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Getting to Know an AGCO with Precision

Laura McNamara

If you ask Joe Tebis, AGCO is the company to go to if you’re looking for products that offer leading variable rate applications. Now, Joe is the product manager for precision ag products for AGCO, so he might be a little biased. He says he’s particularly proud of AGCO’s Terragator and RoGator product lines. These products are just some of …

Agribusiness, Audio, Equipment, Farming, Technology

Manage Variability with SSToolbox

Laura McNamara

SST puts it quite succinctly: Manage data. Harvest Information. The global provider of Geographic Information System (GIS) software is offering what it calls the “Premier Desktop GIS for Agriculture.” The company boasts that its SSToolbox lets growers gather valuable information such as yield data and soil data and use it to determine the variability that exists within their fields and …

Agribusiness, Audio, Equipment, Farming, Technology

Farm Foundation Food Prices Report

Cindy Zimmerman

Farm Foundation is holding a forum at the National Press Club at this very moment to release a new study offering a comprehensive, objective assessment of the forces driving food prices. Farm Foundation president Neil Conklin says what the study shows is that today’s food price levels are the result of complex interactions among multiple factors. “However, one simple fact …

Farm Foundation, Farming, Food

Global Precision in Denver

Laura McNamara

The 9th annual Precision Ag Conference is being held in Denver, CO. The conference kicked off today and will continue through Wednesday, July 23rd. Experts from around the globe will be presenting the latest techniques in precision farming technology. During the reception this evening, I spoke with precision experts from South Africa, India and Egypt. So far, the general idea …

Ag Groups, Farming, Technology

Farmers Find Student Expert at Mobile Greenhouse

Laura McNamara

One of Monsanto‘s Mobile Greenhouse “Street Team” representatives is a student from Purdue. Daniel Stauffer is a Field Sales Intern for Monsanto and is one of the experts farmers and growers at the Michigan Ag Expo can grill about Monsanto’s new Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans. Daniel says one of the most exciting attributes of Monsanto’s “next generation” soybeans is …

Ag Groups, Agribusiness, Audio, Corn, Farming, Soybean

Farmers “Roundup” around Mobile Greenhouse at MI Ag Expo

Laura McNamara

Monsanto‘s industry-exclusive Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans showcased in the ag company’s new Mobile Greenhouse is proving to be quite the curiosity for many farmers and growers at the 2008 Michigan Ag Expo. Farmers and growers took the unique opportunity to get a sneak peek at what Monsanto calls its “next generation” soybeans, peering through the glass of a climate …

Farm Shows, Farming, Soybean

Monsanto Showcases Cutting-Edge Crop at Michigan Ag Expo

Laura McNamara

Michigan’s largest agricultural equipment exposition has more to boast than just equipment. The 29th annual Michigan Ag Expo is underway this week at Michigan State University in Lansing and there’s more to the show than machinery… or even fencing, canopies, turkey legs, honey and free cake batter ice cream from MSU students. Farmers and growers will also find a 28-foot …

Farming, Soybean, Technology

Ag Secretary Ed Schafer Urges Private Investors to Develop Africa

Laura McNamara

Investment in Africa is spurring economic innovation and growth throughout the continent. There’s no question about that for the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer. “Make no mistake about it,” Schafer said. “Investment in agriculture, investment in the structure of agriculture to move food to the market, is an investment in Africa’s future.” Schafer urged private sector investors to build …

Agribusiness, Audio, Energy, Farm Policy, Farming, Food, International, Novus International, Research, Technology

Nigeria to Declare State of Energy Emergency

Laura McNamara

The energy sector is, as Nigeria’s Honorable Peter Odebunmi puts it, “the bane of our non development.” Peter is a Representative of the Federal Repbulic of Nigeria. He says Nigeria lacks an adequate energy supply, which increases costs and makes domestic goods uncompetitive in the global market. That’s why, he says, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua plans to declare a state …

Agribusiness, Farming, International, Novus International