An analysis of 2010 trends from AgCareers.com yields a positive outlook for the agriculture industry. Andy Weber, CEO at Farm Journal Media, was named as Media Business magazine’s “Top CEOs” for their 2011 Top Innovators in Business Publishing Awards. StollerUSA recently released an educational video to explain the scientific technology behind their signature yield-enhancing formulation, Bio-Forge. Alamo Group Inc. announced …
Promoting Iowa Corn Indy 250
Tomorrow I’ll be on location at the Iowa Speedway for an advance promotion for the Iowa Corn Indy 250. There are teams that will be competing made up of Indy Car drivers, media, Iowa corn growers, Iowa Speedway folks and coaches from Iowa and Iowa State. That’s about all I know right now. But by sometime tomorrow afternoon we’ll both …
Greg Guenther Wins Precision Labs iPod touch Giveaway
The ZimmComm/Precision Laboratories Mix Tank App iPod Giveaway has ended. The entries were collected and a winner has been drawn. The winner is . . . . Illinois corn grower, Greg Guenther! Greg served eight years on the Illinois Corn Grower board and three years on the National Corn Growers board. He was honored by the ICGA with their World …
Novus Expands Arkansas Feed Supplement Facility
A number of dignitaries, including the Governor of Arkansas, helped cut the ribbon Tuesday on a newly expanded and LEED Silver Certified manufacturing facility in Little Rock for Novus International animal feed supplements. The Novus Arkansas site was developed in 2006 to manufacture MHA® feed supplement, a source of methionine, an essential amino acid in premixes and farm feed mills …
Mary Thornley Executive Director CAMA
Mary Thornley is the first National Executive Director for the Canadian Agri-Marketing Association. “This is an important step for CAMA. The Provincial chapters have been working for several years to unify our national existence. The appointment of Mary as our National Executive Director allows us to better carry out our vision and bring greater value to all members of the …
Cracker Cowboy Movie
Like cowboys? Want to learn more about them. Then check out “Florida Crackers: The Cattlemen and Cowboys of Florida.” This is a movie produced by the Self Discovery Production Team and a man raised in the culture, who grew up as a working cowboy on a ranch near Fort Pierce, Florida. You can order a copy online now. The movie …
Adding Sulfur? Watch Your Mixer
You can make sure your mix is right when you get the Precision Laboratories Mix Tank App. And if you need a device to get it then get your entry in for the Mix Tank App iPod Giveaway. Here’s some advice about adding sulfur from the folks at Precision Laboratories: Recent plant tissue testing has shown an increased need for …
GROWMARK Associate Program
Learning about various aspects of the GROWMARK system and where they might best fit is the goal of the company’s associate program and Heather Miller is working into her third rotation in the program this summer. Heather, pictured here on the left with GROWMARK Publications and News Specialist Karen Jones, has already spent six months in corporate communications, is currently …
The Spike-Tooth Disk
Ever heard the saying, “It’s a tough row to hoe”? Sometimes it rains so hard around here that after the puddles dry up, it looks as though someone went through your front yard with a concrete compaction stomper. That makes for some tough hoeing when it comes to planting flowers or getting your garden ready. I’m sure the same holds …
Zimfo Bytes
AquaLiv, Inc., has officially released its first commercialized agriculture product, AgSmart Rice. The Soil and Water Conservation Society is proud to announce that former Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman will be delivering the keynote address at the 66th SWCS International Annual Conference. Koch Agronomic Services, LLC, has expanded its team of experts, adding Dr. Greg Schwab, Ricardo Silberman and Melissa …