Mike Miller has been appointed senior vice president of Global Marketing and Research at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). Most recently Miller was chief operating officer of Cattle Fax. In his new role Miller will be responsible for staff leadership of NCBA departments focused on developing and executing the plan of work funded with beef checkoff dollars. Those departments …
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New Holland Agriculture has been honored with four prestigious AE50 Awards by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers. Producers can fine-tune their farming operations with information gained at the 36th annual Georgia Peanut Farm Show on Jan. 19, 2012. Farm Journal Foundation’s Farmers Feeding the World initiative announced that GROWMARK has entered into a multiyear agreement to support …
Picture This
I’ve been sifting back through my memory, trying to figure out when in my lifetime I would’ve done this little game – and where I would’ve seen it. It was a close-up picture of something – extreme close-up – and you had to identify the photo subject. It could be a beehive, a strawberry or a button, but you had …
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Bayer CropScience released two new mobile apps for the cotton market: the Variety Selector Tool and Seed Planner. Valley Irrigation and CropMetrics were presented with the Irrigation Association New Product Contest Award in Agriculture at the 2011 Irrigation Association Show. Farm Industry News has announced the 22 products it has chosen as the recipients of its 2012 FinOvation awards on …
The 4020
I’ve done so much writing about my grandfather and his old farm equipment. You’ve seen his boots and his weathered hands, but you’ve never seen a picture of HIM. Well, here he is. This was taken at my dad’s farm sale in December and he’s standing in front of his 4020. I say “his” because the most popular tractor of …
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In a new study funded by the Pork Checkoff researchers at Texas Tech and Iowa State universities found that the pork industry can generally use less bedding year-round than it currently does while improving overall animal well-being – a breakthrough finding that could save the industry an estimated $10.1 million per year. Direct Solutions launched its new logo and tagline …
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Moving into the new year, farmers are slightly more positive about the health of their operations than they were going into the harvest, according to the latest DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture Confidence Index. Beck’s Hybrids is pleased to announce the Hayden family from Lake County, Ind., as the 2012 Indiana Farm Family of the Year. Shawn Etheridge has joined Vance …
That Thing is Not a Toy!
I remember some of my first dolls: my home-made Cabbage Patch doll that grandma made, my Barbie with long blonde hair and a doll head that you could put makeup on and do her hair. I graduated up to store-bought Cabbage Patch dolls and Pound Puppies, got a pool for Barbie, and ended up cutting the hair on my doll …
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Members of the United Farmers Cooperative signed a letter of intent to purchase the Marquette, NE based Midwest Ag Partners LLC. The Kansas Soybean Commission and the Kansas Soybean Association are hosting the 2012 Kansas Soybean Expo on January 11. North America’s premiere used combine network is here. A series of webinars on using social media, mobile apps and other …
The Farm Sale
Last week marked a quasi-sad day in my life…my dad had his farm sale. The entire north end of town was filled with wagons, trailers, trucks, tractors, implements, combines, and miscellaneous farm parts. It was a culmination of more than 40 years in the farming business, all sold in a matter of six hours. Sitting on the lot were some …