I’ve heard so many stories from my husband about things he did when he was a little boy and I carefully remind him not to talk about them in my son’s presence for fear he’ll think it sounds like fun! One such story involves an electric fence and a little boy’s small bladder. You can fill in the rest. However, …
A Farm Bill for the Cattle Industry
Kristina Harris Butts is the Executive Director of Legislative Affairs for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). She sat down with me during the Cattle Industry Summer Conference to give me an update on a policy that hasn’t been so top of mind for policymakers these past few months due to their work on the budget. And that’s the 2012 …
John Deere is Accelerating Growth
This evening John Lagemann, John Deere Vice President, Sales & Marketing — United States/Canada/Australia/New Zealand for the Agriculture and Turf Division, welcomed us to the biggest product launch in the history of the company. The ag media along with a large crowd of dealers got a great show and then had the opportunity to take to the floor to get …
Biggest Product Launch in John Deere History
It’s the largest product launch in the history of John Deere and that’s where I’m stopped on the agriblogging highway. We’re in Indianapolis to learn all about these new machines. Today the ag media got to see the new tractors and combines and get inside for some stick time. I’ll be posting photos, videos and interviews over the next couple …
Boehringer Ingelheim Dedicates New Research Facility
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds both attended the dedication of a new Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica (BIVI) livestock vaccine research facility in Sioux Center, Iowa on Wednesday. They are both pictured here with Dr. Phil Hayes of BIVI and Sioux Center Mayor Dennis Walstra at the symbolic ribbon cutting. “The state is very proud to partner with …
Farm Show Season Around The Corner
We’re nearing fall farm show time. So where are you going? Here’s the results from our latest ZimmPoll. We asked, “Which of these fall farm shows will you attend?” 29% of you said Farm Progress Show, 16% said Husker Harvest Days, 11% said Farm Science Review, 10% said World Dairy Expo, 8% said Sunbelt Ag Expo, 15% said Regional/Local Show …
Tweet Your Farmer To Learn About Food
In this week’s program we get a wrap-up of the AgChat Foundation’s Agvocacy 2.0 Conference. I spoke with Michele Payn-Knoper, founder of the weekly AgChat conversation on Twitter and an AgChat Foundation board member and also Amanda Sollman, who took on the project this summer of helping us put on the conference. Michele says we had 115 attendees which is …
Zimfo Bytes
Edible bean growers can now experience fast, complete desiccation and improved harvest efficiency with Sharpen herbicide, powered by Kixor herbicide technology. The National Sorghum Producers board of directors elected new officers and appointed three new individuals to the board. Plan to attend the upcoming workshop: Implementing Social Media to Boost Recruitment. The National Potato Council announced that Anders Schmidt Huseth …
Iowa Teams Defend Corn Growers
The Iowa Cy-Hawk trophy trash-talking got to be too much for the two college teams to take when people were dissing the corn growers. At a press conference on Tuesday announcing that the controversial corn-themed trophy will get a do-over, representatives from both the University of Iowa and Iowa State spoke up in defense of the Iowa Corn Growers, who …
Agvocacy 2.0 Conference Concludes
The AgChat Agvocacy 2.0 Conference may be over but I have more interviews to share. I’m on the agriblogging highway to another event so it will be several days before I can get them all posted. In the meantime I’ve got plenty of photos to share. 2011 AgChat Agvocacy 2.0 Conference Photo Album Here’s the full group at the conclusion …