Nominations are now open for 2012 inductees into the Association of Equipment Manufacturers Hall of Fame. The 2012 Farm Progress Show will present the latest agricultural technology across even more show exhibit area with the latest expansion at its Boone, Iowa, show site. Larry Mitchell has been named administrator of USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. Valent BioSciences Corporation …
Future Pork at the Expo
From the whole hog on down to the pork bellies, there’s tons of pork served each year at World Pork Expo, but there’s also plenty of future pork on the hoof around as well. The annual WPX Junior National show features young people, who might possibly one day be pork producers, and young hogs, who very likely will one day …
2012 “Olym-Pigs” at World Pork Expo
In honor of the big summer games coming up in just a few weeks, Automated Production Systems (APS) made the 2012 “Olym-Pigs Feastival” the theme for their annual World Pork Expo show pig this year. As always, the folks at APS went all out for the roll out of the roast hog on Thursday afternoon of the expo, with a …
Finding Balance Between Business and Environment
At the closing dinner for the 2012 Conservation in Action Tour, Trudy Fisher, Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality spoke to our group. Trudy told us that she’s a farmer’s daughter and has farming experience herself. For that reason, the things we were seeing and hearing about on the tour are near and dear to her heart. …
Zimfo Bytes
African tobacco farmers concluded the two-day International Tobacco Growers Association Africa Regional Meeting by issuing a declaration of opposition to the proposals that threaten the region’s jobs and local economies. Conley Nelson, a farmer and pork production executive from Algona, Iowa, was elected president of the 15-member National Pork Board. Tiago Bonomo has been appointed President and CEO of McCormick …
Whopper of a Pork Burger at Pork Expo
It may not qualify for the Guinness Book of World Records, but it will feed a lot of hungry people. A 260 pound pork burger was cooked at World Pork Expo on Thursday by Gary Vinsand, owner of Vinny’s BBQ in Dakota City, Iowa on behalf of Hog Slat and the National Pork Producers Council. “I made one two years …
BIVI 3FLEX Makes an Impression at WPX
Managing swine respiratory diseases is economically important for the pork industry, which is why the relatively new Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica 3FLEX vaccine is being well received by producers. During a BIVI press conference at World Pork Expo, experts discussed the latest findings in managing swine respiratory diseases such as Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), Porcine Circovirus Associated Disease (PCV2) …
10 Reasons To Attend AgCareers Roundtable
The 2012 AgCareers.com North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable is coming up and early bird registration ends next week. The conference will be held in Springdale, Arkansas, August 7-9 on Tyson Food’s Campus. Great networking and educational opportunities are just two reasons why human resource professionals, business leaders, university/college career services staff and association representatives within the agribusiness industry …
Iowa Governor Visits Pork Expo
There is probably no governor in any state who is a greater advocate for agriculture than Governor Terry Branstad of Iowa. The governor visited World Pork Expo on Thursday afternoon and had some pork for lunch before addressing some remarks to producers at the NPPC Investors luncheon. “We know how important agriculture and the pork industry are to our state,” …
Precison Ag Puts Medicine on the Hurt Place
We like new technology and we like our gadgets. We’re called AgNerds. And AgNerds are pretty open to precision agriculture. John McKee is one of us. John is a farmer of corn, cotton, soybeans and wheat. He was a civil engineer prior to farming so precision ag has come natural to him. He was also one of the speakers on …