40 years of lean hog futures. That’s the CME celebration this month. They’ve been hedging a lot of hogs for producers over the years.
New Business Developer For D&PL
Rob Nixon will be joining D&PL as their director of business development. He’ll be responsible for leading business initiatives to grow and expand the company’s U.S. and international business.
Play Pioneer Games
You have to have a Pioneer Growing Point login to have access but there’s some new video games in town. The first one is “Max The Protector.”
Max Out Your Cattle Operation
Who says cowboys don’t use computers? Of course they do and this software from Cattlesoft, Inc. is one of the programs that will help them manage their herds. It’s now out in the 2006 edition.
Get Mobile Farm Info Quickly
The keynote speaker at the recent NAMA Conference says the future is in wireless information delivery. It looks like Quickfarm agrees with him. They’ve just announced their new mobile service that allows producers with Web-enabled mobile phones or PDAs to access timely production information.
Alcohol Production Training
I am going to go out on a limb and say that participants in this “school” must have a great time. Ethanol Technology Institute sponsors this event which will be in Toulouse, France at the end of next month. Ethanol Technology is owned by Lallemand Specialties, Inc.
First Weekly Toy Tractor Winner Announced
This just in from George Williams, The Deere Gear Store: The first winner of the weekly “Win a Toy Tractor Contest” is Walt Lehmann. Walt chose a 1 50 Scale 400D Articulated Dump Truck as his prize. Congratulations Walt!
SRA Doing Comm Work For Ferry-Morse
Swanson Russell Associates will be providing communications services for Ferry-Morse Seed Company (I love their slogan, “The hand that seeds the world”). That’s a division of Jiffy of the America’s, Inc.
John Deer Toy Tractor Contest
Are you a toy tractor fan? If so, the Deere Gear Store is running a contest to give away a John Deere toy of your dreams each week for 4 weeks. It’s the “John Deere Toy Tractor a Week Contest.” You can enter every week for 4 Weeks.
Roeper On A Field of Dreams
At the BASF Plant Science press reception yesterday we got to hear from movie critic Richard Roeper. Why you ask?