The Executive Director of Ag United For South Dakota is Steve Dick, pictured here at the NAFB Washington Watch Issues Forum. Steve says that AUSD is a coalition of 5 farm groups that include corn and soybean growers, pork producers, cattlemen and SD Farm Bureau. They were set up to educate the public about agriculture and particularly livestock production in …
Precision Ag Helps Create Marriage Proposal
I love this story Kurt posted on our Precision Pays site and thought I’d share it with you. Give credit to farmers and their creativity. Not only are they saving time, input dollars and the environment thanks to the tools of precision agriculture, some growers find ways to use it to enhance their personal lives. Vega, Texas grower Braden Gruhlkey …
Fresno Drive Green Event
It’s time to hit the road with the John Deere Drive Green Utility Tractor Show once again. This week I’ll be in Fresno, CA at Fresno Equipment for a day of customer interaction which you’ll find covered on DriveGreenTractors.com. This has been a seriously fun project since I’ve been able to meet so many people around the country following the …
Get A Dosatron Of Their New Website
I liked the way this release came across in announcing the company’s new website. For one thing the company representative didn’t say, “We’re excited to . . . ” She made a very open statement that just seems very genuine to me. Dosatron International, Inc., today launched a new version of their website, www.dosatronusa.com. The new version introduces a totally …
World Ag Forum Coming to St. Louis
Next week, there’s a pretty important event for the international farming community as the World Agricultural Forum comes to downtown St. Louis, Mo., May 17-20th at the St. Louis Ballpark Hilton Hotel. And AgWired will be there! This press release says the forum’s Sixth Biennial World Congress is entitled “Our Global Priority: Food Security—Financial, Trade and Technical Services” and is …
What Would Gene Simmons Think?
Because we don’t always have to be serious here I thought you might get a chuckle out of this video. Via @scrowell on Twitter.
Farmers Growing Media Support – HTFUS
I’m sure most of you know that The Hand That Fees U.S. is the American farmer. But not everyone understands that in the media and the consuming public. For that reason HTFUS was announced today. One of the key individuals involved with this project is Larry Combest, former U. S. Representative from Texas. He was Chairman of the House Ag …
Zimfo Bytes
McCormick Company in Kansas City has recently been awarded two Pro-Comm awards by the Business Marketing Association for excellence in b2b marketing communications. Syngenta Crop Protection announced that the California Department of Pesticide Regulation has granted Section 18 emergency exemption approval of Inspire fungicide for use on Alternaria in almond orchards in Butte, Glenn, Kern and Tehama counties. With help …
The Hand That Feeds U.S.
I want to shake The Hand That Feeds U.S. Here’s a great example of helping bring the story of today’s American farmer to the public. America’s farmers are extending an olive branch to the same urban media that have often been critical of agriculture, and some powerful U.S. lawmakers asked the nation’s reporters in a letter today to give them …
First Pork On A Fork Photos
Trent Loos let me know via Twitter today that the first photos are in for his Faces of Agriculture “Pork On A Fork” contest where you’re encouraged to submit photos of family members, friends, customers, anyone, anywhere eating pork.. This is one from the Flickr set he’s got going to show the entries publicly. Faces of Agriculture announces the launch …