New Holland provide one lucky Commodity Classic registrant a big prize again this year. All growers who completed the demographic information on their registration forms were automatically entered. The prize this year was a Rustler 120 utility vehicle! The winner is Brock Millan, Millan Farms, Mitchell, SD pictured in the seat of the vehicle along with Gene Hemphill, New Holland …
AgHaven An Ag Destination
New AgWired sponsor AgHaven is now ready for anyone in the agricultural industry to sign up. You can create a free account and use their one of a kind search engine or get social with their built in social networking tools. This morning I spoke with Srik Soogoor, President (pictured left), who gave me some background on how the idea …
Commodity Classic Trade Show Ribbon Cutting
The Commodity Classic trade show is now in session right after a ribbon cutting. I was a little slow on the trigger but there was a ribbon up there. During the special time the media gets to attend before the show is open to all attendees Cindy and I took some photos and did some interviews which we’ll be posting …
Classic Weather in Tampa
Hello from Tampa, FL. It’s warm and sunny and that’s a welcome relief for farmers who have been dealing with some pretty severe winter weather. Cindy and I are set up in the New Holland sponsored media room. We waited until this morning to get our photo album started. Attending various company media events yesterday didn’t allow us good internet …
The Ag Industry Now Has An AgHaven
Let me introduce you to AgHaven, an ag-specific community website and search engine. I have been an AgHaven Beta tester and am also happy to announce that AgHaven will be one of the sponsors of AgWired coverage of Commodity Classic where the official announcement of the new online location is being made. I got a preview of what members of …
Agri-marketing Is a Profession
I thought we’d have a little fun with our latest ZimmPoll just to see what people really think about the professional nature of what we do – agrimarketing. I got a lot of comments like “I’ve never considered that it isn’t.” However, I was curious if we’d have any no votes and we did! So the question was, “Is agricultural …
RTK Now Available For Raven Cruizer
Our AgWired iPhone App (soon to be Android too), Raven Industries, was on location at the National Farm Machinery Show. I visited with Paul Welbig to find out what’s new. It looks like what’s new is an addition to their Cruizer product. This year farmers will have RTK available with the system. With this capability you can do high accuracy …
John Deere Active Command Steering
Active Command Steering was one of the new things getting a lot of attention at the National Farm Machinery Show. These young guys were working on one of the simulators that were set up so attendees could get a real sense of how it works. I spoke with Matt Arnold, Senior Marketing Representative, about the new product. He says it’s …
Donate To U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance
If you’ve been wondering how you can support the newly formed U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance the wonder no more. You can now make donations online. You can support the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance and its goal to bolster the image of agriculture and enhance public trust in our food supply. Use the “Donate” button below to contribute to …
AgWired and Raven Industries iPod Touch Winner
During the Western Farm Show AgWired along with iPhone App sponsor Raven Industries held a drawing for an iPod Touch. I’d like to thank everyone who stopped by to enter. So now that the show is over we have picked our winner. And the winner is: Jerry Trautman a farmer from the Kansas City area. Congrats Jerry. Your new iPod …