This year’s Alltech International Animal Nutrition and Health Symposium is set for April 20-23 in Lexington, KY. It’ll be the 24th time and having attended last year’s it’s well worth the trip. Much like past generations have left legacies, our dream is that today’s agricultural decision makers will be remembered as the Greenest Generation. Don’t miss out on these and …
The Grange Fair is an American Tradition
Ever been to a Grange fair? Me either. Sounds like a lot of fun though. Inecom Entertainment Company announced today that preorders for its new Emmy award-winning film, The Grange Fair – An American Tradition, are being taken via major Internet retailers such as Amazon.com. The DVD will also be available in stores nationwide on Tuesday, February 19, 2008. The …
Steve Taylor New Head of MO-AG
I had to do a double take when I saw the announcement that Steve Taylor was the new CEO of the Missouri Agribusiness Association. It’s easy to get your Steve Taylors mixed up around here, although one of them now lives in Idaho. Here’s the announcement from Ginger Berry: On February 1, a new chapter in MO-AG history will be …
2008 World Agricultural Forum
Just so you can get this on your calendars in case it’s not already. The Republic of Uganda will host the World Agricultural Forum’s Regional Congress on September 3-5, 2008 in Kampala, Uganda. This first Congress in Africa is titled “By Africa, For Africa: Creating Wealth Through Investing in Agriculture.” The Congress will bring together recognized leaders from many disciplines …
New Dairy Vet Podcast
Bill Baker at Dairyline has started a new podcast called Vet Visits from Pfizer Animal Health. Yep, more farm podcasting going on. There must be something to this. Someone must be listening. Here’s the feed to subscribe with. DairyLine is America’s only dairy news network, with over 90 radio stations, 11 weekly newspapers and FREE daily updates right here on …
Custom Cotton Reports For Monsanto
While last week’s Beltwide was going on Monsanto not only had Kara Willis doing student blogging but Stewart Doane was producing custom audio reports for their website. Called, “Daily Beltwide Cotton Conferences Audio Recap with Stewart Doan,” customers were able to find fresh news from the event each day. Great concept and a very good application for a company website …
Country Living Association 1 Year Old
Say Happy Birthday to the Country Living Association. The Country Living Association is celebrating its one-year anniversary, according to Courtney Yuskis, director of Country Living Association. “Country Living Association had a great first year. The organization continues to expand and deliver additional value to our members and our sponsors,” Yuskis said. “It’s an exciting time to be involved in the …
Zimfo Bytes
DuPont has named Nicholas C. Fanandakis group vice president – DuPont Applied BioSciences. In this newly created position, Fanandakis will lead the company’s accelerated efforts to commercialize a range of bio-based products and technologies to meet growing global demand. Fanandakis, 51, currently vice president of planning, previously served four years as vice president and general manager of DuPont Chemical Solutions …
Learning More ABout Cotton Precision
One of the new product development guys at John Deere in their precision area is Patrick Sikora, John Deere Ag Management Solutions Group. He was one of the guys I interviewed at last week’s Beltwide. Patrick says that cotton growers have been some of the earliest adopters of precision farming technology but that there may be some not familiar with …
Monsanto Student Cotton Blogger
Monsanto once again took their student bloggers on the road. This time to the Beltwide Cotton Conferences. The intern is Kara Willis who attends Prairie View A&M in Texas (right of Janice Person). You can find Kara’s blog on the Monsanto website. I spoke to her after she interviewed me for her blog. Kara is an ag econ major who …