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Hello 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 interview...

Hello 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-Puls...

Hello 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. Includ...

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast.  Recently retired farm broadcaster Mike Adams was honored by the biodiesel industry last week at the National Biodiesel Conference and Expo in Las Vegas. Adams was presented with the Biodiesel Impact Award. "As I look back, I remember those soy diesel days," said Adams. "It made so much sense to me I couldn't understand why anyone would ever be against either eth...

Hello 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 intervi...

Hello 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 o...

Hello 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...

Hello 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 relatio...

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast.  In this program we're going to get a preview of the 2021 Agricultural Relations Council Annual Meeting. Providing the details is Kristy Mach, Corner Window Communications and Executive Director of ARC. Kristy walks us through the program and speakers as well as the annual business meeting and awards program. The second day will be tour day to the Virginia Instit...

Hello 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...

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. Last week I attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, working primarily in the Buffalo Chip Campground with the Renewable Fuels Association. This is the 8th out of the last ten years I've had this opportunity. I get to work with a group of great people, creating content during the various sponsorship activities. It is both an educational as well as promotional effor...

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast.   In this episode I'm sharing a conversation with Matt Crisp, CEO of Benson Hill, a food technology company that is unlocking the natural genetic diversity of plants for the plant-based food revolution. It is some very new technology they are employing and Matt will walk us through it. There are some terms like Cloud Biology, nutrition security and the company's...

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. If you are into numbers this is episode # 674. Downloads of the ZimmCast have increased on a regular basis this year. If you'd like to be a ZimmCast sponsor, just let me know. Cindy and I have been making travel plans for work. That's something pretty rare since early last year. So we've got flights scheduled, hotel reservations and conference registered. I guess...

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. This is episode 673 since starting the podcast back in 2005. We've come a long way baby! When I started the podcast and AgWired.com my target audience was the membership of the National Agri-Marketing Association . This program will focus on NAMA and specifically the annual Agri-Marketing Conference coming up in just over a month. With me in this program is Greg...

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. Carbon seems to be the big (C) buzzword lately. In the last couple weeks I've lost count of how many announcements I've received on this subject in my inbox. One of those was from Farmers Edge that announced the company's new Smart Carbon program . You can find the announcement and more about this program on their website. This week's program features a discussio...

ARISE USA The Resurrection Tour is an educational non-profit tour seeking to unite all Americans regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, age or disability. It is a national conversation and civics dialog tour. Trent Loos describes what it is all about as he is about to embark on this national tour to jump start a local dialogue. It could be the longest running (111 days)...

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. In this week's episode we're going to hear about the upcoming Alltech ONE Ideas Conference which will be virtual again in 2021. Dr. Mark Lyons, President/CEO of Alltech, says the company has developed its own platform to run the event and all its activities, including a trade show. We'll get a preview of the trade show portion on May 19, prior to the start of the...

Hello 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 p...

Hello 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...

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. Since it is Ag Week I want to say thank you to farmers and everyone in the food and agribusiness industries for helping feed the world. Ag Week emphasizes the importance of agriculture and in this program I'm sharing a conversation about a new impact study of the food industry to the U.S. economy. It's titled, "2021 Food and Agriculture Industries Economic Impact...

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. This week I'm going to talk with a fellow farm podcaster. He's Matt Brechwald, producer of the Off Farm Income Podcast and a lot more. Matt produces a lot of podcasts and when I learned about what he's doing I wanted to talk with him about it since he really jumped into farm podcasting in a big way. So, listen in to our conversation and at the end we let you know...

Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. In this week's program we're going to learn a lot about AgWiki from CEO, Randy Krotz. AgWiki is a community of farmers, researchers, nutritionists, and consultants seeking to discover solutions to sustainability and world hunger…socially. Randy will talk about the startup venture and what the mission is as well as how you can get involved and even help with the d...

Hello 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...

Hello 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 blog...