One of the sponsors of our Precision Pays.com website is Ag Leader Technology. They have just started their own blog! To enhance their “closest to the farmer” reputation, Ag Leader Technology, Inc., a leader in the development of precision farming solutions, officially launched social media efforts today with the inaugural post to the new blog Precision Point. Not only can …
Representing Global Fertilizer Industry
In this week’s program we’ll learn about the International Fertilizer Industry Association. IFA, along with New Ag International, conducted the first International Conference on Enhanced-Efficiency Fertilizers to be held in the U.S. this past week in Miami. I was there courtesy of AGROTAIN. The Director, Agriculture Service, for IFA is Patrick Heffer who welcomed us to the conference at the …
Zimfo Bytes
Evogene Ltd. and Biogemma SAS announced the signing of a licensing agreement for the development and commercialization by Biogemma of hybrid corn lines, displaying improved yield and drought tolerance. The California Walnut Board’s commitment to nutrition education continues through a new partnership with HealthCorps. John Deere announces results of recently completed Nebraska Tractor Test Lab (NTTL) evaluations of its 8320R …
HarvestMaster Releases New Field Research Software
HarvestMaster is bringing new research software to the field for agricultural research HarvestMaster is pleased to announce two exciting releases for the Field Research Software (FRS) suite. FRS NoteTaking and Harvest – new version 2.1 released The new release of FRS NoteTaking and Harvest is now available to users. FRS can be used to collect electronic field notes for field …
Pujols Pulls For Milk
I admit to being a St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan. Not a fanatic but a fan. Albert Pujols has been one of my favorite players in recent history and I’m glad to see him wearing the mustache. They may represent completely different sports, but when it comes to the health and fitness of America’s youth, these athletes play on the …
Enhanced Turf Nutrition
Enhanced turf nutrition was the subject of a presentation by Elizabeth Guertal, Auburn University, at the Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizer Conference. Elizabeth says EEF’s are very important to the turf business for two reasons that include economic and environmental. She says that she’s done some work in this area that found that the controlled release sources had much less nitrogen loss …
United Fresh Produce Association Launches UnitedFresh.TV
UFPA will launch UnitedFresh.TV with a live broadcast from their Las Vegas Convention. They’ll have daily on-demand video covering their educational sessions. I’m loving how the use of live web streaming and on-demand video is gaining momentum in ag communications! The United Fresh Produce Association will launch a new online media website, www.UnitedFresh.TV, with the first live interactive webcast targeted …
Insight on N-sight
For some insight into the N-sight technique we heard from Brian Wade, AGROTAIN. He was on a panel discussion here at the Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizer Conference. He covers Europe, the middle east and Africa and is based in Switzerland. He comes from an Iowa farm too. Brian spoke about the N-sight technique: A visual and quantitative analysis of urea hydrolysis …
AgWired High On List of 50 Best Farm/Agriculture Blogs
It’s always nice to receive recognition for your work. Carol Brown of Online Degrees.net notified me last night that AgWired is on the list as well as our AgNewsWire.AgWired.com website. You can find their list of 50 Best Farm and Agriculture Blogs here. They have some other interesting lists that include 50 Best Beer Blogs and 100 Best College Sports …
Reducing Nitrous Oxide Emissions
One of our keynote speakers at the Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizer Conference was Ardell Halvorson, USDA-ARS. His focus was on the effect of EEF’s on nitrous oxide emissions from various cropping systems. He said that the work he’s been doing shows that the use of EEF’s has helped reduce nitrous oxide emissions in his area in Colorado. He says that this …