed busy all year. Here is a compilation of interviews from 2023. And that will wrap it up for 2023 – see you somewhere on the agriblogging highway in 2024. And...
2023-12-2247 minZimmCastZimmCast 722 - Interviews from NAFB Trade TalkHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. During this year’s NAFB Trade Talk I interviewed a lot of company representatives and am taking this opportunity to share some of them. These folks had a lot more than just the Golden ZimmComm Microphone in their face! But they are now members of the Golden Mic Club. Here’s who you can listen to in this order: Mike DiPaola,Taranis and Ethan Noll, Ag Partners Co-op; Mark Foster, AMVAC; Aaron Robinson, Benson Hill; Aaron Eddy, Azotic and Brian Neineke, Phospholutions. I know that was a...
2023-11-3027 minZimmCastZimmCast 721 - AWIS Winter Weather Ag Forecast ServicesHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. In this episode I’m going to share a timely interview. You’ll hear my conversation with Karl Harker with the Agricultural Weather Information Service. AWIS is advertising on AgNewsWire to reach new prospects for their services. That’s what we’ll be talking about as we approach winter which is a very important one for all types of farmers and those who provide them with weather information. The ZimmComm Team has been very busy this fall so far but we’ve still got a lot on the c...
2023-11-1011 minZimmCastZimmCast 718 - Grand Opening of the AICHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. Last week the Ag Innovation Campus held its grand opening in Crookston, MN. You can see lots of photos and interviews in the virtual newsroom I published on AgNewsWire.com. I’m going to share some of those interviews in the episode. Before getting to the AIC facility I met a group of farmers and other ag leaders in Fargo, ND to tour the Northern Crops Institute. This is a collaborative effort among Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota to support the promotion and mark...
2023-09-2127 minZimmCastZimmCast 716 - A New Podcast and New PresidentsHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. I’m going to start with an excerpt of the brand new podcast, The Heart of Rural America, hosted by Amanda Radke. She’s a South Dakota cattle rancher, wife, mama, author, and motivational speaker. Amanda also wrote for AgWired back in 2010! I highly recommend you subscribe to and listen to her new podcast. We are very proud of Amanda and have enjoyed watching her family and career grow over the years. Next in the program are interviews with the new presidents of the Agricultural Commun...
2023-08-0416 minZimmCastZimmCast 715 - Preview of 2023 Ag Media SummitHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman After getting a break from the agriblogging highway the ZimmComm Team has used the time for some needed work on headquarters. Fortunately it has been indoors as the temperatures are high and a lot of rain has fallen until the last couple days. So now it’s time to look ahead to some events we will be attending. The first one is the 2023 Tech Hub Live with a preview from Scott Cogdill, Proagrica. This is the third annual event and will have over 88 speakers, 19 tech talk...
2023-07-2021 minZimmCastZimmCast 713 - The Work of AgGatewayHello to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. In this episode I will be sharing a couple of interviews from the AgGateway Mid-Year Meeting. One of those is with Andres Ferrerya, Data Asset Manager for Syngenta Digital. The kind of work that he does and the work of AgGateway can get pretty technical but he describes it in a clear way to understand, in my opinion. Then you can hear Jeremy Wilson, AgGateway’s Executive VP/COO, as he talks about the various working groups in AgGateway and what they are doing. The work...
2023-06-2122 minZimmCastZimmCast 712 - 2023 IFAJ Congress PreviewHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. It is going to be a very active June into July for ZimmComm, with a variety of on-location events. One of those is the annual IFAJ World Congress which is being held this year in Alberta, Canada. I will be there and I believe this will be my 10th IFAJ Congress. These events are very well planned and packed with business, professional development and farm tours. To get a preview of the activities I spoke with Jessika Guse, co-chair of the planning committee. I’...
2023-06-0825 minZimmCastZimmCast 711 - Water for Food Global ConferenceHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I'm Cindy Zimmerman This episode comes to you from the 2023 Water for Food Global Conference, which was held May 8-11 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This was the 10th Water for Food Conference but the first time it’s been held since 2019, thanks to COVID. The Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute (DWFI) at the University of Nebraska works to address the global challenge of achieving food security with less stress on water resources through water management in agricultural and food systems and the conference brings together experts and th...
2023-05-1225 minZimmCastZimmCast 706 - From Cattle to CIRBHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. This week’s program will start with cattle and end with CIRB. By that I mean a couple of my interviews from the Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show and then from the Crop Insurance and Reinsurance Bureau Annual Meeting. First up is Colin Woodall, CEO, NCBA, who provides an overview of the organization and how the 2023 convention and trade show has performed. Following Colin is Kent Bacus, Executive Director, Government Affairs, for NCBA who talks about export markets. Moving on to the CIRB...
2023-02-2129 minZimmCastZimmCast 705 - Riding with Can-AmHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. In the middle of the winter meetings I’m going to take a break share a conversation with JJ Rivet, Can-Am. Can-Am provided the members of the Crystal Pig Hunt Club to try out an HD-10 Unlimited model during the early part of the deer hunting season in Georgia, which was very successful. I just talk with JJ a few weeks ago and asked him to talk about the product we worked with. It was a closed cab with heat and air and we filled up feeders, drop...
2023-02-0615 minZimmCastZimmCast 704 - From Beltwide to VISIONHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. I’m a little behind on this latest episode. The holidays and early conferences have kept Cindy and I very busy. This includes traveling to see family and that includes a beautiful wedding for one of our nieces. We are very blessed to be able to see so many of our family members. We’re scattered all over the place so it’s not easy. But worth it. So, I’m going to include a few of the interviews I conducted in the last two weeks.
2023-01-2022 minZimmCastZimmCast 703 - Introducing AgriCap Group, LLCHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. As you know, our theme here on AgWired has always been, “What’s new in the world of agribusiness.” And in this program we’re going to learn about a relatively new way for farmers, ag processors and cooperatives to have more control over their own risk protection. There is more to the story in my interview with Dennis Daggett, a partner with AgriCap Group, LLC out of Minnesota. We had a great conversation during the recent AgGateway Annual Meeting. Our team has cultivated relationships with top i...
2022-12-1420 minZimmCastZimmCast 700 - NAMA Fall Conference & Export ExchangeHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. We’re reached another milestone. This is episode 700 of the podcast that started back at the beginning of 2005. You can find them all on AgWired.com by searching the category link for the ZimmCast. This week I’m going to share a few interviews from my week last week in Minneapolis. First was the NAMA Fall Conference followed by the Export Exchange. First we’ll hear from Matt Coniglio, Farm Progress, and chair of the NAMA Foundation. Next up is Brian Torrey, John Deere, who is the chai...
2022-10-1717 minZimmCastZimmCast 697 - Bayer Crop Science Field Technology ShowcaseHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. This is the 697th episode. Almost to 700! I’m sharing two of the interviews I conducted during the Bayer Crop Science Field Technology Showcase last week. We had multiple in-field demonstration plots and presenters. I was most interested in one about small stature corn which you’ll hear is the core of Bayer’s Smart Corn strategy. Then on the soybean side of things you’ll hear about new technologies coming to help farmers with weed control and also a description of their investment in CoverCress which is planted...
2022-08-1711 minZimmCastZimmCast 694 - Sharing AgGateway Mid-Year Meeting ConversationsHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. This week I got on the agriblogging and podcasting highway to Altoona, Iowa for the AgGateway Mid-Year Meeting. This is the organization’s “roll up your sleeves, working meeting.” There are many topic work groups and discussions. All of which will lead to the agenda for the Annual Meeting later this year. So, for this episode I’m going to share some of the interviews I conducted. You can find all of them and photos in the virtual newsroom on AgNewsWire.com. Let’s get started....
2022-06-1727 minZimmCastZimmCast 693 - Stay Curious with Alltech Crop ScienceHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. In this week’s podcast I’m going to share a couple of speakers who have just been added to the AgNewsWire virtual newsroom for the Alltech ONE Conference. I thought you might be interested in their topics. Let’s start out with Amy Bell-Elmohammed, Quality Manager for Alltech. Amy managed the Stay Curious Track for the conference. She will explain what that means. Next we'll turn to a topic area many of you are involved in which is crop science. Learn what Alltech...
2022-06-1018 minZimmCastZimmCast 692- Alltech Award WinnersHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. This week I was in Lexington, KY for the Alltech ONE Conference. It has been 3 years since Alltech created one of the very first virtual conferences in 2020. So you can imagine the excitement and joy of being with customers and friends from all over the world. That includes agricultural media who had a great press room to work out of as usual. So, for this week’s ZimmCast I’m going to share two interviews. First will be the 2021 Alltech Canada Planet of Plenty Award Winner...
2022-05-2619 minZimmCastZimmCast 690 - Remarks & Interviews from the 2022 Agri-Marketing ConferenceHello and welcome to the ZimmCast, I’m Chuck Zimmerman. The topic of this episode is the 2022 Agri-Marketing Conference which took place last week. Besides exhibiting in the Connection Point I was also taking photos for NAMA, over 500 of them which you can find in our online album. Just click on the Flickr icon on AgWired.com or AgNewsWire.com to find them. During the conference I recorded remarks from our industry award winners as well as interviewing the new president of NAMA, Deron Johnson, Curious Plot. The Golden ZimmComm Microphone was active in our Co...
2022-04-1431 minZimmCastZimmCast 689 - Preview of the 2022 Agri-Marketing ConferenceHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. Trips on the agriblogging highway continue with the Agri-Marketing Conference coming up next week. After that conference it will be on to Lexington, KY for the Alltech ONE Conference in May. ZimmComm will be exhibiting in the Connection Point at the Agri-Marketing Conference once again, in booth 201. The ZimmComm Golden Mic will be there to conduct interviews with attendees. All you have to do is stop by and we can chat about what is new in the world of agribusiness with you. You can also sto...
2022-03-3011 minZimmCastZimmCast 687 - Verdant RoboticsHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman Before getting to this week’s interview I thought I’d summarize a little bit of our activities. Last week Cindy and I tagged teamed the National Ethanol Conference where we created a customized virtual newsroom for the Renewable Fuels Association. There is a lot of content in there including 2 different event photo albums and lots of interviews and other audio. That was in New Orleans. Which is where I will be back to next week for the Commodity Classic and working with several companies and or...
2022-02-2812 minZimmCastZimmCast 686 - Agri-Pulse NewsmakersHello and welcome to the ZimmCast, I’m Chuck Zimmerman. Our friends at Agri-Pulse have launched a national news show called Agri-Pulse Newsmakers. The inaugural show was published this past Friday and you can find it on the Agri-Pulse website. The program designed for a broader audience and to engage lawmakers and key influencers on the hottest political topics. I talked with Sara Wyant, Agri-Pulse Founder and Editor about the new program and that’s the topic for this week’s ZimmCast. To sign up for updates from the new weekly Newsmakers program and da...
2022-02-1512 minZimmCastZimmCast 685 - Cattle Industry ConventionHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. Last week I traveled to Houston for the annual Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show. We produced a customized virtual newsroom for NCBA on AgNewsWire.com. It is loaded with content including photos, interviews and session audio that is all available all media. In this week’s episode I’m going to feature some of my interviews. Included are now-past president Jerry Bohn and new president Don Schiefelbein. They each bring their perspective to the last year and the year ahead. Also in thi...
2022-02-0835 minZimmCastWrap-ups and PreviewsHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. This episode will be about wrap-ups and previews. 2022 got off to a fast start with our virtual newsroom production for the National Cotton Council and the Beltwide Cotton Conferences. You can find the interviews and photos on AgNewsWire.com which has a link to the custom page we created for this project. I’m going to share my wrap-up interview of the conferences with Gary Adams, President/CEO, National Cotton Council. Next week both Cindy and I will be on the agriblogging highway to s...
2022-01-1325 minZimmCastThe Latest from SyngentaHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. In this episode I'm going to share stories from Syngenta since they were at all of the events I attended in the last few weeks. We really appreciate Syngenta's support which helps make what we do at ZimmComm possible. So let's get started. At the NAFB Trade Talk we heard about Syngenta's sustainability efforts from Caydee Savinelli and Steven Wall. Next, it was on to the Farm Journal MILK Business Conference where Enogen was in the spotlight to help dairy producers. Describing this are Todd Lunde, Ted...
2021-12-1639 minZimmCastLearning about Zeolite from Ida-OreHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. This week's episode is sponsored by IDA-ORE ZEOLITE. Zeolite is a miracle mineral that is rapidly taking over the agricultural, turf, and water filtration industries. Visit www.ida-ore.com or call 208-515-6966 to get a quote for bulk orders. Mention discount code "CHUCK" for savings! In this week's program I have a conversation with Matt Lott, Sales Manager, Ida-Ore. The topic is Zeolite and we're going to learn all about it. Matt will provide us with background on the company and then fo...
2021-11-0914 minZimmCastPublic Relations ProfessionalsHello and welcome to the ZimmCast. I’m Chuck Zimmerman. After missing it for a few years I was able to attend the Agricultural Relations Council (ARC) Annual Meeting which took place in Richmond, VA. We had a good turnout with some great sessions. I interviewed several of the attendees. More on that in a moment. The Golden ARC Awards, which were started in 1990 as the pre-eminent ag public relations awards, had many entries and awards were announced during the meeting. The awards themselves did not get to the hotel on time so they will be...
2021-11-0119 minZimmCastPreview of the 2021 NAMA Fall ConferenceHello and welcome to the ZimmCast, I’m Chuck Zimmerman. In this program we’re going to learn all about the 2021 NAMA Fall Conference from the head of the conference committee, Michele Tibodeau, CHS, Inc. Michele walks us through a preview of the program which includes the presentation of the annual Professional Development Awards of Excellence, network opportunities like on and off-site receptions and great speakers and sessions. That’s the ZimmCast for this week. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for listening.
2021-09-1312 minZimmCastStratovation GroupHello and welcome to the ZimmCast, I’m Chuck Zimmerman. Happy Earth Day. This episode is being produced on the 2021 Earth Day and I’ve lost count of all the messages in my inbox or social media feeds as ag and food companies use the opportunity to bring focus to their efforts on caring for our environment. Agriculture has a lot to offer in the discussion on climate which has ramped up to a fever pitch under the new administration in Washington, DC. So, let’s move on to this week’s program in which I have a...
2021-04-2217 minZimmCastBusiness Success and Food FearHello and welcome to the ZimmCast, I’m Chuck Zimmerman. In this week’s program we’re going to talk about business success and food fear. How do those things fit together? We’re going to find out. In fact, we’re going to find out in my conversation with a businessman, agriculturalist, speaker, podcaster, author and consultant who has been on the ZimmCast before - Damian Mason. Damian has a new book out called Food Fear and he'll talk about what he wanted to accomplish with the book. Additionally, Damian will also discuss a...
2021-04-1528 minZimmCastBeltwide & Biodiesel ConferencesHello and welcome to the ZimmCast, I’m Chuck Zimmerman. In this week’s program we’ll hear interviews from the Beltwide and Biodiesel conferences that took place virtually this month. So, let’s get a taste of the Beltwide Cotton Conferences and the National Biodiesel Conference and Expo and I’ll start with Dr. Gary Adams, National Cotton Council President and CEO, as Cindy talks with him about how the virtual Beltwide event went. Next up I talk with Chad Stone, Renewable Energy Group VP and Chairman of the National Biodiesel Board. I hop...
2021-01-2523 minZimmCastAWIS Celebrates 25 Years Helping Farmers GrowHello and welcome to the ZimmCast, a podcast started in 2004 to focus on agricultural marketing and what is new in the world of agribusiness. I’m Chuck Zimmerman saying Happy New Year to y’all. Here at ZimmComm we’ve been living in the virtual world of communications for almost 17 years. We started out distributing news releases with pre-recorded sound bites and interviews before jumping into blogging and podcasting and then starting social media channels in YouTube, Flickr, Twitter, Facebook and so many more. We’ve seen many of these platforms come and go too. It looks...
2021-01-0412 minZimmCastInnovations in Communications and ResearchCindy talked with Frances Hayes, Communications Specialist for the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska, about how they have adapted their communications strategy this year to reach a diverse group of stakeholders around the world in the middle of a pandemic. We also have an interview about a company called C-Lock, which developed technology to help improve animal management, profits, and sustainability in their livestock systems and awarded Research Equipment Grants to find new ways to use their tools. The founder of C-Lock is Dr. Patrick Zimmerman – so since we sh...
2020-11-0543 min
Checkoff ChatCheckoff-Chat-1-11-12In this week's program Chuck Zimmerman talks with Audrey Monroe, Registered Dietician/Director of Nutrition, Kansas Beef Council and Kaity Holtman, Director of Communications, Missouri Beef Industry Council, about new checkoff-funded research. The study is titled "Beef in an Optimal Lean Diet" (BOLD). They discuss what it means to consumer and cattle producers.
2012-01-1105 minCheckoff ChatCheckoff-Chat-12-7-11In this week's program Chuck Zimmerman speaks with Whitney Wallace, Director of Consumer Outreach, about MBIC's involvement in this year's Missouri Livestock Symposium.
2011-12-0703 minCheckoff ChatCheckoff-Chat-8-31-11This week's Missouri Beef Checkoff Chat features a conversation with Missouri Beef Industry Council chairman Jim Freeman of Salem, who will be going off the board this year after serving six years. Chuck Zimmerman interviewed him at the recent Cattle Industry Summer Conference.
2011-08-3104 minCheckoff ChatMBIC-Report-5-27-09In this week's Missouri Beef Industry Council report, we hear from Chuck Massengill of California, Missouri who serves producers in the state on the policy side of the beef cattle industry on the national level. He talks about how even though the beef checkoff is separate from member organizations that do policy work on the state and national level and can do no lobbying, both can and do work together on issues important to the industry.
2009-05-2704 minCheckoff ChatMBIC-Report-2-26-09This is the last of our reports from the Cattle Industry Convention. Chuck Zimmerman interviews MBIC board member, Andy Cloud, who serves as the representative of the Missouri Meat Processors Association. Andy also serves on the Beef Board Research and Safety Committee. He says that it's very important to continue efforts to make sure beef products are safe for consumers.
2009-02-2602 minCheckoff ChatMBIC-Report-1-28-09Sally Angell, Centralia, new Missouri Beef Industry Council member is attending her first Cattle Industry Convention in Phoenix, AZ. Chuck Zimmerman caught up to her while she was attending the New Products Exchange presented by the Beef Innovations Group. Sally talks about her impressions so far and why development of new products is so important to improving beef demand.
2009-01-2803 minThe Milking ParlorPfizer Shows Industry PflairIn this program Chuck interviews Dr. Gary Neubauer, Pfizer Animal Health, about their Industry Pflair program.
2008-10-0905 minThe Milking ParlorChildhood Nutrition Fitness Initiative On TargetIn this program Chuck interviews Grant Kohler, a dairy farmer from Utah, about the CNFI program that's a joint venture between the National Dairy Council and the NFL.
2008-10-0603 minThe Milking ParlorGetting GEA Farm Technology FeedbackIn this program Chuck interviews Linda Mrugacz, GEA Farm Technology, Director, Marketing and Communications, about producer feedback to the new brand name.
2008-10-0603 minThe Milking ParlorSilage That's All About DigestibilityIn this program Chuck interviews Jerry Weigel, BASF Global Nutrition Manager, about what sets their Nutridense silage product apart from others.
2008-10-0605 minThe Milking ParlorMeet Ashley HuibregtseIn this program Chuck interviews Ashley Huibregtse, Alice in Dairyland, about her duties as an ambassador for agriculture in Wisconsin.
2008-10-0503 minThe Milking ParlorNutridense Feed Trial a SuccessIn this program Chuck interviews Tom Poltynski, SUNY, Cobleskill, farm coordinator about their feed trial with Nutridense corn.
2008-10-0506 minThe Milking ParlorFlat Iron Steaks from the Beef BoardIn this program Chuck interviews Lucinda Williams, dairy producer and Vice Chairman of the Cattlemen's Beef Board. She was at World Dairy Expo to remind producers that they're also beef producers.
2008-10-0403 minThe Milking ParlorPrecision Ag For Dairy From John DeereIn this program Chuck interviews Luke Kerns, John Deere, about their HarvestLab Moisture Sensor which mounts on the spout of their forage harvester.
2008-10-0403 minThe Milking ParlorBASF Plant Science Sponsors Virtual Farm TourIn this program Chuck interviews Jerry Weigel, BASF Plant Science, about the value of the virtual farm tours at World Dairy Expo and in particular the one they sponsored with SUNY.
2008-10-0403 minThe Milking ParlorWorld Dairy Expo Dairy Woman of the YearIn this program Chuck interviews Marion Barlass who is the World Dairy Expo Dairy Woman of the Year about her farm and what the award means to her.
2008-10-0203 minThe Milking ParlorGEA Farm Technologies Poised For GrowthIn this program Chuck interviews Armin Tietjen, head of marketing, GEA Farm Technologies. He works in the company headquarters and talks about the future plans of the company.
2008-10-0203 minThe Milking ParlorMarketing and Media at World Dairy ExpoIn this program Chuck interviews John Rozum and Lisa Behnke, World Dairy Expo, about what's new about this year's Expo.
2008-10-0103 minThe Milking ParlorGEA Farm Technology LaunchIn this program Chuck interviews Vern Foster, CEO and President of GEA Farm Technologies of which WestfaliaSurge is now a part. He explains this re-launch of their brand.
2008-10-0106 min
Domestic Fuel CastLaunch of Domestic Fuel CastIn the first Domestic Fuel Cast you'll hear Cindy Zimmerman interview Robert Zubrin, author of Energy Victory, a book in which he outlines a simple plan for "winning the war on terror by breaking free of oil."
2008-03-3107 minThe Milking ParlorLooking Forward to World Ag ExpoIn this program Chuck interviews Shelley Kahl, Chairman of World Ag Expo. She talks about how much there is for dairy industry professionals to see and do at the show.
2008-01-0311 min
Precision Pays PodcastMid-State Equipment Selling Precision Ag To DairiesInterview with Chuck Endres, Mid-State Equipment, about how precision ag equipment is helping dairy producers become more efficient.
2007-10-1105 minThe Milking ParlorPrecision Agriculture for Dairy ProducersChuck interviews Chuck Endres, Mid-State Equipment, about how new precision agriculture technology can help dairy producers.
2007-10-0604 minCheckoff ChatMBIC-Report-7-18-07In this week's report Chuck Zimmerman interviews MBIC Executive Director John Kleiboeker, at the 2007 Cattle Industry Summer Conference. They discuss the first ever Beef-Dairy Issues Forum which was held to explore synergies between the Beef Checkoff and the Dairy Checkoff. John also talks about what he hopes to see and accomplish while attending the conference.
2007-07-1805 min
CommodityClassicCastCommodityCassicCast - National Association of Farm BroadcastingChuck does a round table interview about NAFB with Bill O'Neill, executive director, Jeremy Povenmire, membership and Hugh Whaley, NAFB Foundation.
2007-03-0507 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityCassicCast - Steve HenningChuck interviews Steve Henning, BASF, about how things went at Commodity Classic.
2007-03-0305 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityCassicCast - Sara WyantChuck interviews Sara Wyant, Agri-Pulse Communications, to get her perspective on the 2007 farm bill.
2007-03-0309 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityCassicCast - Leon DucheneChuck interviews Leon Duchene, BASF, about their launch of Status herbicide and what it means for corn growers.
2007-03-0304 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityCassicCast - Dan WestbergChuck interviews Dan Westberg, BASF, at a What Is New session on their new broadleaf weed control product-Status.
2007-03-0303 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityCassicCast - Gary SchmitzChuck interviews Gary Schmitz, BASF, about their new Status herbicide for corn week control.
2007-03-0302 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityCassicCast - Greg KrissekChuck interviews Greg Krissek, Chairman of the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition about what the organization offers to the industry.
2007-03-0307 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityClassicCast - Steve GorsuchChuck interviews Steve Gorsuch, New Holland director of marketing and brand development about the products they have on display and why they used the theme True Blue at their dealer conference.
2007-03-0306 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityClassicCast - Ed BerryChuck interviews Ed Berry, New Holland brand marketing manager about the products they have on display and their Harvest Support program.
2007-03-0204 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityClassicCast - Mike HarveyChuck interviews Mike Harvey, New Holland product specialist about their IntelliView Plus II Monitor.
2007-03-0206 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityClassicCast - Ken McCauleyChuck interviews Ken McCauley, president, National Corn Growers Association.
2007-03-0202 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityClassicCast - Dale SchulerChuck interviews Dale Schuler, president, National Association of Wheat Growers.
2007-03-0203 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityClassicCast - Rick OstlieChuck interviews Rick Ostlie, president, American Soybean Growers Association.
2007-03-0204 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityClassicCast - Kip CullersKip Cullers is currently the world record corn and soybean yield holder. Chuck interviews him to find out what some of his secrets of success are.
2007-03-0107 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityClassicCast - BASF Symposium - Dirk VoesteChuck interviews Dirk Voeste who is the head of Plant Health and Seed Treatment Research for BASF.
2007-03-0103 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityClassicCast - BASF Symposium - Andy LeeChuck interviews Andy Lee, BASF Director of Business Operations, U. S. Crop Protection Products about how the company is keeping the lead in new research and technology.
2007-03-0105 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityClassicCast - BASF Symposium - Dr. Gary FellowsChuck interviews Dr. Gary Fellows about BASF finding that Headline fungicide helps corn in dry weather.
2007-02-2805 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityClassicCast - BASF Symposium - Ray GilmerChuck interviews Ray Gilmer, BASF Group Communications Manager, Agricultural Products Division, about the program for the BASF Science Behind Plant Health Symposium.
2007-02-2805 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityClassicCast - Media HelpBob Callanan, ASA and Mimi Ricketts, NCGA, are the people who put the media room together at Commodity Classic. Chuck interviews them about what they do to get ready for the show and what they think will be the hot topics this year.
2007-02-2808 minCommodityClassicCastCommodityClassicCast - WelcomeThis first program is a welcome to CommodityClassicCast by Chuck Zimmerman.
2007-02-2601 minCheckoff ChatMBIC-Report-7-26-06Chuck interviews outgoing Executive Director, Steve Taylor, about his time with the organization.
2006-07-2604 minCheckoff ChatMBIC-Report-7-19-06This week Chuck interviews MBIC board member, Rusty Kahrs, about his experience on the Issues Management committee meeting at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference.
2006-07-1903 min