My American Farm is a great and personal sounding name. It’s the url for a Pioneer sponsored project that’s conducted by the American Farm Bureau Federation. I spoke with Angela Mayfield (right) about what’s new with the project. Angela says that MyAmericanFarm.org is a free online resource that now has 12 games covering different topics on agriculture. They all meet …
German Agriculture Society DLG
AG CONNECT Expo is modeling itself after the highly successful AgriTechnica which is held biennially in Germany. That show is run by DLG, the German Agriculture Society with 22,000 members. The managing director is Dr. Jochen Kockler, seen here being interviewed after a press conference. I joined Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weisman in an interview about DLG. Randall asked good questions …
Grassroots Farm Policy Making
One of the most important parts of the Annual Meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation is the annual meeting of the voting delegates. These folks got down to business early this morning and will hopefully conclude this afternoon with a new policy book. This is grassroots policy making in action! The leadership is at the head table with all …
NAFB President Lindsay Hill Reports At AFBF
A tradition at the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting is to have the NAFB President give a pre-general session news and market report. This year NAFB President Lindsay Hill did her duties. You can find Lindsay at Cows & Coffee. I found out that I can hold an iPhone shooting video with my arms raised up for about 4 …
Serving Peanuts To Farmers
When you’re in Georgia at a farm show you know you’re going to be talking peanuts. That’s what I did with Don Koehler, Georgia Peanut Commission, pictured with Donna Rocker. We not only talked peanuts we sampled some. Don says that during the trade show in the AFBF Pavilion at the AG CONNECT Expo they made and served 350 waffles …
Cabela’s At AG CONNECT Expo
An exhibitor at AG CONNECT Expo that you may not expect to see is Cabela’s. Handling the duties was Gene Catrambone, National Sales Manager. Gene says that a major portion of Cabela’s business comes from business to business sales, especially in the ag sector. They supply products directly to farmers but also to major agribusinesses. They offer tools for incentive …
Secretary of Ag Vilsack Addresses AFBF Annual Meeting
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack addressed the 2011 American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting this afternoon. He made a couple of comments that drew applause from the audience. One of those dealt with concerns over USDA’s pending decision on regulating GM alfalfa. He said, “We’re trying to figure out, as difficult as it might be, is there a way …
Wrapping Up AG CONNECT Expo
The chairman of the management committee for AG CONNECT Expo is Martin Richenhagen, AGCO President/CEO. I spoke with him about this year’s show which is now winding down to its last hour. Martin said that one of the differences for this show from last year was having a lot more visitors and he credits having other organizations holding their meetings …
AG CONNECT Expo Photos
The 2011 AG CONNECT Expo is winding down but that doesn’t mean our coverage has ended. I’ve just updated our photo album with today’s photos. Cindy and I have more stories that we’ll be posting over the next several days. I’m heading over to the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting. They’ve got another general session starting real soon. See …
Consumer Food Habits Study Presented at AG CONNECT Expo
What do consumers think about food? Betsy Freese, Living The Country Life, told AG CONNECT Expo attendees about the results of recent survey results from the Better Homes & Gardens magazine editors. They mainly focused on women readers and their food habits in the last two year. Betsy says that between 2008 to 2010 they found that the economy had …