A Missouri farmer has won the use of a CR8090 combine with a New Holland Twin Rotor® CR8090 combine corn head for the 2014 harvest season, thanks to New Holland and Growth Energy. Robert Baker of Sue City, Missouri has been named the 2014 Growth Energy Individual Membership Sweepstakes winner. “I am very excited, and I have a son and …
FMC Invests in Farming’s Future Via FFA
Illustrating its commitment to investing in farming’s future, FMC Corporation is helping youth education through support of FFA. “To continue America’s leadership in agriculture, we need to engage students now,” said John Kasper, FMC Agricultural Solutions North America commercial business director. “FFA prepares students for more than 300 careers and reaches more than 600,000 members. Our support can make a …
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Wade Mittelstadt has been named GROWMARK Vice President, Financial and Risk Mangement, effective Dec. 1, 2014. Unveiled at Kubota Tractor Corporation’s Dealer Meeting last week in Nashville, Tenn., the all-new L2501 compact tractor blazes a trail to tractor ownership for first-time buyers. Valent U.S.A. Corporation (Valent) announced an agreement with Minneapolis-based MGK to manage the marketing and sales of MGK’s …
Bayer CropScience Corn & Soybeans Future Forum
It’s time to “Meet. Talk. Lead.” at the 2014 Bayer CropScience Corn & Soybeans Forum. I’m on my way today and things will kick off Wednesday in Frankfurt, Germany. Here is what it is all about: Key topics at the Future Forum will include: market trends and cultivation challenges for sustainable cropping as well as innovative solutions and new technologies …
World Ag Expo Video Contest to Give $3,000 Grand Prize
A $3,000 grand prize is being offered in the World Ag Expo contest for the video that best answers the questions, “Where Would We Be Without Farmers?” The videos are due for submission by December 1, when they will be evaluated by a panel of judges and then posted on www.WorldAgExpo.org for the public to vote for their favorites. “Farmers …
FS Crop Advisers Help with Nutrient Management Plans
This is the final installment of a four part series on Nutrient Management sponsored by FS/GROWMARK John Musser, a crop adviser with Stephenson Service Company, has been a crop consultant for over 30 years and a Certified Crop Adviser for the past two decades. He was the 2012 winner of the Illinois Certified Crop Adviser Award for helping his growers …
How General Mills Creates Content
The Social Media Manager for General Mills is Kevin Hunt. We learned about how his company tells their story via online content creation during this year’s AgCatalyst conference. Kevin shared some tips about how they create content via their blog, “A Taste of General Mills.” I liked hearing Kevin start with the blog in our interview since I still believe …
Mega-Role of Micro-Influencers at AgCatalyst
As marketers we often want to have those big names behind our brand. But what about all the “little” voices out there that are talking about or even being brand advocates for you? Chris Baggott, Husk Farms, says you should not forget them. There are a lot of them. Chris was one of the AgCatalyst presenters. He says that the …
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Valley University, the training organization of Valley® Irrigation, has received an esteemed Learning in Practice Award from Chief Learning Officer magazine. The free smartphone (android, Iphones & Ipads) and tablet app from veteran farm broadcaster Max Armstrong has a newly added Question of the Week section, all new Tractor Trivia questions, Max’s Twitter feed on the app’s home page, and …
Vote for New USFRA Faces of Farming
The polls are now open to cast your vote for the next Faces of Farming & Ranching! And you don’t even have to leave home to do it. Starting today through November 2, visit the Faces of Farming & Ranching Voting Facebook page to learn more about each of the finalists and the work they do, including short videos highlighting …