2011 is winding to a close and we are counting our blessings here on AgWired Traffic was up nearly 8% on Agwired this year to a grand total of just about 198,000 unique visitors – we should break 200,000 pretty easily in 2012. We had a total of 1790 posts this year, including more than 600 with audio. We posted …
MyWay RTK Grows in 2011
2011 has been a phenomenal growth year for MyWay RTK. The service was launched in the fall of 2010 to bring subscription-based Real Time Kinematic positioning and wireless Internet access to the state of Illinois. That has been more than accomplished with coverage throughout the entire state and base stations being added almost daily in other states from Iowa to …
Zimfo Bytes
Members of the United Farmers Cooperative signed a letter of intent to purchase the Marquette, NE based Midwest Ag Partners LLC. The Kansas Soybean Commission and the Kansas Soybean Association are hosting the 2012 Kansas Soybean Expo on January 11. North America’s premiere used combine network is here. A series of webinars on using social media, mobile apps and other …
ZimmPoll Year In Review
This is the first full year of our ZimmPoll so I thought it would be interesting to take a look back and share some statistics with you. I am frequently asked how many people responded and what their demographics are. The number of respondents is easy but knowing who they are and details about their life is not since there’s …
The Farm Sale
Last week marked a quasi-sad day in my life…my dad had his farm sale. The entire north end of town was filled with wagons, trailers, trucks, tractors, implements, combines, and miscellaneous farm parts. It was a culmination of more than 40 years in the farming business, all sold in a matter of six hours. Sitting on the lot were some …
Pensacola Bay In The Morning
This morning I got to take two of my daughters fishing. We had a cold start but things warmed up as the sun got higher in the sky and the fish started biting. This oversize redfish was what we were after. By oversize I mean he was just over 27″ so he had to go back in the water. I …
Beef Tops On Holiday Table
It looks like beef wins in our latest ZimmPoll. We asked the question, “What is your Christmas/Holiday dinner entree?” Beef got 34% of the vote followed by Pork – Ham/Other cut at 27%, then Turkey at 24%, then Lobster and Wild game each got 7% and Fish at 1%. I guess you normally only have one at a time but …
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American Farmland Trust has appointed J. Michael Baise its Midwest Director of Illinois, Iowa and Indiana. Pfizer will provide more than $1 million in sponsorships of National FFA Organization programs, local chapters and more this year. FMC Corporation announced the appointment of Kenneth A. Gedaka as vice president, Corporate Communications. The National Corn Growers Association launched the next-generation of its …
Kip Cullers Tops 100 Bushel Soybeans Again
It may not be another world record, but Kip Culler’s soybean yield of of 108.8 bushels per acre this year was enough to win him another place in Missouri’s 100 Bushel Club. The southwest Missouri soybean rock star took first place in the irrigated category for this year’s Missouri Soybean Association yield contest, while Steve Riegel of Washington won the …
Sorghum Checkoff Chooses McCormick as Agency
McCormick Company has been chosen as the agency of record for the United Sorghum Checkoff Program (USCP). According to McCormick, they will serve USCP from the company’s Amarillo, Texas, location with assistance from staff in the Kansas City office. USCP is headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, and is a producer-funded organization with focus on crop improvement, high-value markets and renewable fuel …