Last week John Deere unveiled a very unique promotional tractor designed by Chip Foose. It’s a 1970 John Deere 4020. The tractor will be given away to one winner as part of the John Deere Big Buck Promotion. You may find rules to enter on the John Deere website. Posing with the tractor is Rick Tolman, CEO of the National …
Good Eggs By Howard Helmer
The world’s fastest omelet maker is Howard Helmer seen here in action at Commodity Classic. I missed his presentation but got there in time to talk with him. In the interview you’ll hear him tell you how to make a delicious omelet fast. He also talks about the Good Egg Project. It is . . . an initiative by America’s …
BASF Lego Artist
I’m going to do another post about Nathan Sawaya, Brick Artist, who built a farm scene in the BASF booth at Commodity Classic out of LEGO building blocks because I interviewed him during the show. For now though I just thought you’d like to see the final creation in this short video clip from my iPhone right at the end …
ZimmComm Team at Commodity Classic
Here’s your ZimmComm team on location at Commodity Classic in the media room. It kind of looks like a “Mac Attack” don’t you think? Tell Cindy she looks good in a Mac. We’ve been producing a lot of content that will be posted here on AgWired as well as other ZimmComm sites like Domestic Fuel and Precision Pays. We’ll get …
AAEA At Commodity Classic
The American Agricultural Editors Association held a first time reception for members at this year’s Commodity Classic. We had very good attendance and it was a great way to unwind with friends at the end of a busy day. If you haven’t joined AAEA then consider doing so. The organization has really been developing more and more benefits for members …
Sustainable Definitions
Can you define sustainability? Neither can I. But that was the first task of the panel discussion of commodity group leaders this morning at Commodity Classic. Moderated by Mark Mayfield, the panel discussed what sustainability means to them. Panelists included: Darrin Ihnen, President, NCGA, Rob Joslin, President, ASA, Karl Scronce, President, NAWG and Gerald Simonsen, Chairman, NSP. You’ll hear the …
Sorghum Fueling Food Aid
Representing the National Sorghum Producers on the Commodity Classic stage this morning was Chairman of the Board, Gerald Simonsen. We learned some interesting things about sorghum such as how 30 percent of the crop goes into ethanol and when it comes to export and food aid it’s big too. And last year sorghum was the number one requested food commodity …
Exports Vital To Wheat Growers
National Association of Wheat Growers President, Karl Scronce had his turn with Mark Mayfield on stage here at Commodity Classic. Exports and trade was the first subject to come up in the interview. Karl says exports are vitally important and the U.S. is the biggest exporter in the world. He says trade has been very sporadic depending on the time …
Biodiesel Tax Credit Needed Now
In the general session at Commodity Classic we heard from the President of the American Soybean Association, Rob Joslin. Rob was interviewed by session moderator Mark Mayfield. Rob says one of his goals has been to visit as many of the ASA state affiliates as he can and he’s over half way there. He thinks it’s important to know what …
NCGA President Takes The Stage
South Dakota Corn Grower, Darrin Ihnen, President of the National Corn Growers Association, took the general session stage this morning with session moderator Mark Mayfield. Mark had a list of questions for each of the commodity group leaders. With Darrin he started out talking about ethanol. Darrin talked about what the corn growers are doing in this area including pushing …