Since we made the change in our AgWired Mobile service this week by working with Joel Jaeger at Commodity Update I thought I’d get him on the phone to find out how things are going in the text messaging world and discuss these new media communications platforms we’ve been developing. There is a growing amount of data from public sources …
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The 5th annual Missouri Friends of Injured Marines Golf Outing will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 30, 2009, at the Country Club at the Legends in Eureka, Mo. New Holland’s new H5920 deluxe carted wheel rake builds windrows perfectly matched for crop and field conditions. Swanson Russell has won the assignment to work with AGCO on marketing communications …
AgChat at Farm Progress Show
If you’re going to the Farm Progress Show and you have never participated in AgChat, the weekly Twitter conversation/community for agriculture, then you’re going to have several chances to learn more about it. AgChat will be on display along with all the latest products and services. AgChat is for farmers, in fact for anyone involved in providing food, fuel, feed …
PIC Helps Hog Producers Improve Performance
There are still hog producers in business in Iowa and they are more dedicated than ever to producing a quality product for consumers at the best price possible. That was my take away from a meeting I attended this week in Washington, IA to gather some audio, photos and video for our friends at PIC International to use for some …
BASF Plant Sciences NutriDense Blog
More of the BASF ag divisions are entering the social media world. Now BASF Plant Sciences has unveiled a new blog for NutriDense. It’s refreshing to see agencies that are becoming more willing to work with their clients on these types of projects. The blog will be updated regularly with podcasts, videos and articles from BASF Plant Science executives and …
Ag Leader Technology Providing Insights Weekly
Our Precision Pays.com website welcomes new long term sponsor, Ag Leader Technology. Besides direct advertising on the site they’re sponsoring a weekly story called “Insights Weekly.” You can read the first installment below. As we’re well into the dog days of summer, Midwest corn and soybean harvest is looming larger. If you haven’t started combine prep already, it’s time to …
New & Improved AgWired Mobile Launches
We’re making a major change to our AgWired Mobile service starting today. As many of you who have subscribed know, we’ve been sending custom text messages via AgWired Mobile when we see important information that we believe you’d be interested in knowing. Feedback has been great. However, we found that most of what we posted via AgWired Mobile was also …
Gateway NAMA Board Meets
The Gateway NAMA board met yesterday for some program/membership planning. I’m waiting on a summary of what we accomplished to help with member communications. I can tell you that we’ve been pretty inactive but with some fresh talent in leadership hopefully we’ll change that around this coming year. We’re looking at a mix of fun and educational sessions that will …
Carbon and Land Use Models Being Discussed
Do you understand things like indirect land use when it comes to regulations via departments like the EPA due to the RFS? Me either. And I’ve sat in on conferences and discussions and interviews on the subject for a while now. That’s because an issue like indirect land use involves predicting the future based on certain assumptions that may or …
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Mani Iyer, President of Mahindra USA Inc. in Tomball, Texas, has been named to the Board of Directors of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. The 2009 STIHL Dogs and Logs World Championship presented by STEADFAST CANINE was held last month in Stillwater, MN, gathering the world’s top DockDogs and Ironjacks (elite competitive lumberjacks). This year’s competition featured the top 54 …