The Andersons, Inc. announced it has completed the purchase of two grain storage facilities in Kearney and Riverdale, Neb., and assumed a third leased facility in Paxton, Neb., from B4Grain, Inc. Eight agriculture programs in Illinois received checks totaling one-million dollars from Farm Credit Services of Illinois. Pfizer Animal Health announced an agreement to acquire Synbiotics Corporation. Hertz Farm Management …
A Matter of Geography
I woke up one morning last week with a crick in my neck, which reminded me of the crick right on the edge of Brock. To some of you, it might be a creek. The creek, instead, is about ¼ mile from where we live now. The crick is outside of Brock. See the difference? Maybe it’s all a matter …
Register For Agvocate Training In Atlanta
Here’s an update on the agvocate social media training session that will take place this Saturday, from 3-6pm in Atlanta in conjunction with AG CONNECT Expo. I’m currently early on the program with a session on “Tools & Technology for the Trade.” Other sessions include: 3 on using Twitter, 3 on using Facebook, Effective Blogging and small group training. If …
Zimfo Bytes
The Senninger UP3 received the most innovative new agricultural product of 2010 from the Irrigation Association at the IA annual international irrigation show. DuPont announced it has acquired Seed Consultants, Inc., Washington C.H., Ohio, and Terral Seed, Lake Providence, La., as part of its Pioneer Hi-Bred PROaccess business strategy. The preliminary findings of a months-long study that examines how wind …
Happy New Year Survey Winner
The new year is starting off a little greener for the latest winner in our ZimmComm publication survey drawing. The winner for December is Michelle Stahlhut, an Agwired reader and crop farmer from Indiana. Michelle actually filled out her survey in November and since we put all the entries back in the pot for the next month, she was the …