New Holland’s Operation Blue Force is underway in California. This is a series of training events for dealers. They get out on the farm to ride and learn about what’s new from New Holland. Here’s Mark Hooper, Director of Marketing in North America for New Holland, explaining what we’ll be doing today. I’m part of a group of ag media …
FMC Shares Cotton Products to Growers
While in the FMC exhibit at the recent Mid-South Farm & Gin Show, Chuck spoke with Don Johnson and Rusty Mitchell about some new products cotton growers can take advantage of. Rusty shared how proud they are of their newest cotton harvest aid for cotton growers. “We have Display, our cotton defoliation product, that we launched year. We had very …
Exciting Opportunities in Agriculture
Just what does the world want from us? Sounds like a lot more food. This theme was consistently brought up in a lot of sessions during the Bayer CropScience Ag Issues Forum last week. One of our opening speakers was David Hollinrake, vice president, ACO Marketing, Bayer CropScience LP. He told me, “The main theme of this week was really …
Nominations Open for Social Media Farmer of the Year
ZimmComm New Media is proud to announce sponsorship of the Social Media Farmer of the Year Award. The award program is being launched today by Food Nutrition & Science. The new award recognizes farmers who have incorporated social media, digital media and internet strategies to achieve their business objectives including growing revenue, sharing information for more effective farming practices, and …
Operation Blue Force with New Holland
The agriblogging highway is taking me to Bakersfield, CA this week to participate in Operation Blue Force. This is a New Holland training experience for dealers and on Wednesday some of us in ag media will get our turn to practice driving some new equipment. We’ll head out to a farm early in the morning and spend the day rotating …
Get Your Ag View
He’s no stranger to the agricultural communications world but he is new to you as Ag View. He’s Ken Rahjes and I sat down with him in San Antonio last week to learn what he’s up to with this new venture. Ken has not only a farm background but a background in farm broadcasting. After taking a break from that …
Mid-South Farm & Gin Show Manager
Meet Tim Price. He’s the manager of the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show and Executive Director of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association. Tim is very passionate about agriculture and his community. You will hear that in our interview at the start of this year’s show. And for those of you who do not know what a cotton gin is, you …
Farm & Gin Show Puppy Giveaway 2-Time Winner
What are the chances that you would win a puppy drawing two years in a row? That’s what happened to Louanna Garrett, Seneasha Farms, Goodman, Miss., yesterday here at the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show. She’s pictured with Jimmy McMahan, Sur-Shot Retrievers, Covington, Tenn. and his partner. I interviewed Louanna and Jimmy afterward. I also met and interviewed a previous …
ZimmGlass Through the Classic Trade Show
ZimmGlass did a little walk through the Commodity Classic Trade show on the way to the New Holland exhibit. If you wonder what it’s like to walk around with Glass on your face, here’s an example. You’ll notice some interesting looks I got, some interactions and distractions and how much fun it can be. I know you want one, right? …
FMC Investing in Farming’s Future
Here’s a big thank you to FMC for sponsoring my first time ever coverage of the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show. For all my friends who said, “Gin Show?” I’ve got an interview coming up with the show manager that will answer all your questions. While I was spending time with FMC today here in Memphis I met Tim Thompson …