It’s time once again for an edition of “Guess Whose Boots.” This time it’s from the Farm Progress Show. Here’s how it works. The first person to guess correctly by leaving a comment will receive a ZimmComm Swag Bag gift in the mail. So get your thinking cap on and give it your best guess. No hints for now. 2014 …
Farm Progress Show Sunset
I couldn’t get a Farm Progress Show sunrise today but I did get the sunset! After I took this one and looked at it I realized there was a flag in front of the sun. That was a big surprise! Then another few miles down the road I had to pull over by a corn field. It was too good …
Abe Hughes Takes #ALSIceBucketChallenge
Today Abe Hughes, VP New Holland North America, took up my ALS IceBucketChallenge at the Farm Progress Show during and end of day Club Blue reception. Take a look and let me know what you think. Abe did not spare on the ice and water! During Abe’s video he challenged Jeff Broin, POET; Forrest Roberts, NCBA and Jim Streater, a …
New Holland PLM Connect Telematics
New Holland’s Chris Carrier, PLM and T7 Tractor Manager, started his presentation on the new PLM Connect Telematics by mentioning New Holland’s four strategic pillars PLM which are Open, Connected, Smart and Supported. During New Holland Media Day Chris led us through some of the features of the new services and then walked ag media representatives through it on tablets …
New Holland T8 SmartTrax
Today New Holland announces a very unique tractor with rear tracks and front wheels. It’s the T8 SmartTrax. The media got a preview of the new machine which will be on the Farm Progress Show lot this week. Telling us all about it is Nathan Graham, T8, T9 and PLM Product Trainer. Here is some information about the new product. …
New Holland Supporting Wheat Harvest
I got a taste of life on the custom wheat harvester road today in North Dakota. The New Holland Harvest Support team was called out to help the Rolands update some software on their CR8090 combine. Here’s the Roland team along with a couple members of the New Holland support team getting it done. While we were waiting for some …
Dairy Carrie is Social Media Farmer of Year
Big time congratulations to Carrie Mess, known as Dairy Carrie, for receiving the first ever Social Media Farmer of the Year Award. The award is presented by Food Nutrition & Science and AgWired is one of the sponsors of this award. Carrie received her award at this weeks AgChat Cultivate & Connect Conference in Austin, TX. Her award includes a …
2015 John Deere Products Are Launched
The new John Deere products are launched. Now it’s on to the field and fall farm shows and time to take orders. However, you can’t order this machine which someone on Twitter last night dubbed the AgriTerminator. It’s a prototype Model 9RX with four tracks! The machine charged onto the show floor last night and was an example of how …
John Deere Certified Pre-Owned
During the John Deere product launch taking place in Milwaukee, WI, I visited with Bill Weber who told me that not all the announcements are “new.” By that I mean we talked about the new John Deere Certified Pre-Owned Equipment program. John Deere introduces a new Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) Equipment program to assist customers looking for field-ready used machines with …
John Deere Virtual Trainer
On stage doing training for John Deere this week is Brian the virtual trainer. He’s pictured in the middle with Randy Kasperbauer on the right and Laura Donaldson. I talked with Randy about Brian. Brian is a simulated customer with pre-recorded responses that Randy can control from his tablet. Some of the things Brian talks about is building his data …