Mike Harvey is a field marketing specialist for New Holland. He’s part of the team here at Commodity Classic that is helping growers with their questions. I talked to him about their new IntelliView Plus II monitor which they are showing here. He says that one of the features of the unit is that it can be transferred between tractors …
Meet The Commodity Presidents
During the course of the day I got to talk with the Presidents of all three commodity groups that make up Commodity Classic. I asked them each how they thought things were going and what the hot topics were that are being discussed and worked on here. Of course the farm bill is right up on the top of the …
Crackberry Addict
I’m sorry Hugh but I had to do it. I’m sure Hugh Whaley thought he was in a nice quiet little nook away from the crowd as he was working that Blackberry. I guess having just come out of the Commodity Classic trade show with all its noise I was struck with the calm intensity with which Hugh was thumbing …
A Very Successful Boat
Now this is the kind of “booth” I like. Just pull your yacht up to the dock, hang out a banner and say “Y’all stop by now.” Successful Farming had this one parked outside the convention center and people were wandering out to enjoy some sunshine today. Waving from the dock next to the boat is Gene Hemphill and Holly …
BASF Backpacks
People getting on the shuttle buses at Commodity Classic today got a nice new backpack from BASF. I saw them all over the trade show floor this evening. You know how you’re always picking something up at a trade show. The bags gave growers a handy way to carry that stuff around. I kept hearing people who didn’t have one …
Commodity Crab Races
The opening reception at Commodity Classic was sponsored by Syngenta and had all your usual things like food, beverages, music and fellowship. This year it also featured something I’ve never seen before. Crab races. This is definitely out of the ordinary. Basically, you have people betting on who’s crab is going to win. They’re put under a little net in …
The Classic Blogger
The Classic blogger got his picture taken doing his thing. I’ve got lots of pictures and audio for you but it’s time to head to the trade show opening for a while so bear with me as I’ll have a lot posted overnight. In the meantime most of my pictures have been uploaded to the 2007 Commodity Classic Photo Album. …
New Holland iPod Blue
New Holland is giving corn/soybean/wheat growers a chance to win a blue iPod this year at Commodity Classic. Like last year all my interviews and pictures will be loaded onto the iPod before it gets shipped to the winner. All growers have to do is go by the New Holland booth which I believe is number 333. There’s really no …
Student Commodity Bloggers
Last year I had a couple of students helping me blog Commodity Classic. They were sponsored by Monsanto. This year they’re not working with me but Monsanto still has some student bloggers here. One of them is Alyssa Bane. You can find her blog here. It says that you can follow the “Adventure in Agriculture through Alyssa’s Eyes.” I am …
World Record Yields
Kip Cullers is the world record yield holder for corn and soybeans. He was honored this morning at the ASA/BASF SOY breakfast when BASF announced a new scholarship in his name. BASF announced the Secure Optimal Yield Scholarship program. This annual $5,000 scholarship will be sponsored by BASF and managed by ASA. The first award will be for the fall …