The corn was still green but that didn’t stop a rainbow of combines from demonstrating their skills at the 2009 Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois last week. Watch this YouTube video of the New Holland CR9080 doing its thing:
Novus International To Research at Green Acres
Green Acres was the place to be yesterday. That’s the name of the Novus International research farm near Montgomery City, MO. Our media group piled into a van piloted by Captain Jeremy Lutgen and off we went to see how the project is coming along. Novus purchased the 15 acre farm and has been constructing new buildings while renovating existing …
Talking Precision With International Visitors
Someone mentioned to me the other day that because there are more farm shows being developed in other countries and due to the shape of our economy we probably will see fewer international visitors to shows here in the U.S. However, at this year’s Farm Progress Show I saw lots of them. While I was in the Ag Leader Technology …
Zimfo Bytes
The Corporate Council on Africa announced that the United States Agency of International Development will sponsor the 7th Biennial U.S.–Africa Business Summit: Realizing the Investment Power of Africa, to be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Sept. 29 – Oct. 1, 2009. The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is pleased to announce its new officers for …
Novus Helps Producers Balance Dairy Nutrition
The first presenter this morning at the Novus International Media Day was good friend, Stephanie Gable, Marketing Manager, Ruminants. Stephanie gave us the lowdown on how Novus is helping dairy producers achieve “oxidative balance” in their herd. They’ve found that just like with human beings, when dairy cows come under stress from oxidation they become less productive. So to prevent …
Changing Senate Ag Chairs
It became official today that Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa will become chairman of the Senate health committee, replacing the late Sen. Edward Kennedy. The move means that Harkin will no longer be chairman of the agriculture committee, but says he will remain as a member of the committee which he has been on since 1985. “My dedication to the …
Discussing Sustainability With Novus
Although I didn’t get to attend the Novus Media Day dinner last night, Jeremy Lutgen helped me out so you can actually hear the guest speaker. He’s Dr. David Weatherspoon, Assoc. Professor, Ag., Food & Resource Econ., Michigan State University. David spoke about sustainability in agriculture and from what you’ll hear him say he believes we’ve got some big challenges …
Best of NAMA Call For Entries
The National Agri-Marketing Association is calling for entries for its annual “Best of” competition. You’ve done a lot of hard work and now it’s time for it to pay off. Submit your best work in the Best of NAMA competition. The Best of NAMA Call for Entries is available on-line now! The deadline for submitting your entries is Friday, October …
NCGA Adds Two To Communications Team
Let’s welcome these newcomers to the National Corn Growers Association. They are (l-r) Cathryn Wojcicki Dixson and Susan Powers. The National Corn Growers Association has added two new managers, each with agriculture marketing experience, to fill vacant positions on its award-winning communications team as it works to promote the image of corn farmers and the importance of U.S. corn and …
What I’ve Been Up To Lately…
It’s been a few weeks since I have had the chance to sit down and blog on AgWired. I can’t believe how crazy busy the summer got, and how quickly it is fading into fall. In the past two weeks, I was at the Minnesota and South Dakota State Fairs with cattle in tow, and it’s amazing how much time …