BASF Looks to Register Three New Products

Cindy Zimmerman

BASF Crop Protection has filed for registration of three new active ingredients that are expected to influence crop management worldwide. BASF announced today that it has made multi-lateral, worldwide regulatory submissions for new products — Xemium™ fungicide, and Initium™ fungicide. Both were filed with regulatory authorities in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. BASF also submitted Alpha-cypermethrin™ insecticide …

BASF

AgChat Foundation Receives Seed To Succeed Grant

Chuck Zimmerman

Harvest PR & Marketing has just announced the recipient of its second annual Seed To Succeed nonprofit PR Grant. It’s the AgChat Foundation! The grant is valued at $20,000. Harvest PR’s grant will help the start-up nonprofit spread its “agvocacy” message and share news of its core program areas, including Agvocacy Training and Technology Scholarships. “The AgChat mission really resonated …

Ag Groups, Agencies, Public Relations

Wisconsin Is All About Dairy In June

Chuck Zimmerman

Since it’s Dairy Month this week’s program is all about dairy with an interview I conducted bright and early this morning. I called up Matt Joyce, Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, and we talked about Dairy Month. The WMMB has a lot of online resources for consumers and anyone who wants to know more about dairy and the role it plays …

Ag Groups, Audio, Dairy, ZimmCast

June Is Dairy Month

Chuck Zimmerman

We’re leaving beef month behind to enter into dairy month. Midwest Dairy Association invites you to celebrate and learn how dairy can make sense for you. June Dairy Month started out as a promotion to help distribute extra milk when cows started on pasture in the warm summer months. Today, its rich history continues, with communities, companies and people from …

Ag Groups, Dairy

Hidden Valley Brings You The Farmhouse

Chuck Zimmerman

With a name like Farmhouse it was a natural for a post on AgWired. The makers of Hidden Valley® Salad Dressings are pleased to announce the introduction of Hidden Valley® Farmhouse Originals Dressings. These four new flavors step beyond ranch to add fresh from the farm tasting flavors and robust taste to even the simplest of dishes and make vegetables …

Food

Zimfo Bytes

Melissa Sandfort

Carbon Credited Farming has named Brian Sullivan as the new CEO of the Green Oil and Agroforestry Division, and Barry McWilliams as the new CEO of Commercial and Operational Activities. Former United Soybean Board farmer-leader Sander “Sandy” Ludeman will be receiving the Siehl Prize for Excellence in Agriculture in the category of production agriculture from the University of Minnesota. BASF …

Zimfo Bytes

Hanging Out At The Corn Crib

Chuck Zimmerman

Some corn powered baseball is going to happen in Normal, IL on Tuesday evening and Cindy and I will be on location courtesy of the Illinois Corn Growers. We’ll be at the Crib, the Corn Crib to be precise, for the home opener of the Normal CornBelters. They’ll take on the Windy City Thunderbolts at 7pm. The Corn Crib is …

Ag Groups, Audio, Corn

Zachary Larson Begins Borlaug Summer Internship

Chuck Zimmerman

Here is the first in a series of posts from Zachary Larson, Borlaug Summer Intern at Nanjing Agricultural University in China: It has almost been a week since I came here to China, and it has been quite an incredible week. I have experienced enough in this city in just five days to easily make this the most memorable trip …

Education, International, University

John Deere To Build Tractor Museum

Chuck Zimmerman

How about another John Deere story? The company is going to build a museum in Waterloo, IA to focus on the history of the tractor and engine design manufacturing. Construction on the John Deere Waterloo Tractor and Engine History Museum will begin in late 2010 with opening of the facility scheduled for late 2011. The museum will be an addition …

Agribusiness, John Deere, Tractor

Deere Renews Marketing Center Building Plans

Chuck Zimmerman

John Deere is renewing its plan to build a marketing and sales center in northwest Olathe, KS. This 126,150 square-foot facility will house up to 500 marketing professionals who will provide support and service to John Deere sales branches and agriculture and turf dealerships in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. “The decision to resume construction reaffirms our commitment …

John Deere