Trimble just announced last week that revenue for its second quarter of 2008 was up approximately 15 percent compared to last year. For the Field Solutions segment of the company, the increase was 68 percent, driven primarily by strong demand for agricultural products. I had a chance to sit down with Rob Lindores, Director of Marketing for Trimble Agricultural, about …
Amy (Betsy Freese) Winehouse Stops At AMS
We’ve been visited by several celebrities here at AMS. This morning I met Amy Winehouse, (Betsy Freese, Living The Country Life) who sat in on the AAEA annual meeting. I think that Betsy made some kind of challenge about AAEA membership and lost. You can find some additional photos of Amy/Betsy in the photo album. Ag Media Summit Photo Album …
Major New Ag Trade Show Announced
The big announcement at the Ag Media Summit today was a new major agricultural trade show to take place in 2010. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announced AG CONNECT Expo, “a new international agriculture event that will showcase the latest industry innovations, products and technology and offer access to leading industry experts worldwide.” The inaugural Expo is slated for …
Barbra Makes a Return Appearance
Barbra Streisand, also known as Jodie Wehrspann, Farm Industry News, made a guest appearance at our opening reception party. Doesn’t she look gorgeous in her red and pearls? Since it is our 10th industry of the Ag Media Summit she had a special performance of “The Way We Were.” The reality is that none of us are just exactly the …
My Team
After a long morning on the links, this team was ready for some air conditioning. These were my teammates today in the golf tournament. Mike Wilson, Den Gardner and Lyle Orwig. I think we birdied this hole seeing as how it was sponsored by Charleston Orwig. We did get second place and were pretty happy with how things went. Three …
Golf Tournament Winners
We had beautiful weather to play golf in today. We got some light drizzle once that just cooled us off, otherwise it was picture perfect Florida summer weather. Here’s your winners of the tournament. The team of Atzenweiler, Mader, Moore and Steinbeck. They’re showing off their winning clubs. Second place went to my team, which included Gardner, Orwig and Wilson. …
Guess Whose Thongs
Some people call them flip flops but they also go by the name thongs. I knew the title would get your attention. In the theme of guessing things, here’s another one for you. The first person to guess whose thongs these are will win an AgWired t-shirt. Just use the commenting feature to post your guess. Ag Media Summit Photo …
Who Is Wearing The Watches?
The golfers are back in the club house so I’m trying to get caught up on some posts before heading over to the InfoExpo session which just got started. Here’s a question for you. Who’s wearing these fine Swiss Army watches they received at an IFAJ Congress in Switzerland a couple years ago? If you guess correctly (first one to …
Quasimojo Entertains Again
The opening reception of the AMS was a wonderful party that took place in two different locations. We started out with food in one place and the Quasimojo band in a tent at a different location. The fortunate people moved over early. The unfortunate came late and had to walk through the rain that persisted through the evening. Cindy made …
AAEA Update
John Walter, Agriculture Online, is President of AAEA and he’s got a lot to smile about. After today’s board meeting he told me that the organization is very healthy and that it’s been a pleasure for him to preside over continued growth in membership and sponsors. Topics discussed at the meeting include, new member benefits like professional development webinars, new …