BASF announced a new Clearfield technology approval today.
I Don’t Smell The Hogs
Here’s a project that doesn’t smell, literally. What do you do with what hogs do anyway? GRRO has a solution and they’ve obtained help from USDA to develop and market it.
Dow AgroSciences & Monsanto Get Along
This is a big announcement. It’s “let’s get along time” in the agribusiness world.
ABCKC Forum On Crisis Management
Ever had a crisis? Want to know how to manage one? Well now you can. The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City is holding a forum on the subject at 3pm on January 27. It’s titled “Crisis Management in the Ever-Changing Agribusiness Arena.” The forum will be hosted by Hosted by Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., 2555 Grand Blvd., 24th Floor, Kansas City, Mo.
A ZimmCast On Rural Internet Access
The issue of rural internet access is a very important one in agricultural marketing and communications today. Last week I posted the full presentation made by Tim Ganschow, Agristar Global Networks, at the Gateway NAMA meeting. I’ve selected a couple of segments from Tim’s talk for you in this week’s ZimmCast. I hope you enjoy it.
How To and Not To Blog
Yesterday I was working on my high school reunion blog and ran into a great example of how to use a blog. The background is that my hometown, Sarasota, FL was in the news because some homeless advocacy group voted it the meanest city in America.
Play Combine Combat
I hope Cindy doesn’t read this post since it’s about a new online computer game called Combine Combat. It’s created by Successful Farming and John Deere. I played through all 4 levels. My first time final score was 407,494. How’s that stack up against your score? I can see in there user forum that a couple people have gotten higher that 600,000. I wonder who’s tops.
Being A Carnivore is Healthy
Maybe I’ve been hitting the keyboard too hard today but I’m getting hungry and this story isn’t helping things. I believe in meat as a part of a healthy diet so when I see a company with a name like The Healthy Carnivore my interest is peaked.
Technology Updates On Growing Point
I just love it when an agribusiness site uses audio (and promotes it). That’s why it’s worth noting that the Pioneer, Growing Point, website has new audio file. I’m going to use their link to one so you can hear what it sounds like. This one is a technology update on “gene shuffling” by Bart Baudler.
Bunge Continues China Growth
The global aspect of agriculture just keeps on happening. It’s going to be interesting to see how things play out as companies invest in other countries. Like Bunge which made a big announcement today.