Teaching children about where there food comes from is talked about a lot and the Missouri Corn Merchandising Council is doing something about it with their “Corn in the Classroom” program. This educational program helps students reconnect with today’s farmers and better understand the source of their food, fiber and fuel. “Informing students about Missouri’s corn industry allows them to …
Virtual Connection Point
Here is where you want to go at the NAMA convention to register for a B&N Nook (professional) or an Zoom H2 digital audio recorder (student). You can see a bigger version of the Connection Point virtual trade show online. This virtual trade show is okay as a map but it will be a lot more fun to be there …
Developing Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers In France
Sophie Marquis works for GPN Agriculture in France, pictured here with Andrew Semple, VP International Sales, AGROTAIN. She says there’s a lot of pressure in France and other EU countries on the development of new fertilizers that can increase yields while helping with environmental concerns. She says there are some products available now in their market but it sounds like …
TATT App
No. It has nothing to do with tattoos. The Truth About Trade & Technology now has an iPhone app. We are a nonprofit advocacy group led by American farmers – narrowly focused, issue specific – as we support free trade and agricultural biotechnology. The TATT mobile app allows you to stay on top of the latest biotech, trade and agriculture …
HSUS Lays An Egg In Iowa
Apparently only some media were allowed to attend a Humane Society of the United States “news” conference this morning in Des Moines, IA. But a post on a Des Moines Register blog says that it was “closed to journalists.” Now how can you have a news conference if you don’t allow media to attend? This photo, provided via Facebook and …
NAMA ABEF Online Media Auction Begins Today
Here’s one way you can support the Agri-Business Educational Foundation of the National Agri-Marketing Association. The ABEF Online Media Auction has begun Check out these media packages and all the others at http://www.nama.org/abef/silentauction/auctionbid.htm. The auction ends Wednesday, April 14, at 5:00 p.m. All proceeds from the Online Media and Silent Auctions benefit the Student Careers Program. Please note: If a …
USGC Streaming Live From Japan
I am so proud of Marri Carrow, U.S. Grains Council, who is streaming live from Japan as I write this post. We had a very short phone walk through of Ustream.tv right before she left and she got it. Well done. I think we’ll see more groups using this great tool. I think I hear her snapping photos too! I’m …
AgChat On An iPad
The iPad got a great workout tonight with AgChat. My case arrived today which allows me to prop it up in portrait or landscape mode. With my bluetooth keyboard in my lap all I had to do was tap the screen every once in a while. AgChat is 2 hours and with my browser running constantly using Twubs the battery …
National Soy Foods Month
According to the National Soybean Research Laboratory April is National Soy Foods Month. I support soy very much, however, I like mine processed by an animal (poultry, pork, cattle) first. Soymilk, soy burgers and soy cheese are showing up in consumers’ shopping carts now more than ever. Take a stroll through your local grocery store and you’ll find soy foods …
DuPont TankMix iPhone/iPod App
I guess I just missed the announcement of the Dupont TankMix iPhone app which of course also works fine on an iPod touch. The DuPont Information Technology’s (IT) Innovation Office, under the leadership of John Puckett, director, IT innovation, sponsored the project. The TankMix App provides basic math calculations for the amount of product and water needed per tank or …