It’s time for American Ethanol to take the stage at the Daytona 500 this weekend! It will be NASCAR history as every car will be powered by Sunoco Green E15 – a blend of 15 percent American ethanol. This fuel change, which will become standard for all three NASCAR series this year, represents a shift in professional racing toward a …
AsgrowMobile.com
With mobile apps on my mind, my attention was caught by a billboard in the Monsanto/Asgrow booth at the National Farm Machinery Show for AsgrowMobile.com. It’s not an app but a smartphone friendly website for growers to find the latest soybean information that includes a Rep/Dealer Locator, Seed Resource Guide, Yield Information and more. I spoke with Kirby Bacon, Asgrow, …
New Holland Receives FinOvation Award
During the National Farm Machinery Show Farm Industry News presented their 2011 FinOvation Awards at an evening banquet. Our sponsor, New Holland, won in the Tractors, High-horsepower, 4-wd category for their T9 Series Tractors. Seen with their award are Abe Hughes, VP Sales/Marketing, North America (left) and Sean Dorosz, Tractor Marketing Segment Manager. I spoke with Abe earlier in the …
Touring New Holland
I got a birds eye view of the New Holland exhibit at the National Farm Machinery Show. Mike Harvey and I did a video overview of what’s on display from the top of a New Holland CR9060 Combine! You can find all the technical specs for these combines here. The tour includes the new PowerStar tractors, hay and forage equipment, …
National Farm Machinery Show Tweetup
Tweeters met at the Farm Journal booth at the National Farm Machinery Show. It was a truly international tweetup! Yours truly was behind the camera and we had participants from Canada as well as the USA! Tweetups are a great way to personally meet people you connect and interact with online. Looking forward to the next one. In the photo …
Novus Cheerleader
The Novus International Cheerleader is Executive Vice President Giovanni Gasperoni who is also in charge of marketing and sales. In the photo he’s visiting with Dick Butkus at the recent International Poultry Expo. I thought I’d save the best for last! One of the subjects that he loves to talk about is how Novus is helping producers feed a growing …
Championship Tractor Pull
It’s “like candy for pullers.” That’s the Championship Tractor Pull taking place after the National Farm Machinery Show closes for the day. I had to spend a little time seeing the big indoor show and have some photos uploaded for you. This invitation-only event stars the nation’s best drivers and their ground-pounding machines – Pro Stocks, Super Stocks, Modified, and …
Advanced Seed Monitoring From Ag Leader Technology
It has been a busy day at the National Farm Machinery Show. I’ve been doing interviews all day and adding to the photo collection. So, lots of stories will be forthcoming in the next few days. This morning I learned some of what’s new with Ag Leader Technology from Russ Morman. Russ gave me an overview of new products on …
New Holland Construction Intros New Super Boom Skid Steers
The New Holland Construction new Super Boom skid steer loaders drew a lot of attention at the National Farm Machinery Show today. These 200 Series machines have been years in the making. I spoke with Dave December, Marketing Manager, New Holland Construction and Jorge De Hoyos, Global Product Marketing Manager to learn all about these new products. They sell skid …
National Farm Machinery Show Underway
We’ve got a good crowd out early at the National Farm Machinery Show. I did a walk around to take random photos while we were getting internet access fixed in the media room so there are a lot of new ones in there. 2011 National Farm Machinery Show Photo Album My next step is to begin conducting interviews with sponsors …