Thank you to everyone who watched the live stream of the opening ceremonies from the first ever AG CONNECT Expo. My iPhone streamed live for about an hour and a half. Feel free to post any comments/feedback if you watched. I had to use the convention center wireless and let’s just say it was not fast. That’s a key to …
Chad Yagow Named AETC MVP
Chad Yagow, John Deere, (r) already has his picture on AgWired but he gets another one. At the AETC luncheon today he was presented with the AETC MVP award. Yes, that’s a baseball bat. I guess that’s so he can keep conference attendees in line. More photos have been uploaded to the photo album so please keep checking it as …
ASABE’s AETC Co-Located With AG CONNECT
One of the events taking place in conjunction with AG CONNECT Expo is the Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference (AETC) conducted by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE). The conference chairman is Chad Yagow, John Deere. I spoke to Chad about the conference while a range of educational sessions are taking place this morning. I’ll be attending their …
AG CONNECT Expo Floor Preview
It’s Preview Day at AG CONNECT Expo and the final shine is being put on the equipment. I shot a short video clip to show you what to expect. Preview time is at 11am for media and invited guests. The opening ceremony will take place at 4pm this afternoon. The shuttle buses are running and the sun is shining. I …
AG CONNECT Expo About To Go Live
It’s almost time for the official start of the first ever AG CONNECT Expo. It’s historic and it’s going to be fun. The big banners are now hanging outside the Orange County Convention Center welcoming attendees who will be coming from all over the world. The ceremonies will kick off tomorrow afternoon and I’ll be on the scene live bringing …
Outlook For Ag Equipment Industry
Agrievolution 2010 is a very international event. We’ve got participants and presentations from countries like Russia, Brazil, Venuzuela and China. I met one of our delegates, Massimo Goldoni, President, UNACOMA, the Italian equipment manufacturers association, who attended the first Agrievolution in Rome in 2008. Massimo says that back in 2008 they thought it would be helpful to pull together the …
AGCO Supports Agrievolution at AG CONNECT Expo
Attending today’s Agrievolution program is Martin Richenhagen, President/CEO, AGCO. I had the opportunity to talk with him about this new ag show – AG CONNECT Expo. AGCO is supporting the show in a big way. Martin says says that although the U.S. is one of the biggest countries in farming, the biggest farm shows are in Europe and they wanted …
An Agrievolution Taking Place in Orlando
One of the co-located events taking place with AG CONNECT EXPO is Agrievolution. Opening up the program this morning is Doug DeVries, Senior Vice President, Global Marketing Services – Agriculture and Turf Division, John Deere. I spoke with him just prior to the start of the program. Doug is pictured on the right with Rusty Fowler, Krone NA and Martin …
An Ag Show For The Ag Industry
The first person I spoke with on the show floor at AG CONNECT Expo was Russell Fowler, President/CEO, Krone NA. Of course it’s still setup time so there was a lot of construction going on. However, Russ took a few moments to talk about the company’s decision to become involved in the first ever show and share some of the …
On Location at AG CONNECT Expo
While Cindy is covering the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Seattle I’m in Orlando for AG CONNECT Expo. The show doesn’t officially start until Tuesday afternoon but there are a number of co-located events going on starting with tomorrow’s Agrievolution program. I’ll be there as well as other locations but got myself all comfortable here in the news media …