Growers Pleased With Bayer’s Fluency Agent Advanced

Carrie Muehling

Response has been positive to Bayer‘s Fluency Agent Advanced, a seed lubricant the company introduced last year. The product helps not only with seed lubricity, but also with reducing dust that may escape during the planting process. “It’s primarily for corn and soybeans,” said Bayer’s Bill Striegel. “We introduced it for corn, but it works just as good for soybeans. …

AgWired Precision, ASTA, Audio, Bayer

Zimfo Bytes 12/28

Carrie Muehling

International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) announces the 2019 Exposure-4-Development tour, to Brazil, March 31-April 7, 2019. This week-long tour will provide an opportunity for 14 journalists to explore production, processing, and exports in Brazil’s Parana State. Renewable Energy Group, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has named Cynthia (CJ) Warner to the position of President and Chief Executive …

Zimfo Bytes

Over $150,000 Raised for WEDA Foundations

Cindy Zimmerman

The Western Equipment Dealers Association (WEDA) is thrilled to announce that over $150,000 was raised at the recent WEDA International Dealer Conference for WEDA’s Foundations. Funds raised will go toward scholarships to support career and technical education programs for ag equipment technicians. Recognizing critical labour shortages of properly trained dealership employees, the Canada Equipment Dealers Foundation (CEDF) and the Western …

Agribusiness, AgWired Precision, Equipment

Eco World Group Announces Patent Allowance

Cindy Zimmerman

Eco World Research and Development Group (EWG) has announced their latest patent allowance which protects the combination of Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO), NBPT, and Urea or UAN. This allowance originates from a continuation patent and claims priority from EWG’s innovative patent technology filed in 2012 around DMSO and the PenXcel delivery system, which does not expire until 2032. This patent allowance, …

AgWired Precision, Nutrient Management, Precision Agriculture

Animal Ag Bites 12/24

Carrie Muehling

The American Feed Industry Association has released the dates and locations for its 2019 conferences and online courses. Registration for several of these events is already open at afia.org/events. The American Feed Industry Association’s President and CEO Joel G. Newman formally announced to members that he will be retiring from the association effective December 2019. More than 21,400 dairy producers …

AgWired Animal, Animal Bites

Happy Holidays from NAMA

Chuck Zimmerman

How about a Happy Holidays from the National Agri-Marketing Association. The NAMA staff wishes you a safe and happy holiday season! Thank you for being part of the NAMA community. In the coming year we will continue to connect you to the people, tools and programs you need to position yourself and your organization for success.

NAMA

Happy Deer Hunting

Chuck Zimmerman

A couple of the members of the Crystal Pig Hunt Club are happy this season. My little tiny brother Paul harvested the nicest buck we’ve brought to camp last week. Of course there is a story to this because that’s just part of deer hunting. In this case, Paul saw this 8 pt. buck from his stand about 200 yards …

Can-Am, Hunting