Croplife America has released a new video on modern ag production practices. Titan Tire Corporation donated approximately $160,000 worth of agricultural tires to the Illinois and Indiana Future Farmers of America Organizations during their auction at the Farm Progress Show. The American Farm Bureau Federation board of directors elected Julie Anna Potts executive vice president of AFBF. William Shurtleff, cofounder …
Blue Jeans Make Insulation Green
Don’t throw out those old blue jeans – they could be used to insulate someone’s house. “Cotton. From Blue to Green®” is a Cotton Incorporated initiative started in 2006 that gives donated denim a second life by converting it into UltraTouch™ Denim Insulation. To date, the program has received over half a million pieces of denim which has produced approximately …
Photos From World Dairy Expo
It is the final day of World Dairy Expo 2011. The ZimmComm team had to return to headquarters but that doesn’t mean we won’t have more stories on World Dairy Diary. Cindy and I have quite a few interviews to share during the next week so keep your eye on our sister site as we bring you more from this …
Badger NAMA Meets At World Dairy Expo
Badger NAMA, the local chapter of the Nation Agri-Marketing Association, held its annual reception/meeting during the 2011 World Dairy Expo. Here’s chapter president, Travis Maier, Morgan & Myers. I spoke with him about how the chapter is doing. He says chapter membership steady at over 120 and has actually been growing. This meeting is one of their main ones during …
Zimfo Bytes
MANA Crop Protection announced the introduction of a new state of the art Parallel Plus formulation, offering a powerful, more convenient combination of metolachlor and atrazine for use on corn and grain sorghum. Koch Agronomic Services announced that it has completed an asset acquisition of AGROTAIN International. The Nobel Foundation announced Dan Shechtman of Iowa State University, the U.S. Department …
Remembering Steve Jobs
I have to take time to add my voice to all the folks who are talking about the passing of Steve Jobs. This is not an attempt to chronicle his life or achievements. It’s more to say how much I appreciate them. The iPod, followed by podcasting was a huge driver for our business. We affectionately call it farm podcasting. …
Corn and Cattle at Odds Over Renewable Fuels Standard
Corn growers and cattle producers are at odds over new legislation introduced in the House that would change the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). The bill, sponsored by Reps. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Jim Costa (D-CA), would allow Congress to reduce the RFS requirement for ethanol whenever corn stocks are tight. Speaking on behalf of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) …
Tweeting Up At World Dairy Expo
Here’s a definition of a Tweet Up: “A real world meeting between two or more people who know each other through the online Twitter service.” Pretty simple. The official World Dairy Expo Tweet Up took place yesterday afternoon. Here are some of our participants. We actually had more show up. So why a tweet up? Because it’s a good opportunity …
The View Out Front
Our front lawn now has more color. In addition to the forklift, skid steer, scissor lift, four F250s, two cars, two flat bed trailers, one enclosed trailer and a chevy, there’s also the new barn being erected which is the exact opposite of our house. People keep telling me we should’ve just added “horse’s quarters” to the front of our …
Senator Pat Roberts Comments at John Deere Opening
You can always count on Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) to liven up any gathering and leave them laughing. At the John Deere Olathe opening last Friday, Sen. Roberts did just that. “Anyone know a good copyright lawyer?” the senator asked as he took the podium after speeches by Deere’s John Lagemann and Dave Everitt and Kansas Governor Sam Brownback. “I’ve …