tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79495572011-04-21T22:13:31.276-05:00Let your news release speak for itself!Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.comBlogger1141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1111008282163189402005-03-16T15:19:00.000-06:002005-03-16T15:24:42.173-06:00

Today was move day. This site has been a great place to learn and get started but we're on our own server now. Please bookmark the new address and remember to update your subscription if you've been getting our RSS feed! Although this site will stay here for now you'll only find new posts on the new site.Here's where we are now: AgriMarketing ProsOr, put another way:

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1110850325616628932005-03-14T19:23:00.000-06:002005-03-14T19:33:19.746-06:00

We'd like to welcome our newest Talking News Release client. Valent just received section 18 exemption for Domark fungicide to treat Asian Soybean Rust in 28 states. So, working with Brandy Craig at Archer-Malmo, we produced a TNR that was distributed to reporters in our database in those states.You can see the release here: Domark Fungicide ReleaseIt appears that U-S farmers will now have some

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1110849577136373392005-03-14T19:19:00.000-06:002005-03-16T09:19:57.586-06:00

Future agrimarketers? This is the Mizzou NAMA Chapter agrimarketing competition team. They'll be facing off against about 40 other college teams from around the country in April at the NAMA convention in Phoenix. Today they gave a preliminary presentation to the sponsoring professional chapter in St. Louis to be critiqued and get ideas and suggestions. They did a good job eventhough they had just

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1110740554907764752005-03-13T12:49:00.000-06:002005-03-13T13:02:34.913-06:00

Congratulations Gary & Robin!Once upon a time Cindy and I were partners with Gary Cooper in a Florida communications company called SunStar Telecom, Inc. We started and operated several divisions including Southeast Agrinet, WTMC-AM, SunStar Network, AgStar Advertising and were doing pretty good until the government took over the savings and loan company that was financing us. That's a story

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1110556098828735972005-03-11T09:32:00.000-06:002005-03-11T15:15:14.876-06:00

It's nice to see that what you're doing is noticed. Especially when you can learn from it. Since we started this blog site we've been critiqued and many of the changes for the better have come from people who notice and care.For example, Robert French, who teaches at Auburn University and has a great blog of his own at InfOpinions, just wrote a follow up piece about our site/service which you can

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1110499616390758302005-03-10T18:00:00.000-06:002005-03-11T08:57:13.286-06:00

I'd like to welcome AGCO to the list of companies that are using Talking News Releases!We just sent out the first in a series of releases for them. You can see the first one here: Spray Guide ReleaseWe're working with AGCO through a great agency located in MN - Broadhead + Co. Thank you Dean Broadhead!

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1110499222330599052005-03-10T17:49:00.000-06:002005-03-10T18:00:22.333-06:00

The March issue is out and it's all about "Connecting To Rural America." I wrote an article on blogging in it which you can read online if you don't get the magazine.There are other good articles as usual. You'll notice a reference to the fact that Becky Rasmussen has moved on. I know she'll be missed at the magazine but she's now working for Steve Drake at Drake & Co. on the National

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1110417203246327872005-03-09T19:07:00.000-06:002005-03-09T19:13:23.250-06:00

What’s the Difference Between TNR’s and NAFB’s NFBS?This is one of the questions we are asked most often by ag related agencies and companies, right after “can we track who uses our releases?” I’ve been meaning to write about it for a while as a way to help answer the question.TNR’s are our Talking News Releases, which are basically news releases with audio. NFBS is the National Association of

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1110316961196955552005-03-08T15:16:00.000-06:002005-03-08T15:22:41.200-06:00

I'm proud to point you to a great farm broadcaster who's embraced the blogosphere.She's Cyndi Young and she's the Farm Director of the Brownfield Network.Cyndi just went on the Valley World Tour with another former farm broadcaster and good friend Kim Lang who is now the Valmont Irrigation Communications Director. Cyndi not only sent in reports for Brownfield programming but is also using the

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1110316497955525782005-03-08T15:06:00.000-06:002005-03-08T15:14:57.956-06:00

Probably many of you already subscribe to AgriMarketing Magazine. In case you don't they have a good website and online versions of the magazine. In a bit of shameless self-promotion you might want to read this article in the March Edition. I kind of like the author. There are other good articles including one written by my good buddy Steve Mays.I also just had another article pointed out to

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1110245103085244682005-03-07T19:25:00.000-06:002005-03-07T19:41:49.440-06:00

The Missouri Agricultural Leaders Luncheon is an ad hoc group. That means no membership or staff. Just your handy volunteers which this year are Cindy and myself.We coordinate a meeting monthly that rotates between Jefferson City and Columbia. At our March meeting our new Director of Ag, Fred Ferrell, spoke to over 75 people at Summit Lake Winery.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1110243005498373702005-03-07T18:50:00.000-06:002005-03-07T19:18:40.883-06:00

New Missouri Director of Agriculture, Fred Ferrell. He spoke at a packed luncheon last week.There were over 75 in attendance, a larger than normal crowd. They all wanted to hear from our new Director of Ag and he gave a great speech!

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109979724825616052005-03-04T17:42:00.000-06:002005-03-04T17:45:13.993-06:00

Here's Team Ethanol, including Missouri Senator Jim Talent, Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, IRL's Tony George, Ron Hemelgarn, and in the car, the driver, Paul Dana.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109979373468752772005-03-04T17:36:00.000-06:002005-03-04T17:44:13.690-06:00

Here's a better photo of Jack Arute, who was the Team Ethanol/IndyCar Press Conference emcee. It was sunny outside of Union Station in Washington, DC but the wind was blowing hard and the wind chill had to be about 10 degrees! By the time we were done I had no feeling in my hands and could barely hold a camera and recorder.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109979247880508332005-03-04T17:34:00.000-06:002005-03-04T17:43:33.553-06:00

ABC/ESPN auto racing sports announcer, Jack Arute, was the emcee for Team Ethanol's press conference in Washington, DC this week. He's pictured here with the car and an Indy Pace Car in the background.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109978258154527862005-03-04T17:13:00.000-06:002005-03-04T17:19:56.226-06:00

We don't get much feedback sent to us but when we do it's almost always positive. We really appreciate people like Jarrod who wrote this little note today:PLEASE keep sending these. They're great!Jarrod AllenNews DirectorWCLTNewark, OhioJarrod's note was in response to the release we sent out today for Team Ethanol. You can view it here: Ethanol - IndyCar Announcement

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109908866624327412005-03-03T22:01:00.000-06:002005-03-03T22:06:49.393-06:00

Team Ethanol put on a great press conference today thanks to some great folks from Integer Group. I'll have more information about it by tomorrow but wanted to at least get one picture out today before calling it quits. The press conference was in Washington, DC outside of Union Station. I've got pictures, audio and of course Talking News Releases coming!I did about 12 interviews during the

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109731076357221042005-03-01T20:37:00.000-06:002005-03-01T20:47:35.920-06:00

Here's Cindy interviewing Mike Treadwell (Oklahoma), new President of NRECA. Mike actually takes the reigns tomorrow officially. We'll use the audio from this interview for the last NRECA Convention Talking News Release we'll produce tomorrow.Maybe you wonder if any reporters actually use what we send? Here's an emailed reply we got this morning from a TNR we sent yesterday:Chuck & Cindy,Thanks

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109730959977500832005-03-01T20:35:00.000-06:002005-03-01T20:43:44.380-06:00

Chuck and Cindy are on the outside and inside from left to right are: Patrick Lavigne, Renee Butler and Eleanor Miller. It was great to work with them in San Diego, sending out Talking News Releases directly from their newsroom at the convention to reporters all over the U. S.!

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109649835810855612005-02-28T21:56:00.000-06:002005-02-28T22:20:06.213-06:00

It was a busy day at the NRECA convention. We worked out of the newsroom and produced a couple of Talking News Releases today and conducted interviews for several that are going out tomorrow.You can see the first one we did today here: NRECA Convention ReleaseThis release was sent out nationally from the newsroom. We're mobile! I can't say how much I liked the internet connection they set up here

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109648791611582392005-02-28T21:46:00.000-06:002005-02-28T21:55:55.420-06:00

We just had to post a picture of us at the NRECA convention with our old buddy, "Uncle" Nip Neidert. We worked with Nip at Learfield Communications for many years and he's still a valued friend and associate. We're proud of him and the job he's doing for National Country Market.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109648698289979892005-02-28T21:44:00.000-06:002005-02-28T21:51:51.416-06:00

Cindy had a nice chat with former U. S. Senator Bob Dole who was the keynote speaker at the NRECA convention.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109648521600477802005-02-28T21:42:00.000-06:002005-02-28T21:50:12.173-06:00

Here's what every good newsroom should have in it. It's a monitor with a video feed from the general session and with it a mult box, which contains the audio feed, allowing multiple reporters to plug in and record the speeches! It makes it so much easier for reporters, especially when the newsroom and ballrooms are so far apart.I wish every convention or organization would do this.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109648388232533722005-02-28T21:39:00.000-06:002005-02-28T21:48:58.886-06:00

Working on a Talking News Release for NRECA, Cindy is focused on editing audio from the first general session. She is much faster and better at editing audio and writing than yours truly. That's why I'm taking the picture and she's working!

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109548318283494342005-02-27T17:51:00.000-06:002005-02-27T17:56:03.120-06:00

We just got set up in the newsroom at the San Diego Convention Center at the NRECA annual meeting. We've got audio piped in from the General Session Ballroom. Tomorrow former Senator Bob Dole will be the keynote speaker right after Glenn English, NRECA CEO, makes his opening speech. We'll be using audio from the speeches as well as other audio we collect through personal interviews to include

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109513997864782522005-02-27T07:51:00.000-06:002005-02-27T08:19:57.866-06:00

The ethanol industry is getting a new champion. It's an organization called EPIC (Ethanol Promotions and Information Council). It's so new that I guess their website isn't open to the public yet (www.epicinfo.org). But it should be available soon.I'll be travelling to Washington, DC this week to attend their press conference. The invitation says it's an announcement about the IndyCar Series

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109505175793525942005-02-27T05:47:00.000-06:002005-02-27T05:52:55.793-06:00

The Commodity Classic is behind me and the next stop is San Diego for the NRECA (National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association) annual convention. Cindy's with me on this trip as we set up shop in the newsroom to help NRECA distribute Talking News Releases from their convention.We expect to send out a release about their CEO's message to the membership on Monday and others as the topics and

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109448623268393162005-02-26T14:01:00.000-06:002005-02-26T14:10:23.273-06:00

I get sent great information from some good friends like Steve who's been a great resource and guide as ZimmComm plows through the blogosphere.Here's an example that contains a link to a great article you'll find worth reading:Chuck:When we first started talking about blogs and their potential for businesses and corporations, I cautioned that they can be a double-edged sword.I found a really good

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109362521189270972005-02-25T13:59:00.000-06:002005-02-25T14:16:44.206-06:00

Yesterday I had a chance to show Barry Nelson, John Deere Public Relations Manager, how Talking News Releases work. He decided that his announcement today would be a good chance to try it out so . . .John Deere had a press conference this morning. I recorded audio from each of the representatives quoted in the release. Those sound bites were edited and converted to mp3 files which are on our web

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109355927857038802005-02-25T12:23:00.000-06:002005-02-25T12:28:45.390-06:00

I promised audio from Mike Johanns. I caught the start of his press conference just a couple seconds late but you can listen to his opening statement here: Johanns Opening StatementIf you'd like the whole thing, please feel free to contact me and I can arrange to make more available to you.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109354618826551682005-02-25T12:03:00.000-06:002005-02-25T12:06:17.270-06:00

The press facing Sec. of Ag Mike Johanns.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109354569194789852005-02-25T12:02:00.000-06:002005-02-25T12:05:43.783-06:00

Here's Sec. of Ag Johanns speaking to the press at his Commodity Classic press conference.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109354042633277242005-02-25T11:54:00.000-06:002005-02-25T11:57:54.010-06:00

At the Monsanto press conference Monsanto's Dr. Todd DeGooyer, next to the podium, discusses new corn rootworm research findings with Iowa State University entomologist, Dr. Matthew O'Neal and Purdue's John Obermeyer.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109353845203650622005-02-25T11:50:00.000-06:002005-02-25T11:57:21.743-06:00

John Deere's Product Planner, Mike Miller, talking about Soybean Rust Spray tests at the early morning press conference. To his right is Barry Nelson, Public Relations Manager. To his left is Dr. Jeff Barnes, Crop Systems Specialist and then Don Borgman, Manager of Market Planning.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109349150187361762005-02-25T10:32:00.000-06:002005-02-25T10:33:53.026-06:00

New U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns speaking to corn and soybean growers in Austin, TX at the Commodity Classic. I should have audio from his press conference later. Right now I've got to work on a Talking News Release for John Deere that needs to go out to reporters still this morning.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109348877045716882005-02-25T10:27:00.000-06:002005-02-25T10:32:54.866-06:00

Here's a shot of Leon Corzine making his opening comments at the General Session of Commodity Classic. I wrote about this earlier.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109347149500166662005-02-25T09:43:00.000-06:002005-02-25T10:18:31.890-06:00

I'm in the opening general session here at Commodity Classic. Leon Corzine, President, NCGA, is speaking about re-energizing rural America and how important farmers are to that growth.Next up is Neal Bredehoeft, President, ASA. Neal is now talking about accomplishments of the soybean industry and the Asian Soybean Rust problem facing growers this coming season.Coming up soon is our new Secretary

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109304002681410422005-02-24T22:00:00.000-06:002005-02-24T22:04:02.033-06:00

Another company that incorporates Talking News Releases into their communications strategy is BASF through their agency, Brighton Agency. In this picture the Commodity Classic trade show was just kicking off on Thursday afternoon.In the BASF booth they have an outdoor scene complete with the sounds of crickets and birds. The audio changes throughout the day to match what you'd normally hear

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109303877813096592005-02-24T21:57:00.000-06:002005-02-24T22:01:29.186-06:00

Monsanto has been one of our biggest supporters and first Talking News Release clients. Through their agency, Osborn & Barr Communications, we've sent out numerous product-related news releases with audio. They have the first press conference on Friday morning bright and early at 7am. I'll be there to record the announcements and bring it to you here on Agrimarketing Pros.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109275280908712592005-02-24T13:57:00.000-06:002005-02-24T14:13:45.560-06:00

You can listen to my interview with Rick Tolman, CEO, NCGA here: Commodity Classic 1.Rick talks about the jointly run annual meeting of ASA and NCGA. He says that they've actually formed a separate corporation with farmer board members from each organization to run this meeting and there is a separate full time staff that works on it all year long. The interview is less than 5 minutes.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109274814363091032005-02-24T13:53:00.000-06:002005-02-24T13:57:06.713-06:00

At the first press conference Leon Corzine, President, NCGA, made a speech to a large gathering of media.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109274723200148472005-02-24T13:52:00.000-06:002005-02-24T13:56:32.653-06:00

Here's some working journalists at the Commodity Classic. This is the very small area set up with internet access. There's actually a line waiting to get connected. Thanks to Jeff Nalley, pictured in the back, interviewing Rick Tolman, CEO, NCGA, we have a multiple access switch which allows more reporters to get connected to the interne! To the right is Sara Wyant, Agripulse, working on a

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109268636226213732005-02-24T11:56:00.000-06:002005-02-24T12:10:36.226-06:00

Hi from Austin.I made it and am in the convention center newsroom. Sitting here among a bunch of reporters like Jeff Nalley, from Kentucky (Cromwell Ag Media) and Michelle Rook from South Dakota(WNAX), Sara Wyant from Illinois, (Agripulse) and others.C5 internet connection jacks are at a premium here. Commodity Classic needs to double the connections or arrange for wi-fi for the press!I'm

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109257301779449232005-02-24T08:57:00.000-06:002005-02-24T09:01:41.780-06:00

On my way to Austin. I had to get one of those connection cards for my notebook. It's not broadband speed but I'm connected. I can't believe how many Blackberry's I've seen this morning on the plane and airports. They must be doing good. People are walking around talking and typing. It's almost weird to see this many.Maybe they're posting to their blogs as they walk!You never know.I've

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109181144963551862005-02-23T11:36:00.000-06:002005-02-23T11:52:24.966-06:00

It's almost Commodity Classic time. Well some folks are already there.I'll be heading that way tomorrow and will be providing reports on what I see, hear and participate in. I can tell you that the trade show and press conferences alone would keep a person busy full time for 3 days. You should see the press conference invitations and notices I've got!A highlight on the schedule will be the

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109120877096621692005-02-22T18:53:00.000-06:002005-02-22T19:07:57.096-06:00

I was looking around and found some ag-related blogs I thought you might be interested in taking a look at:Extension DailyCowboy CommentaryGreen DigitDidn't see much else on this search. Know of any? Please pass them along.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1109086636677225482005-02-22T09:11:00.000-06:002005-02-22T09:37:16.680-06:00

We all know that the world has become much smaller due to new technologies. Journalists of all kinds are travelling all over the world covering agricultural news and information. We've got friends outside the country right now on the Valmont World Tour for example. You may be familiar with a number of professional improvement groups here in the U-S like NAMA, NAFB, AAEA and LPC whose members

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1108994622245572032005-02-21T07:51:00.000-06:002005-02-21T08:03:42.246-06:00

Yes, I'm still bragging about it. That's a lot of radio stations and reporters.I know I wrote about this in my last post. But I think it should be repeated.If you had us send your Talking News Release to our complete reporter database, that's how many would be on the receiving end. Where else can you get your news release in front of that many eyes?The best part is that we push it through to

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1108937964620955202005-02-20T16:09:00.000-06:002005-02-20T16:19:24.620-06:00

After doing a little updating on our radio station news director database I thought you might be interested in a little bit of analysis. We get asked these questions all the time.We have individual email addresses for 2,803 different radio reporters across the United States. However, they work for and are heard on over 6,000 radio stations! A few of these reporters are also reporting for radio

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1108910550820505842005-02-20T08:11:00.000-06:002005-02-20T12:52:43.436-06:00

We finally got it figured out and now it's available. The ZimmComm podcast is the ZimmCast!We'd like to know what you'd like to hear. Listen to the first one, it's short, then provide your feedback. We intend to interview agrimarketing pros and provide their ideas through this new form of "radio/audio" communication. We recommend you get podcast software like Ipodder or iPodderx to manage your

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1108861171784213942005-02-19T18:52:00.000-06:002005-02-19T18:59:31.786-06:00

I know I mentioned this in a previous post but here's a little more information.I'll be blogging at the upcoming Commodity Classic in Austin, TX. This is the combined annual mtg. of the National Corn Growers Association and the American Soybean Association. It has a large trade show, along with member meetings and awards dinners.From a press standpoint there are numerous press conferences

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1108860658243192432005-02-19T18:47:00.000-06:002005-02-19T18:50:58.246-06:00

I'm borrowing from the AAEA website for some of this post to help get the word out about the Ag Media Summit. Here's what they had to say:The Steering Committee of the Agricultural Publications Summit (APS) has voted unanimously to change the name of the annual professional development conference to the Agricultural Media Summit (AMS)."Our members are involved in much more than publications

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1108832722477074822005-02-19T10:55:00.000-06:002005-02-19T11:05:22.480-06:00

While we had a very busy week the flu bug hit little old ZimmComm so I haven't posted much for a few days. However, things are looking up.We'd like to welcome a new client this week, Lutheran Senior Services. This company manages elderly care facilities including one in Jefferson City, MO - Heisinger Bluffs. We've been employed to conduct a community image assessment survey and report and

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1108589607977308342005-02-16T15:31:00.000-06:002005-02-16T15:33:27.980-06:00

Welcome to the new look for the ZimmComm blog. We're currently transitioning to a new webserver so not all of our links are set up and working yet but that should be remedied within a couple days.In the meantime all our posts and archives are active. Let us know your thoughts.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1108577121350788492005-02-16T12:05:00.000-06:002005-02-16T12:10:11.910-06:00

Here's Dick Marshall receiving the Lifetime Communicator Award from the Missouri Corn Growers Association. With Dick is family members including his brother Gary (far right) who is the Executive Director of MCGA. The award was presented at last yesterday's MCGA Annual Mtg. in Jefferson City, MO.Dick used to work for me at the Brownfield Network. He was a longtime farm broadcaster and one of the

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1108477936189351282005-02-15T08:03:00.000-06:002005-02-15T08:32:16.193-06:00

A friend told me about a comment he heard the other day from an ag group leader here in Missouri who was complaining that the Missouri Corn Growers Association (MCGA) seemed to be quoted and heard in the news more than his group.The reason is pretty simple. MCGA is doing more media outreach, which includes sending Talking News Releases with sound bites and images to radio, tv and newspaper

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1108397889839893582005-02-14T10:02:00.000-06:002005-02-14T10:18:09.843-06:00

I know we've told you that we offer blogging services but what does that mean and how much does it cost?Let's first of all say that the cost is determined by what you want us to do so we'll provide you with a quote after you describe what you want us to do.To address this new service we've updated our rate card. I'll be emailing it out next week when our new blog site is up and running. In the

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1108215699961193422005-02-12T07:36:00.000-06:002005-02-12T07:41:39.963-06:00

Here's another meeting of note. The St. Louis Agribusiness Club, along with the Gateway NAMA chapter have a meeting Monday:++++++Looking to the FutureWhat's on the horizon? How will it effect you and/or your business? The Gateway NAMA will host a join meeting with the St. Louis Agribusiness Club featuring Carl Casale, Monsanto Executive Vice President Commercial, North American & Latin America

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1108215388592689612005-02-12T07:32:00.000-06:002005-02-12T07:36:28.593-06:00

You may not be aware of this recently formed organization in Kansas City. They're having a great program coming up you might want to attend though:++++++The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City will be hosting nationally-renowned speaker Steve Kopperud for breakfast on Friday, February 25, 2005, 8:00 a.m. The event will be held at the American Royal. Members’ cost for breakfast is

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1108135818211348082005-02-11T08:31:00.000-06:002005-02-11T09:30:18.213-06:00

This is one of those "duh" why didn't I think of that ideas. You can listen to me talk about this here: ZimmComm Podcast.If you've got an e-newsletter why not insert hyperlinks to audio that your subscribers can listen to on their computer? Let's say you've hired ZimmComm to produce a Talking News Release. We have to do an interview to collect audio for sound bites. We can edit the full

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107988568758004062005-02-09T16:27:00.000-06:002005-02-09T16:36:08.756-06:00

One of our charter client's the MBIC just sent out this Talking News Release today. This a general consumer release that was sent to radio, tv and publication reporters. There are hyperlinks in the release to audio and image files. The subject is MBIC's sponsorship of the cooking stage at the St. Louis Women's Show. Addtionally, we produced a self-contained interview on the same subject

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107835666250946312005-02-07T22:05:00.000-06:002005-02-09T14:12:48.150-06:00

Even CNN is recognizing podcasting. Here's a great story published today: 'Podcasting' takes broadcasting to the Internet. We'll begin regular podcasts here from ZimmComm very soon so stay tuned!

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107799509543348802005-02-07T11:59:00.000-06:002005-02-07T12:05:09.543-06:00

We'll begin posting links to our latest Talking News Releases as they are sent out and as long as our client is okay with it. They might give you some creative ideas for projects we can do for you. You'll be able to click on the audio file links just like a reporter would and who knows what you'll learn. Keep in mind that I'm available for on-site training in news release creation and

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107798209173953042005-02-07T11:38:00.000-06:002005-02-07T11:43:29.173-06:00

Many of the people who are aware of this blog and I hope are paying attention, are members of NAMA - National Agri-Marketing Association. However, not all of you are. A great place to learn more about it and network with people from across the country is the annual Agri-Marketing Conference and Trade Show. This year it's in Phoenix, April 20-22. ZimmComm will be there, blogging our way

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107797312693640062005-02-07T11:24:00.000-06:002005-02-07T11:28:32.693-06:00

I was just alerted to an ag blog you might want to check out. You can see for yourself at the Center For Rural Affairs . See? There's more of them happening all the time. Feel free to contact ZimmComm if you'd like help in learning how to blog. We can set yours up for you and even help you maintain it!

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107722478014538402005-02-06T14:41:00.000-06:002005-02-06T14:46:01.346-06:00

I couldn't resist posting a picture of this little guy from the NCBA trade show. Especially since New Holland is a client and we helped with their Polar Express movie promotion by sending a Talking News Release!

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107721511753265002005-02-06T14:21:00.000-06:002005-02-06T14:25:11.753-06:00

This is from Webopedia: (n.) Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author. (v.) To author a Web log. Other forms: Blogger (a person who blogs). I've found that so many agricultural communications folks don't know much about it that I thought it might

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107560139082889392005-02-04T17:14:00.000-06:002005-02-04T17:35:39.083-06:00

Or are we the media? Interesting question. It used to be that companies had to push their information to their customers through "traditional" media (newspaper, magazine, radio, tv). The web has opened up a whole new world though. What about blogging, or as I'd rather say, self-publishing and syndication? If I create an easy to use and subscribe to web log site then I'm going directly to the

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107535014788881752005-02-04T10:34:00.000-06:002005-02-04T10:36:54.796-06:00

I've only been spreading the word about blogs for a couple weeks. Just in the past 24 hours I've been contacted by 2 ag communications people about their new blogs. They're getting their feet wet and seeing what blogging is all about. They're brave new souls who will continue to succeed in their careers because they're willing to try something new. I'll post links to ag-related blogs when I

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107534494908347332005-02-04T10:28:00.000-06:002005-02-04T10:33:27.006-06:00

U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, talking to the press in San Antonio.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107534437550995562005-02-04T10:27:00.000-06:002005-02-04T10:33:02.160-06:00

U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, facing the press at the Cattle Industry Convention in San Antonio. This was his first public speech and press conference as Secretary outside of Washington, DC.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107534361792789502005-02-04T10:26:00.000-06:002005-02-04T10:32:21.256-06:00

U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, speaking to cattle industry members in San Antonio. One of the nice things about being a member of the media is the ability to get close to the stage and take a nice picture!

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107534296671500902005-02-04T10:24:00.000-06:002005-02-04T10:31:05.796-06:00

U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, talks at the Cattle Industry Convention on Friday, Feb. 4. You can listen to a few minutes of his comments here: ZimmComm Podcast. Contact me at ZimmComm if you'd like to hear more from the Secretary. He spoke for about 30 minutes and then answered questions at a press conference and I have all the audio.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107484806605622902005-02-03T20:27:00.000-06:002005-02-03T20:40:06.606-06:00

I've been told that we have a record number of media representatives (reporters) covering the Cattle Industry Convention this year. I know I saw more at the media reception tonight than I've ever seen before. Thank you Merial for sponsoring it and the excellent food, especially the little steaks that were fork tender! Because of all the reporters here I've spoken with many people we send

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107474110940312902005-02-03T17:32:00.000-06:002005-02-03T17:43:23.953-06:00

I've been asking all the public relations professionals working here that I come in contact with if they know what a blog is. This is very unofficial or scientific and who knows what the margin of error is. I'd say 95% don't know. In fact, most say they've never heard of the word! Well that's changing and this blog is helping speed the change up. I'm also finding that it's a lot easier showing

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107473404791874402005-02-03T17:29:00.000-06:002005-02-03T17:32:50.500-06:00

Friday morning new U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, will speak at the general session of the Cattle Industry Convention. Come back tomorrow late morning and we'll have audio from his comments. He's also going to be speaking to the media after his speech. I'll have a picture then too.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107458819369503162005-02-03T13:26:00.000-06:002005-02-03T13:30:08.740-06:00

The trade show here at the NCBA convention is huge. Producers have lots of opportunities to talk to company reps or here at the Novartis booth, they can compete in a computer quiz for prizes that are awarded each day to the 2 highest scorers.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107458706103283082005-02-03T13:25:00.000-06:002005-02-03T13:31:19.086-06:00

Although there's a formal press conference room, impromptu press conferences pop up everywhere. Here's Phil Seng (USMEF President) holding court with reporters in the news center.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107458565262421512005-02-03T13:22:00.000-06:002005-02-03T13:32:00.466-06:00

I know it's not a very exciting picture but you can see how everything is sponsored. Reporters at the news center will leave this convention weighing several pounds more due to the large quantities of food bestowed upon them. Thursday's breakfast included large steaks! After all we have to get our beef quota.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107453365727712512005-02-03T11:56:00.000-06:002005-02-03T11:58:39.286-06:00

Thanks to the USDA Rural Development Broadband program more and more rural communities are getting access! Listen to my interview with Gill Gonzalez, Undersecretary for Rural Development with USDA as he talks about the loan program that's helping bring broadband to the countryside. Listen here: ZimmBlog Podcast

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107441537186618702005-02-03T08:27:00.000-06:002005-02-03T08:38:57.186-06:00

What do they have in common? I'm at the NCBA/CBB convention in San Antonio and just sent a Talking News Release out for the National Biodiesel Board simultaneously with their live press conference going on at their annual convention in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. It's amazing what you can do with computers and the internet today! So, here I am covering the convention in Texas as a way to demonstrate

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107409580297160812005-02-02T23:46:00.000-06:002005-02-02T23:54:57.120-06:00

At the Schering-Plough booth a friendly bartender poured a free beer and you could enter a contest to win a new John Deere Gator! I spoke with Dan Ellsworth, Senior Product Manager, Cattle about new products from his company. You can hear our next podcast here: ZimmComm Podcast. Keep checking in for more from the Cattle Industry Convention & Trade Show.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107409474572547732005-02-02T23:44:00.000-06:002005-02-02T23:51:31.293-06:00

The first stop was the Merial booth, where I spoke with Jim Gibb, Sr. Manager, Beef Segment Development about new dna testing products from Igenity. You can listen to our next audio interview here: ZimmComm Podcast. Later this week, new U. S. Secretary of Agriculture, Mike Johanns, will be making a speech. We'll bring you audio from his remarks.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107409377728225542005-02-02T23:42:00.000-06:002005-02-02T23:47:16.376-06:00

Over 6,000 people involved in the cattle industry are expected to attend this year's Cattle Industry Convention & Trade Show. The trade show kicked things off Wed. evening and was very well attended.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107385491386635282005-02-02T17:04:00.000-06:002005-02-02T17:10:51.773-06:00

The first interview is with Cattlemen's Beef Board CEO Monte Reese. He's the better looking one talking into the mic. Beef demand increased more last year than any year recently and Monte talks about what that means in our next podcast available here: ZimmBlog Podcast. All the usual press conferences are going on and the trade show's about to start so while you listen, I'll go wander around.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107379551950834672005-02-02T15:24:00.000-06:002005-02-02T15:25:51.950-06:00

Just got into the convention center and getting registered. Heading to the trade show momentarily.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107374047748930942005-02-02T13:54:00.000-06:002005-02-02T14:05:07.286-06:00

Hello from San Antonio. 2nd hotel. The first one didn't have working high speed access. Can't have that. I promise not to make you look at pictures of me. I'm just happy to be in my room and ready to go. It's off to the convention center next and see what's going on. I'll start out in the media room and post more later. Let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see me cover

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107306983290401072005-02-01T19:14:00.000-06:002005-02-01T19:16:23.290-06:00

I just couldn't leave a wimpy little post from a cell phone on my blog while I'm travelling. I just sent that last post to show you that if you're really desparate, you can even use a pretty standard Sprint phone to post a message on your blog. I'll be getting in to the Cattle Industry Convention tomorrow afternoon and will begin posting information as soon as I find it.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107291451194206592005-02-01T14:57:00.000-06:002005-02-01T14:57:31.193-06:00

this takes too long.

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107278151055917362005-02-01T11:10:00.000-06:002005-02-01T11:15:51.056-06:00

I'm seeing more and more articles written about blogging and especially having the company ceo start writing. Here's a link to a good one that's worth passing along. Attention, CEOs: It's Time to Blog by Susan Solomon February 1, 2005

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107229788400927882005-01-31T21:42:00.000-06:002005-01-31T21:49:48.400-06:00

As soon as our new blog design is complete and new website/server up and running we'll begin true podcasting. In the meantime I'll be posting links here to audio files you can listen to, especially this week at the Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show. Here's the first one. ZimmBlog Podcast You should be able to click on that link and your media player will open automatically, download

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107180919737862432005-01-31T08:15:00.000-06:002005-01-31T08:15:19.736-06:00

This post is coming from my Dell Axim PDA w\wireless card. Shows how you can update from almost anywhere, anytime!

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107121504831340582005-01-30T15:33:00.000-06:002005-01-30T15:48:35.000-06:00

I think they can be a very important part of a communications plan or we wouldn't have a business that focuses on the production and distribution of press releases. I like to refer to them as news releases since reporters are looking for news. They're not looking for an opportunity to provide free publicity to some company or organization (usually). Here's an interesting post that I thought you

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107034701402265292005-01-29T15:20:00.000-06:002005-01-29T15:38:21.403-06:00

Things are heating up here at the office. We've got projects going on this coming week for United Soybean Board, National Biodiesel, Missouri Corn Growers Association, Missouri Beef Industry Council and of course Southeast AgNet. Plus I'll be travelling to the 2005 Cattle Industry Convention on Wednesday and hopefully blogging my way through it, going and coming. Look for audio, pictures,

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1107033456151166672005-01-29T15:02:00.000-06:002005-01-29T15:17:36.150-06:00

That's basically the question I was asked yesterday during a presentation to the executive staff of a division of a major ag company. They appear to be very frustrated getting information on their traditional website in a timely manner since it has to go through the "technical" folks who are always very "busy." I told them that although the answer is yes, since a blog is a website, they might

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1106883610406642402005-01-27T21:29:00.000-06:002005-01-27T22:04:29.523-06:00

We like to talk about beef around ZimmComm. That's because one of our regular clients is the Missouri Beef Industry Council. Of course you can see a picture of Steve, the Executive Director in a previous post. Besides doing producer communications we also produce TNR's (Talking News Releases) targeted to the general public promoting beef. You can link to our latest release promoting the

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1106852633210552132005-01-27T13:53:00.000-06:002005-01-27T13:05:50.250-06:00

I was just forwarded a link to this article on WebProNews.com. More good information and links to resources. It may seem overwhelming at first glance if you've never been involved in blogging but it becomes easier as you realize how the technology allows you to communicate information in a fast, personal way. I spoke with an overworked agricultural organization communications director this

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1106844044226374422005-01-27T10:35:00.000-06:002005-01-27T10:43:26.656-06:00

There's a growing amount of information available on blogging and the impact this is having on public relations. For example the first ever Blog Business Summit just concluded in Seattle. I almost went but business is good (busy) and I can read all about it through several blogs like Tom Peter's. Another resource of information is Global PR Week. Here's the heading on the site: "Looking

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1106779910563715572005-01-26T16:51:00.000-06:002005-01-26T16:53:30.813-06:00

The Missouri Agricultural Statistics Service is using ZimmComm to send a series of 5 Talking News Releases to reporters around Missouri as part of their efforts to inform producers about the current ARMS (Agricultural Resource Management Survey) Survey that's being conducted through the end of March. Here you can see me interviewing Gene Danekas, Missouri Director of Statistics, for audio we'll

Chuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05873877290901505442noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7949557.post-1106716021352474202005-01-25T22:54:00.000-06:002005-01-25T23:07:01.353-06:00

At lunch today the discussion centered around blogging of course and how this might become useful in the agricultural communications world since there isn't much of it yet. I'm going to write about a couple of the questions that were raised since I think they are of widespread interest. For example, it's going to be somewhat challenging but I'm going to have to address the NAFB (National

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