Imagine a tractor that gave farmers enough light to work in the dark. Imagine a tractor that could be a portable, off-site power outlet. Imagine a tractor that has more “get up and go.” Bah. One might think that’s “unheard of”… well, before you scoff, think again. John Deere Werke Mannheim is poised to unleash a new series of E-Premium …
Zimfo Bites
Penton Media’s BEEF® magazine, America’s leading cattle publication, is collaborating with 12 leading land grant universities to conduct the first Beef Stocker Survey, a national effort to benchmark and characterize the management practices and challenges of stocker operators and backgrounding operations. The confidential survey questionnaire was mailed this month to an extensive list of industry contacts, representative of the segment’s …
Heidelberg’s Rooftop Landscape
The gray sky couldn’t fully mute the reds, yellows, greens and oranges of fall that were sprinkled throughout the rolling hills surrounding Heidelberg today. The colors popped through a lacy mist draped over the valley. The fall hues weren’t the only colors stubborn enough to stand out from the gray haze. “Heidelberg is known for it’s colorful rooftop landscape,” said …
America’s Largest Flying Flag
America’s largest flying American flag will be proudly displayed at RFD-TV The Theatre on Nov. 9-11 as a part of Veteran’s Homecoming, the country’s largest Veterans Day celebration, which takes place in Branson, Mo. The flag, which is 120 feet long, 65 feet wide and weighs over 200 lbs, is a project of the United Veterans of America chapter from …
Michael Peterson Performs For Farm-City Week
Thanks once again to Gene Hemphill and New Holland for making it possible for me to cover the National Farm-City Week Luncheon and get to see one of my favorite performers, Michael Peterson. Michael has a great message for anyone in our country and especially our young people. If you’ve never heard Michael then you can watch a short part …
Beef U
The course objective: get more beef on more menus. The Beef Checkoff Program launched “Beef University“, earlier this year to offer the food service industry more education on beef. Beef Checkoff has partnered with Taco Bell, Boston Market and Quizno’s in the program to promote beef in food options outside the home. “Beef University” is a two cd set that …
Innovations, Trends and Visions… In Germany
For the next couple of days, Agwired.com is going to be your portal to one of the world’s biggest showcases for farm equipment. I’ve made my way all the way from Kansas City, MO to Frankfurt, Germany to cover Agritechnica 2007. This event is being held next week, November 13 through 17, but John Deere is hosting a group of …
National Farm-City Council Awards
The Farm-City Council is all about our youth and many of them were represented here at the National Farm-City Week Kickoff Luncheon. These FFA’ers are posing with Michael Peterson our keynote speaker. I’ve got some video of Michael I hope to post later when I get a chance to edit it. Besides hearing from Michael who spoke eloquently about the …
Rock and Rolling Tree Farmer Gets Award
At today’s National Farm-City Week Kickoff Luncheon Rolling Stones keyboardist, Chuck Leavell (left) received the first ever American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, “Book of the Year” award. He received it for his book “The Tree Farmer.” Terry Gilbert, a Kentucky farmer and Foundation board member, presented the book award to Leavell. “The Tree Farmer is a rare treasure among …
Zimfo Bites
The next meeting of the Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City will be breakfast on Friday, Nov. 9, 7:30 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center (Chouteau Room.) The featured speakers will be Jim Finnerty and Julie Doane, both involved with the public television show: America’s Heartland. Breakfast will be $15.00 for Council member and $20.00 for nonmember. Please RSVP …