Syngenta wasn’t the only company on hand at their Learning Centers program in Milford, IA. So was John Deere and their Central Insecticide System. Here’s Ron DeFauw, John Deere Seeding Group, talking about a brand new way to apply Force Insecticide. Think of the box version of wine that you put in your refrigerator and you’ll have a pretty good …
A Productive InfoAg Conference.
I know I haven’t posted much from the InfoAg Conference but don’t think I’ve been slacking off. I think I’ve conducted 15 audio interviews and one video clip as well as about 79 photos. There isn’t a convenient room for media to work in here so that’s made it kind of difficult to be on the floor and in the …
GSD&M Agency For John Deere Commercial and Consumer Equipment
John Deere’s commercial and consumer equipment division has selected its agency of record. John Deere, a major provider of advanced products and services for lawn and turf care, landscaping and irrigation, today announced it has named Austin, TX based GSD&M as the marketing & advertising agency of record for its Worldwide Commercial & Consumer Equipment Division (C&CE). After a four-month …
John Deere Gains Oriental Asset
The world’s largest manufacturer line of agricultural equipment plans to further broaden its reach. John Deere is expanding its small tractor manufacturing line in southern China. The company plans to acquire the Ningbo Benye Tractor & Automobile Manufacture Co. Ltd., located in Ningbo. Deere said it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the Benye business and is seeking final …
Tractor Co. Pulls in Gold For Country Living
The Country Living Association gets a new gold sponsor. The Association’s director, Courtney Yukis, says Tractor Supply Company now possesses a gold-level sponsorship. Tractor Supply Company joins Land O’Lakes, Purina Feed and Fastline Publications at the gold-level. Founding sponsors include John Deere, Allied Insurance and Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company. All Country Living Association sponsors promote rural living. Membership in Country …
New Self-Propelled Sprayers From John Deere
John Deere is calling the new 30 Series Self-Propelled Sprayers its new line-up of intelligent-application equipment. The 4730, 4830 and 4930 Series Self-Propelled Sprayers set new standards for John Deere in sprayer performance, versatility and productivity. The company says its new line of sprayers is also supported by John Deere Commercial Application Dealers (CAD) and the Application Support Dealer (ASD) …
Deere CEO Addresses World Agricultural Forum
One of the first speakers on the program here at the World Agricultural Forum was Robert Lane, Chairman and CEO of Deere & Company. I’ve got his full comments here for you to listen to if you’d like. It’s about 22 minutes. In it he speaks to the topic of investing in agriculture to create prosperity, the theme of the …
John Deere Keeping You Safe
At the Commodity Classic John Deere gave away a very nice safe. The winner is Doug Rund, Twin Valley, MN. He’s a member of the Minnesota Wheat Council. Since this wouldn’t fit in the overhead on the plane he’s going to have it delivered by his local dealer. I think he’ll have to settle for putting your guns and other …
John Deere Pink
Here’s another post Commodity Classic ZimmCast for you. In this week’s program Cindy interviews John Deere’s Barry Nelson about how they’re marketing at Commodity Classic. Barry talks about the company being 170 years old and although he never would have thought it, they’re selling the logo on pink merchandise! You can download and listen to the ZimmCast here: ZimmCast 110 …
A Skateboard in Your Farm Plan
I guess this is a magazine ad for John Deere’s Farm Plan program. I’m not sure how many farmers are skateboarders but it caught the attention of Adrants which is where I saw it. Adrants links to larger pictures of the ads. There’s one for Skateboards and one for Disco Ball. You can catch Disco Ball in action on the …