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As I’ve already mentioned, the BASF “Science Behind Plant Health” symposium is very well attended. I’m not sure how many times BASF has conducted this symposium but I remember attending more than one at Commodity Classic over the years.

Today’s program includes information on:

The latest BASF research into the plant physiology behind Plant Health
Results of new Plant Health research
A look ahead to the Plant Health pipeline
Introduction to specialized equipment to better understand the inner workings of plants

I’ll have more information, including interviews soon.

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The BASF “Science of Plant Health” symposium is just getting underway here in Tampa at the Hyatt.

We’ve got a nice crowd of agricultural journalists here like Willie Vogt, Farm Progress Companies on the right. I think he’s telling world record corn and soybean yield growers like Kip Cullers how to get even more yield out of their crop (Not). All in all I think there’s about 24 journalists here. I’m recording the presentations and will be posting some of them later on.

Here’s an interesting note. We have a mult-box which allows multiple people to connect to an audio feed to record it. Willie is one of several publication editors using it and he joked that the “print guys are fighting over the mult-box.” This new media world is changing how we all do our jobs!

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Before leaving the Convention Center this morning I stopped in to see the progress on the trade show.

In the main entrance this lady was working on a very nice looking sand sculpture. I guess they want to let us think of the beach even though we’re inside during some beautiful winter weather.

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Inside the Tampa Convention Center there are some early arrivals getting checked in but it’ll probably be this afternoon before things get into full swing.

I’m going to be uploading all my pictures to an online photo album as usual. Feel free to browse it and if you want to use any of them just give us credit if you can. If you need hi-res versions just let me know. You can find the photos two different ways.

One way is with the Zimmages you see in the top right side of the AgWired homepage. Just click on any of them and that’ll take you to a page that displays them for you. The other way is to use a direct link to my Flickr photo set using the following link:

2007 Commodity Classic Photo Album

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It’s a beautiful day here in Tampa at the Convention Center.

Things are kind of relaxed and quiet but there are already meetings taking place as companies and the sponsoring organizations get ready for all the farmers who will check in starting today.

If you’re trying to reach me, be patient, since Sprint mobile service isn’t great inside the media room.

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We got into Tampa this afternoon and the sun is shining in the Sunshine State.

Arriving early gives us a chance to get situated and prepare for all the events and activities that’ll take place over the next several days.

Cindy and I will be taking off in a few minutes to see a very good college friend we haven’t seen in years, so we’re looking forward to that.

While I was getting us online she took a picture of the BASF (one of our sponsors) Shuttle Bus poster in the lobby of our hotel.

We’ll be featuring a lot of interesting things about what they’re doing here at Classic.

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