Kip Cullers might have one of the most recognizable faces here at Commodity Classic.
He’s a corn and soybean yield record holder. I caught this shot of him enjoying some Dippin’ Dots ice cream at the BASF booth.
They’ve got a much larger than life size picture of him on their display which is behind him.
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Ed Berry is giving you some perspective here next to a New Holland combine on display at Commodity Classic. Ed is the brand marketing manager for cash crop equipment.
I talked with Mike about the different types of equipment they have for growers to check out like the new T7000 series. He give an overview of what’s new about the product. He also talks about their Harvest Support program that travels across the country providing growers with information at a critical time of the year.
Listen to my interview with Ed here: cccast-13-berry.mp3
This interview is part of the CommodityClassicCast podcast series.
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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 and combines.
Listen to my interview with Mike here: cccast-12-harvey.mp3
This interview is part of the CommodityClassicCast podcast series.
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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 list as well as biofuels and biotechnology.
Listen to my interview with Rick Ostlie, President of the American Soybean Association here: cccast-9-ostlie.mp3
Listen to my interview with Dale Schuler, President of the National Association of Wheat Growers here: cccast-10-schuler.mp3
Listen to my interview with Ken McCauley, President of the National Association of Corn Growers here: cccast-14-mccauley.mp3
These interviews are also part of the CommodityClassicCast podcast series.
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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 away.
I think he’s one of the hardest working guys in agricultural communications and a long time friend. In fact, I remember when Hugh used to work for the American Soybean Association long before there was a Commodity Classic. Now he’s one of the key leaders of Osborn & Barr Communications.
Post Update: Hugh emailed me to make sure I know that he doesn’t use a Blackberry. He has a Palm Treo (like mine) and he’s not a crackberry addict but he may be a little Palm-Fried or maybe TreoOD.
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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 Fritz.
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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 asking, “Where did you get that bag?”
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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 middle of a table. The race master lifts up the net and the winner makes it to the outside circle first.
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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.
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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 stopping the iPod movement!
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