USPOULTRY’s Women’s Leadership Conference will be held August 22-23 at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort, Amelia Island, Florida, and will focus on providing essential techniques for professionals to cultivate and improve their leadership skills and effectiveness. The Smithsonian National Museum of American History is seeking farmers’ help in telling stories of the innovation and experiences of farming and ranching …
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Southern States Cooperative announced a new Agronomy Business Unit to better serve the needs of core agricultural customers. On September 28, 2013, the American Royal Association will host the 88th annual American Royal Parade, featuring a Star-Spangled Salute to the U.S. Military and Midwest agrarian values. The Animal Agriculture Alliance released a report which chronicles observations from the 32nd annual …
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Mosaic’s CropNutrition.com initiative is an integrated campaign designed to inform growers and retailers about key issues and trends affecting soil fertility. Syngenta and Lindsay Corporation formally announced a collaborative agreement to provide corn farmers with a more efficient way to grow and manage irrigated corn acres. Eco Agro Resources is proud to announce the appointment of Luciano Lucero as the …
Upcoming AgBiz of Kansas City Meeting
The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City will hold a July meeting on the 18th from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. The meeting will feature Brian Klippenstein, Protect the Harvest. Protect The Harvest was created to fight back and defend American families, farmers, hunters and animal owners from the growing threat posed by the radical animal rights movement. Brian will outline …
Connecting Farmers, Advisors and Precision Data
Farmers looking to better leverage field data and expertise from their local advisor partners now have access to a new tool. Newly launched MyAgCentral is designed to bridge the gap between farmers and their trusted local advisors, allowing both to more easily exchange data and develop plans using a single online dashboard. The dashboard lets the farmer pull data from …
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Before we get to our new ZimmPoll let’s look at the results of our latest one which asked the question, “What is the greatest threat to our freedom to farm”. Our poll results suggest that environmental and anti-agriculture groups are the greatest threat to our freedom to farm at this time. Our poll results: Twenty percent say All of the …
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Syngenta announced that it will acquire MRI Seed Zambia Ltd and MRI Agro Ltd, a leading developer, producer and distributor of white corn seed in Zambia. FMC Corporation announced that it has acquired exclusive rights to a patented, broad-spectrum crop protection product from Bayer CropScience. The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) will host the 41st Anniversary of National Agriculture Day …
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The U.S. Wheat Associates Board of Directors installed new officers at its annual meeting July 1, 2013, in Rapid City, SD. On June 15-17 in Marrakech, Morocco, nearly 40 preeminent thought-leaders on hunger, global food markets, climate change, and population convened for the launch of a new Food Security Strategy Group at the Aspen Institute. Farm Journal Media announces that …
Biggest Threat to Farming
Before we get to our new Zimmpoll let’s look at the results of our latest one which asked the question, “Do you listen to satellite radio?” The results would suggest that not everyone has hopped on the satellite radio bandwagon. However, we did see a quick spike in the “No, never will” answer which seems suspicious. What do you think …
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Neogen Corporation announced that it has acquired the assets of SyrVet Incorporated, a veterinary instrument business based in Waukee, Iowa. The Aurora Cooperative, a leading grain marketer and agricultural supplier based in Nebraska and serving America’s farmers in multiple states, announced finalization of its Aurora Agronomy® expansions in Texas, South Dakota, and Nebraska. The Canadian Association of Agri-Retailers (CAAR) is …