2025 Tech Hub Live

World Backup Day

Chuck Zimmerman

Happy Easter which is falling on World Backup Day. Have you taken the pledge? The World Backup Day Pledge I solemnly swear to backup my important documents and precious memories on March 31st. I will also tell my friends and family about World Backup Day – friends don’t let friends go without a backup. It is very important that you …

Farming, Technology

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Chromatin, Inc., a leading provider of innovative crop breeding technology, sorghum seed products and feedstocks, announced that Robert B. Shapiro has joined its Board of Directors. Farmers and seed dealers from major U.S. crop production regions recently gathered in St. Louis and Peoria, Ill. for “Monsanto Ground Breakers Week.” Case IH announced that they donated two tractors to Milwaukee Public …

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Most Valuable Dealership, Brokaw Supply Company

Melissa Sandfort

Brokaw Supply Company, a single-store business in Fort Dodge, Iowa, sells and supports six different brands of precision equipment including Ag Leader Technology as one of their premier lines, and services a customer base that stretches into Minnesota and Wisconsin. The dealership has been named Precision Farming Dealer’s 2013 Most Valuable Dealership. They boast 36 employees (4 precision ag specialists); …

Ag Leader, Agribusiness

MGEX Commentary on Plantings Report

Cindy Zimmerman

A little more corn, a little less soybeans, more wheat and a lot less cotton – that summarizes the USDA 2013 Prospective Plantings report out today. Corn growers intend to plant 97.3 million acres of corn for all purposes in 2013, up slightly from last year and 6 percent higher than in 2011. If realized, this will represent the highest …

Audio, Farming, USDA

Find ZimmComm at 2013 Agri-Marketing Conference

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmComm New Media will be forging new frontiers once again at the 2013 Agri-Marketing Conference. Here’s where you’ll find us in the Connection Point. We’ll be at booth 402. Yeah, booth numbers don’t always make it easy to find. Just follow the arrow. We’ll have an announcement out soon about a very cool booth giveaway and of course there will …

Ag Groups, NAMA, ZimmComm Announcement

BeckAgConnects Over 10,000 Members

Chuck Zimmerman

More than a big milestone. That’s what BeckAgConnects has reached. The online community for those working in the ag industry now has more than 10,000 members. The community has grown steadily since it launched in 2011 while remaining a valuable resource for ag professionals looking for new ways to positively impact their business results and exchange ideas with their peers. …

Agribusiness

See It? Stop It! Animal Care Starts With You

Jamie Johansen

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), along with the Center for Food Integrity and the U.S. Pork Sector jointly launched “See It? Stop It! Animal Care Starts With You.” A campaign to give proactive demonstration of agriculture’s commitment to farm animal care. The initiative demands that if signs of animal abuse, neglect, mishandling or harm are seen, then we have …

Animal Agriculture, Dairy, Pork

The Dinner Bell

Melissa Sandfort

Summer is coming, I can feel it. That may be wishful thinking, but a person can dream, right? A few warmer afternoons has me itching to be outside prepping my garden, dragging a hose around to water plants and mowing the yard. This time last year, I think I WAS mowing. Spring weather beckons us outside and I don’t think …

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Four of Alltech’s crop science products have received approval from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Agri-Mos, Soil-Set, Crop-Set and Grain-Set are now registered as micronutrient fertilizers in the Canadian agronomic market. The Georgia Peanut Commission board of directors has approved $292,500 in new research project funding for the 2013-14 research budget year. Penton will announce its new agriculture group at …

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Winter Weather Affecting Drought Conditions

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Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “Do you support continuing the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)?” Our poll results: Fifty-seven percent say Yes, It’s Working, Twenty-nine percent say No, It’s Not Working, twelve percent ask What is the RFS?, and a small portion at two percent say Other. Over half of you support the continuation of the Renewable Fuel Standard. For …

New Holland, ZimmPoll