The Cooperative Communicators Association 2010 Institute is in full swing. I arrived this afternoon and met a number of the very important persons who are leading the organization like those pictured here. For those of you who are not familiar with CCA check out my interview with Teri Ditsch, TJD Design, , Amber DuMont, Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc. and …
Social Media On The Road
It’s time to hit the agriblogging highway once again. I’m going to Minneapolis today and will be conducting a presentation tomorrow for the Cooperative Communicator’s Association titled, “Very Social Media.” You might think I’ll only be talking about Twitter but you would be wrong. I will start with blogs. That’s right. A blog is one of the first forms of …
John Deere Military R-Gator
John Deere not only makes Gator utility vehicles for farm, commercial and recreational purposes but for the military too. This is one of the new Military R-Gator (Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle) which is rigged to be completely remote controlled and is equipped with a camera to send back what it is “seeing.” In the video clips I’ve posted you can …
John Deere Gator XUV Offers Lots of Options
This is what the action looks like out here at Carolina Adventure World for the John Deere Gator XUV product launch and media event. I had my turn and I have video and interviews that will wait until another time. I spoke with John Gilbeck, John Deere Product Marketing Manager, about the new machines during a break in the action. …
John Deere Gator XUV Adventure Begins
We’ve got a lot of media types out at Carolina Adventure World to drive the new John Deere Gator XUV’s. We’ll be starting off with a briefing in just a few minutes before going to the driving course. There is some very slow internet here at the headquarters building so I probably will be off line most of the day. …
New John Deere Gator 825i XUV
Here it is. The 2011 John Deere 825i Gator utility vehicle. I’ll be out on this bad boy tomorrow so you can count on some video. Here’s a link to some photos from the event: John Deere Gator XUV Photo Album “Headlining the 2011 XUV models will be the brand new Gator XUV 825i – the fastest and most powerful …
Unveiling New John Deere Gator XUV’s
John Deere is about to unveil its new line of Gator XUV utility vehicles for the media in Charlotte, NC. I’ll post a photo after the unveiling and a video clip later this evening. In the meantime, just look at the veil and drool! John Deere recently unleashed its most performance-driven Gator utility vehicles yet. Targeted toward the true outdoor …
American Agriculture’s Strategic National Asset
The Corn Utilization and Technology Conference concluded today with a final general session on water usage. Opening the session was Rick Tolman, CEO, National Corn Growers Association. I met with Rick before heading back to the agriblogging highway and we talked about his message of agvocating. That of course is advocating for agriculture. Rick says we have such a great …
China Perspective On CUTC
The Corn Utilization and Technology Conference has international participants. We have quite a few from China. I had an opportunity to speak with Li Bin, CEO, Xin Jiang Tianda Biotechnology Co., Ltd., pictured here with Linyi Li, Novozymes China, my interpreter. Thank you Linyi! I asked him what stimulated his interest in participating. He says that corn utilization in China …
Colin Crankshaw Wins CUTC iPad
Amid all the research and new uses information being presented at the Corn Utilization and Technology Conference a very important announcement was made. Colin Crankshaw, GEA Barr-Rosin, was the winner of the iPad drawing. As I understand it he was also the first person to register for CUTC. This drawing was for “early registrants” and I don’t think you can …