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Remote Sensing Still Developing

Chuck Zimmerman

The first of the two keynote speakers at the International Conference on Precision Agriculture is Dr. David Mulla, University of Minnesota. Dr. Mulla is a past chair of the conference btw. His topic was “Key Advances and Remaining Knowledge Gaps in Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture.” So he talked about what we know and what we don’t know. It’s clear …

Ag Groups, Audio, Precision Agriculture

11th International Conference on Precision Agriculture

Chuck Zimmerman

There are precision agriculture enthusiasts from 45 countries attending the 11th International Conference on Precision Agriculture. This conference is held every two years and is taking place in Indianapolis, IN. To learn about what’s new for this year’s conference I spoke with Dr. Rajiv Khosla, Colorado State University, who is the President of the International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA), …

Ag Groups, Audio, Precision Agriculture, ZimmCast

Real Farms Show Real Results on Tour

John Davis

One of the nicest things about trips such as the Indian Creek Watershed Project Field Tour is the chance to see real farms with real crops growing under real conditions. Chuck stopped at Marcus Maier’s farm in Illinois where they were showing split application of nitrogen on corn. Maier explained they’re trying to display how varying rates of nitrogen in …

Agribusiness, Audio, Conservation, Corn, CTIC, Farming, Fertilizer

Flying High to Provide Good Ground Cover

John Davis

A dozen years ago, if someone told me they were flying to create good cover for the field, we would have been talking about fighter pilots protecting troops on the ground. Well, it’s not exactly warfare, but after hearing one of Chuck’s interviews with some folks on the Indian Creek Watershed Project Field Tour, now that phrase means using aerial …

Audio, Conservation, Corn, CTIC, Farming

Wyffels Corn Brings Efficiency to Harmon Farm

Chuck Zimmerman

The Wyffels Corn Strategies event held at Harmon Farms had four generations of Harmon family on hand. Here’s the family receiving a gift of appreciation for allowing the event to be held on their farm by Bill Wyffels, President. I spoke with Sean Harmon, pictured behind the little cutie in the middle. Sean is the 4th generation on the farm …

Agribusiness, Audio

Mobile Farm Manager App From John Deere

Chuck Zimmerman

How about managing your farm operation from your iPad or Iphone? John Deere plans to make that happen later this year. Tyler Hogrefe, seen here being interviewed by Ken Anderson, Brownfield Ag News, is a Product Manager for John Deere in their Intelligent Solutions Group. He was a presenter at their FarmSight Tech Summit. I spoke to him about John …

Agribusiness, Apps, Audio, John Deere

FARRM Bill Amendments: What Made the Cut

John Davis

More was proposed than adopted, but in the end, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act, better known as the FARRM bill, moved out of the House Agriculture committee with 43 amendments (see a complete list of what was approved, defeated, withdrawn and tabled here from our friends at Agri-Pulse.com). One of the more significant amendments that passed kills …

AFBF, Audio, Farm Bill, GIPSA, USDA