If you have been in attendance this week at the National Farm Machinery Show you may have seen many people, especially high school students, walking around with sticks. When you approach the Fellowship of Christian Farmers International (FCFI) booth you will be offered a free walking stick. These walking sticks are smooth and sturdy, but the five beads attached to …
Get a SatShot in MapShots
Here’s another example of how MapShots has been working with partner companies to integrate their services into AgStudio. One of the presenters at last week’s customer conference was Lanny Faleide, President/CEO of SatShot, a satellite and aerial imagery company. He told me that their specialized imagery integrates well with MapShots. “We take an ag perspective, understand the agronomy, reasons why …
FMC Anthem Provides Greater Flexibility
As we prepare for the 2014 planting season corn and soybean growers have some new flexibility with the announcement of FMC Anthem herbicide registration in soybeans. FMC’s Nick Hustedde told me, “The Anthem registration in soybeans is really going to help allow growers to be flexible because it can be applied in corn or soybeans so we have that flexibility …
Even Snowmen Love New Holland
This was too good to pass up. As Cindy and I were leaving our hotel this morning we saw an “I Love New Holland” snowman in the field across the street. Somebody was getting creative. We’re on day three at the National Farm Machinery Show and the beautiful weather is coming to an end this afternoon with a prediction of …
Zimfo Bytes
Novozymes and Monsanto Company announce they have completed the closing of the The BioAg Alliance, as announced on December 10, 2013. Brownfield Ag News is excited to announce the addition of heritage agriculture radio stations WOWO-AM and WOWO-FM in Fort Wayne and powerhouse station WIKY-FM in Evansville, Indiana to the growing list of affiliate partners carrying Brownfield Ag News programming. …
Managing Varying Soil Types
Growers in many states have spent the winter months in drought conditions, and there’s non way to tell what Mother Nature has in store for the spring planting season. If we get rains like 2013, what if there was a way to improve your changes for a better harvest despite too much soil moisture? Well, there is a way to …
Most Like Crop Insurance in New Farm Bill
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “What’s best in the new farm bill?” More than a third of our respondents agree that crop insurance tops the charts, along with nothing. We see a bit of an oxymoron there! Our poll results: Crop insurance – 31.25% None – 31.25% Conservation – 9.38% Rural Development – 9.38% Energy – 6.25% Specialty Crops …
Walk Along a New Holland CR8090 Combine
New combines and headers from New Holland were getting a lot of attention at the National Farm Machinery Show. I got Cole Sanford to take a few minutes and walk me through some of the new features on the CR8090 model combine and folding corn head that you see him standing next to in the photo. Introducing NEW CR Series …
AgHires Ready for Employers & Job Seekers
AgHires founder Lori Culler says her company is working to do its part to help farms and agribusinesses find the right people to help them keep up with demand as we move toward that 2050 milestone of 9 billion people that all need food, fuel, clothing and shelter. That’s why she started AgHires. “We know Ag, we understand what it …
Bring Back Those Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer!
Today Aunt Jeanette writes: We have had another unusual winter here in south central Nebraska – as has most of the country. The snow and ice have not caused many problems for us, however, the cold temps have been another story. When I think of baby calves being born into a cruel negative 25 degrees (or more) wind chill…well, it …