As the months go by, the farming landscape continues to change and take on different shapes. The rectangular fields that were once bare are now covered with crops, and some are spotted with round bales. It’s the changing of the seasons. Although the technology to make round hay bales has been around since the 1940s, this particular farming practice didn’t …
Zimfo Bytes
FMC Corporation announced the promotion of Matt Foster to the position of Product Manager in the company’s North America Crop Marketing group, Agricultural Products Group. CGS TYRES announced a $43.81 million investment to build a new agricultural tire production plant in Charles City, Iowa. Dr. Nick Hamon is named as the Head of the Sustainability for Bayer CropScience North America …
Know a California Farmer
Farmville is fun, but if you think you might have real “dirt in your veins,” take the next step and see what it takes for a California farmer to grow real broccoli, harvest real rice or manage a real herd of dairy cows. You can be there in the time it takes to click your mouse thanks to Know a …
America’s Favorite Farmers Markets Announced
The American Farmland Trust has announced the winners in its 2010 America’s Favorite Farmers Markets contest. More than 50,000 people across the country cast their votes, and these are the top ones selected in each category: Boutique Markets – King George Farmers Market, King George, VA Small Markets – Champaign County Farmers Market, Urbana, OH Medium Markets – Falls Church …
Touch A Bloggie
Actually it’s a Sony Bloggie Touch and it looks like a good addition to your gadget bag of stuff. Think: Good for field demonstration videos at harvest time! Just pull the Bloggie™ Touch camera out of your pocket and you’re ready to capture Full HD video and 12.8-megapixel still shots at a moment’s notice. You’ll notice the elegant simplicity of …
Former UN Sec’y General Awarded World Food Prize Medallion
Former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has picked up the World Food Prize Foundation’s Norman E. Borlaug Medallion, recognizing world leaders whose actions have benefited mankind but who would not normally be eligible for the World Food Prize. This World Food Prize Foundation press release says Annan was befittingly awarded the medallion during the first-ever African Green Revolution Forum …
Whoa, Nelly, Big Bud is Big
Whoa Nelly AgWired peeps. Have you seen how BIG Big Bud is? Big Bud is the world’s largest tractor and one of the biggest draws at this year’s
Farm Progress Show Wrap Up
The 2010 Farm Progress Show is a wrap and even with some weather issues it was a good one. To wrap it all up I spoke with Show Manager, Matt Jungmann. He says that after 4 inches of rain on Tuesday night, what they accomplished on Wednesday was like a miracle. Since that overnight rain incident everything went very well. …
I Scream for Ice Cream
You scream, I scream we all screamed for ice cream during this year’s Farm Progress Show. The weather may have been damp and somewhat dreary, but it didn’t stop the crowds from enjoying some homemade ice cream from Beekmans Homemade Ice Cream. They made vanilla, chocolate, peach, and raspberry delights right on site. All the ingredients came from local farmers …
American Soybean Association Update
Commodity group leaders always make time to visit with the media at Farm Progress Show. One of them I spoke with yesterday was Rob Joslin, President, American Soybean Association. Rob is a soybean grower from Ohio. In the photo he’s on the left and speaking with Stu Ellis. I asked him about the issues that ASA is working on and …