48% of large acre corn/soybean growers send 5 or more text messages a day! That’s just one of the findings from a survey conducted by Nicholson Kovac. In this week’s program you can hear Sheree Johnson, Nicholson Kovac Senior VP and Director of Media talk about their findings. Just when I was about to write a post inspired by Jeff …
SFP: Wasted Fertilizer is Wasted Money
AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and SFP, formerly Specialized Fertilizer Products, wants everyone to know that wasted fertilizer is wasted money, and naturally, they have products for growers that can help them see a higher return on investment when added to their current fertilizer mix. The first product is AVAIL, a phosphorus fertilizer enhancer that when added …
If You Haven’t Already, Reach Teach Learn
Have you ever summited Mt. Everest? I haven’t but Lance Fox has. He is a technical service veterinarian for Alpharma, and his successes both in his job and in his personal life have trained him to become a natural role model for children across America as part of the Reach Teach Learn ag educational program. “My role is to educate …
United Soybean Board Committed to the Success of Soybean Farmers
AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and I sat down with Keith Dunn with the United Soybean Board (USB) during the Ag Media Summit to see what their main initiatives currently are. Dunn explained to me the importance of animal agriculture and how supportive the USB was of this industry. “Currently in the United States 98 percent of …
Monsanto’s Commitment to Sustainable Agriculture
AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and A little over a year ago Monsanto made a commitment to people around the world to sustainable agriculture. The company is working on products that will produce more than double current yields while reducing the resources needed to grow the crops by nearly one-third. They are so committed that they launched …
Nufarm’s New Product Line-Up a Hit
AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and As farmers are getting ready to harvest soon, it’s never too late to begin to think about products for the upcoming year. Nufarm is one of the largest crop protection companies in the world and is primarily at post patent company. After another company’s patent expires, Nufarm brings a similar product …
Register Now for NCGA’s Land Use Conference
The first ever Land Use Conference is fast approaching and you don’t want to miss it. Hosted by the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), the conference will be in St. Louis on August 25-26th. This is perfect for those people in agriculture who are interested to learn how indirect land use policy will affect their businesses. In addition, academics and …
Swine Seminar Synopsis
We have had a couple of comments asking if the Boehringer Ingelheim Swine Health Seminar presentations will be available for those who were not able to attend, and the answer is yes. Ned Arthur (pictured here at work) with Truffle Media Networks was at the event taking photos and video and doing interviews, all of which will be posted along …
Precision Ag for Swine Production
Livestock producers could take a cue from their crop brethren and adopt some precision technology to be more efficient. That advice comes from ag economist and swine industry specialist Dennis DiPietre, who spoke at the Boehringer Ingelheim swine health seminar in North Carolina on Friday. “It’s a really interesting road map what has been going on with precision agriculture techniques,” …
Oral Fluid Testing for Hogs
Testing saliva for human diseases has been around for as long as a century, but it was only about a decade ago that someone thought it might work for livestock as well. The swine industry is getting very close to being able to detect the presence of disease in a herd using a rope that pigs can chew on and …