I’ve been sifting back through my memory, trying to figure out when in my lifetime I would’ve done this little game – and where I would’ve seen it. It was a close-up picture of something – extreme close-up – and you had to identify the photo subject. It could be a beehive, a strawberry or a button, but you had …
AFBF President Addresses Membership
The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation told members gathered for the organization’s 93rd annual meeting Sunday that America’s farmers and ranchers are more productive than ever and are providing a solid economic foundation for our nation. “We are the 1 percent that is producing food and fiber for the other 99 percent,” said Bob Stallman of Texas in …
Hawaii Governor Welcomes Farm Bureau
Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie welcomed members of the American Farm Bureau Federation on Sunday with open arms and shared his vision of agriculture for the Aloha State. “You have to have an integrated approach to water, to land and to agriculture,” Abercrombie said, as he talked about the rich Polynesian history of the state and the concept of Ahupuaa – …
FMC Makes Winners At Beltwide
During the 2012 Beltwide Cotton Conferences FMC held a daily drawing for a $250 Home Depot Gift Card. The first winner Mickey Weeks and he is from Cameron, SC. Mickey (right) receives his prize from Stu Throop, FMC. The second day winner is Barry Evans of Kress, TX. Barry receives his prize from Amie Dunn, Marketing Intelligence and Communications Manager …
Heading out for AFBF Annual Meeting #93
Farmers and ranchers from around the nation are heading to the Aloha State this weekend to “Navigate the Waves of Change” at the 93rd Annual American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting. The event officially gets underway on Sunday morning with the opening general session, with state farm bureau awards and address by AFBF president Bob Stallman. The closing general session …
eCotton Launches MyModules App
At the Beltwide Cotton Conferences I met Joe Wyrick, President, EWR, Inc. His company has a division called eCotton which “is dedicated to supplying the information processing needs of the cotton industry.” One of the new ways they’re doing that is with a brand new smartphone app called MyModules. Cotton producers can register new cotton modules and have them transmitted …
FMC On Display
During the Beltwide Cotton Conferences there’s a program track called “New Developments From Industry.” Our sponsor, FMC, conducted two of those sessions, including one by Craig Heim on a product they expect registration on later this year. Now that’s new! Craig says they anticipate the new product will have the trade name Display which is a combination of two PPO …
A Look At This Year’s Beltwide Cotton Conferences
This year’s Beltwide Cotton Conferences attracted about the same size crowd as last year according to National Cotton Council Vice President of Producer Affairs, Craig Brown. I sat down with Craig to find out how he thought things were going and to talk about upcoming format changes for the annual event. Craig says this is the second year they have …
Zimfo Bytes
Bayer CropScience released two new mobile apps for the cotton market: the Variety Selector Tool and Seed Planner. Valley Irrigation and CropMetrics were presented with the Irrigation Association New Product Contest Award in Agriculture at the 2011 Irrigation Association Show. Farm Industry News has announced the 22 products it has chosen as the recipients of its 2012 FinOvation awards on …
Pork Board Celebrates 20 Years of Cindy
The National Pork Board is celebrating Cindy today. Not me, that would be Cindy Cunningham, or “communications professional extraordinaire,” as NPB VP of Communications Michael Wegner calls her. Our good friend is being celebrated today for 20 years of service to America’s pork industry. As Mike notes, Cindy “helped guide the pork industry through the price collapse in 1998 and …