This morning at 8am central we will live stream the session from the National Ethanol Conference featuring Renewable Fuels Association CEO Bob Dinneen. Bob will deliver this annual state of the industry address a few minutes after 8am and we’ll be recording it so that you can watch and listen later if you miss the broadcast or want to review …
Narrated Walk Through New Holland Exhibit
At the National Farm Machinery Show New Holland had several new products on public display for the first time. Todd DeBock walked around the exhibit with me to describe what is new from the company this year. Here on the company’s 120th anniversary you’ll find more machines with New Holland final Tier 4B engines. Some specific models of note include: …
New Holland FinOvation Awards
Last night Farm Industry News presented their annual FinOvation Awards. Our National Farm Machinery Show sponsor, New Holland, received two of them. Thanks to Dawn Pelon at New Holland for the picture. The products winning for New Holland include their Genesis T8 SmartTrax tractor and their Class 10 CR Combine line. Here’s how the awards come about via Farm Industry …
New Boomers from New Holland
New Holland usually has “new” on the lot at the National Farm Machinery Show and this year is no exception. My model in the picture is Todd DeBock, Pro Work Tools lead, New Holland, next to a Boomer 54D compact utility tractor. This is the first public showing of this new tractor. Todd enthusiastically describes all the newness of the …
New Holland 3-A-Day iPad Giveaway
You’ll find a lot of giveaways at a trade show but iPads just don’t wear out their welcome. Especially since so many farmers today are using them as farm tools! Here at the National Farm Machinery Show, Farm Industry News even held a session titled, “Farming by Tablet!” New Holland is doing a 3-A-Day iPad Giveaway that also includes show …
NFMS Gets a Little Snow
I really thought we would have a snow free National Farm Machinery Show. None in the forecast. But, nooooo. This morning we had enough of a flurry to put a little snow on the ground. It’s “nothing” as people from Boston would say but it is cold and we did have snow. I feel like it’s a tradition. An NFMS …
47th Championship Tractor Pull
Cindy and I are not tractor puller fans although I like watching, just don’t ask me about who’s who and what’s what. The show produced a very cool view of what it’s like for your viewing pleasure though. See video to watch world-class tractors pull down the track at the 47th annual Championship Tractor Pull sponsored by Syngenta. The Championship …
National Farm Machinery Show Welcome
Welcome to day two of the National Farm Machinery Show. Cindy and I thought we had a snow free show this year. Wrong. Snow flurries this morning. Just enough to be annoying but I doubt it will cause any issues for attendees today. Yesterday I was wearing my ZimmGlass and recorded a welcome video from on top of a New …
2015 National Farm Machinery Show Ribbon Cutting
The ribbon and the cake have been cut and the 50th National Farm Machinery Show is officially underway. Joining officials from the Kentucky State Fair Board to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the country’s largest indoor farm show were Kentucky Lt. Governor Crit Luallen, and the daughter of former governor Ned Breathitt who cut the ribbon to begin the first …
Welcome to Start of #NFMS15
The 50th National Farm Machinery Show is underway in Louisville, KY. Stop by the New Holland booth, South Bldg, to get your custom selfie taken. Actually, you’re supposed to take your own selfie but they have two staffers on hand to take your photo and let you pick from five backgrounds. Then you’ll get it to share out. They’re encouraging …