It’s been a while since I’ve received an old fashioned printed media kit in the mail without some kind of CD or link to more web information. That’s why I was interested to see the announcement about Laudis herbicide for corn receiving it’s EPA registration via snail mail. Laudis™ Herbicide is a new systemic herbicide that provides postemergence control of …
Beef and Biodiesel Blogging
I’ll be Rushing off to Reno early on Monday to attend the Cattle Industry Convention once again. You’ll be able to follow all the action right here on AgWired. I’ll also be the Beef Board Blogger on Beef Board Meeting.com. This will be the third year that the Cattlemen’s Beef Board has blogged their activities at this major national event …
Are You a Wired Journalist
After having just visited an ag journalism class at the University of Missouri I thought I’d share a link to Wired Journalists. The group I spoke with was already familiar with it but not all of you budding online journalists may be. Wired Journalists is a social networking site for those of us involved in making a living out of …
CNH Tractor Building in Iraq
It sounds like things continue to progress in Iraq. This isn’t the kind of news you’ll see on the evening news. CNH International announced today the completed purchase of equipment that has restarted tractor assembly operations at the State Company for Mechanical Industries (SCMI), an agricultural machinery manufacturing facility in Iskandiriyah, Iraq. The U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Task Force …
The Canadian Marketing Alliance Group is much bigger than you may think
Siemens Says – Barry Reimer, a producer from Killarney, Manitoba took his own concerns about the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly to Manitoba AG Days in Brandon in January and received a rude awakening, but a resounding show of support, too. The organizers of the show asked him to stop handing out his flyers after receiving huge complaints from the CWB …
Shoot Your Fuel The Change EPIC
This is shaping up to be an EPIC contest. Actually it is an EPIC contest. Our friends at the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council just started a video contest as a way to help educate consumers about America’s energy options. It’s called the “Fuel the Change” video contest. If you’re interested then you better start shooting and editing today. Entrants …
Zimfo Bytes
Syngenta Crop Protection and No-Till Farmer magazine honored three outstanding individuals and one outstanding organization during an awards ceremony held Jan. 10 at the 16th annual National No-Tillage Conference in Cincinnati. The 2007 No-Till Innovators are: Don Hoover, Lititz, Penn., Binkley & Hurst Bros. – Business and Service; Bill Richards, Circleville, Ohio grower – Crop Production; Clearwater Direct Seeders – …