The man who got us started here at the Pioneer Hi-Bred Forage Media Day is Robin Newell. Cindy spoke to him about the “long look.” He says the Pioneer long look has four components that include: “We strive to create the best products;” “We deal honestly and fairly with our constituents;” “We represent our products vigorously;” “We help our customers …
Pioneer Hi-Bred Announces 11GFT Forage Inoculant
The news here at the Pioneer Hi-Bred Forage Media Day is a new product. The 11GFT inoculant is the second in a series of products in the Pioneer fiber technology platform. This one will offer dairy producers another avenue to enhance forage digestibility which will reduce feed costs. The product was developed exclusively for grass and cereal silage and is …
The Farm Podcaster is in Forage Day Class
The Pioneer Forage Media Day has started with class in session at their Livestock Nutrition Center near Des Moines, IA. We have a very good attendance from the ag media. Cindy (FarmPodcaster) stopped to pose at the entrance of the Center. Right now we’re listening to the first presentation by Bill Curran on corn silage reearch. He’s giving us a …
Pioneer Hi-Bred Forage Day
Pioneer Hi-Bred has invited ag media to attend a day filled with information on their forage products. The Pioneer Livestock Nutrition Center (PLNC), Pioneer experts will provide the latest updates on technologies designed for producers and forage growers to get the most return on their investment. Pioneer provides the entire range of seed genetics, crop-specific forage additives, revolutionary Corn Fiber …
Syngenta Seeds Celebrating New Headquarters
In just a few days Syngenta Seeds will be holding the grand opening celebration of their new headquarters in Minnetonka, MN and Cindy will be on site to document the celebration in pictures and with interviews. While I was attending the Farm Progress Show I visited with Syngenta’s Bruce Battles and Tracy Mader in their exhibit about one of their …
Tom Dorr New President/CEO of USGC
In this weeks program I chat with new a US Grains Council CEO/President, Tom Dorr. The announcement was just made that the former U.S. Undersecretary for Rural Development will be replacing the retiring Ken Hobbie in November. Ken has held the position for the past 18 years and has been with USGC for 33 years. Heres a photo of Tom …
Atrazine Turns 50
As many of you may know, Atrazine is celebrating its 50th birthday. To learn more about it and what it means I spoke to Chuck Foresman, Syngenta Manager, Weed Resistance Strategies and Sherry Duvall Ford, Syngenta, Head, External Communications. We were at the Farm Progress Show in the media tent. Chuck says that the product helped farmers back in the …
MOSES Helping Organic Farmers
At this year’s Farm Progress Show Eric Hatling, Development and Communications Coordinator for the MOSES, the Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Service, visited with me about the organization. It sounds like their has continued to grow. Eric says that since last year the organization continues to grow. He says they had almost 2,700 people attend their Annual Organic Farming Conference …
Penn & Teller on Dr. Borlaug
There is absolutely no way I can improve on what Penn & Teller say about Dr. Norman E. Borlaug. This video has been out for a while but I just saw it for the first time and I’m still laughing. Penn Jillette narrates this video and let’s just say he expresses my thoughts on Greenpeace wackos perfectly with the word, …
Dr. Norman E. Borlaug Passes Away
Nobel Peace Laureate, Dr. Norman Borlaug has passed away. You can find more information from The Borlaug Institute. He’s pictured with his Nobel Peace Prize. Norman E. Borlaug, the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize winner for developing high-yielding, disease-resistant wheat used to prevent famine in developing countries throughout the world died today in Dallas, Texas. Borlaug, whose career was dedicated to …