Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “Will the sequester monster impact you personally?” Our poll results: Fifty-two percent said No it will not impact you. Twenty-one percent said Yes, Major Impact, seventeen percent said Yes, Minor Impact, and ten percent said I Don’t Know. So most of you do not expect to be affected by the sequester monster. Wonder what …
Agriblogging Tool
I just got a new tool in my awesome arsenal of agriblogging and farmpodcasting. It’s a Tascam DR-05 Handheld Digital Recorder and it will be out and about with me starting next week at National Ag Day activities. Here’s some information about it for you agnerds: The TASCAM DR-05 handheld portable recorder records in MP3 or WAV format (including 96kHz/24-bit …
Dupont Pioneer Press Conference
Dupont Pioneer held a news conference at the recent Commodity Classic to introduce a new set of services. The focus of the press conference was the new Pioneer Field360 services. These new services are meant to help farmers increase productivity and profitability by providing more control of field-by-field data without having to become a technical expert. The Pioneer Field360 Services …
Protecting Wheat in 2013
BASF brought out all the stops when it came to educating attendees at this year’s Commodity Classic. Whether growers had questions about herbicides, fungicides or simply wanted to hear the latest research, experts were on hand to give answers. I chatted with Dr. Brianne Reeves, Technical Marketing Specialist with the BASF’s Plant Health Fungicide group. Wheat was the main topic …
Converting from AFS/PFS to SMS Software
Precision ag software … it’s necessary but can be, at times, daunting and confusing. There’s so much data growers need to compile and store from year to year, and data has really become a necessity versus a “perk” because it brings all of the information together in one place where growers can pencil out and see the value from the …
Zimfo Bytes
Farm Journal Media welcomes two additions to the livestock division. Patty Jolliffe joins as National Account Manager and Cachet Hancock as Marketing Communication Manager. Applications for the sixth annual checkoff-funded National Beef Quality Assurance Award are now being accepted. Randy Spronk, a pork producer from Edgerton, Minn., was elevated to the post of president for the National Pork Producers Council. …
Getting Educated About Nozzles
The ever-changing world of technology can be a little overwhelming and since farming is full of technology, it is very understandable that growers across the country could use some extra education. BASF listened to growers when they admitted that they didn’t always feel comfortable with the new technology and partnered with Bob Wolf to bring them On Target Application Academy. …
BASF Spotlights Science Behind Successful Growers
BASF Ag Products spotlighted a couple of very successful and innovative farmers during the Science Behind event prior to Commodity Classic this year. One of them is pretty familiar to us all but the other is a newer face on the farming scene. The new kid on the block is Randy Dowdy of Georgia who just got into the farming …
Sequester Chops Some USDA Reports
Statistical surveys and reports about catfish, hops and mink are among those being suspended by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) “for the remainder of the fiscal year due to reduced funding caused by sequestration,” according to a press release out today. Before deciding upon the program suspensions, NASS reviewed its survey programs against mission- and user-based criteria as well …
Charleston|Orwig Promotes Gale & Tessmann
Congratulations to Mark Gale and Marcy Tessmann! They have both just received significant promotions at Charleston|Orwig. Mark Gale has been promoted to chief executive officer of the Wisconsin-based communications consultancy firm. Marcy Tessmann has been promoted to president. Lyle Orwig remains as chairman and will continue to be an active and central figure in the agency’s day-to-day operations and long-range …