All I can say is that the testosterone level was high in the arena for the 40th National Championship Tractor Pull which got kicked off tonight in Louisville. I attended last year and tonight things went way smoother. You can find a bunch of photos in my online event photo album. There’s no way to describe the sound of these …
Welcome to the Media Center
The media here at the National Farm Machinery Show are thrilled to have an official media room. It’s got the fastest internet access I’ve used in a long time. I sure wish they could all be like this. When we get here we’re greeted by the lovely Ellen Anderson who’s an Administrative Assistant for the Kentucky State Fair Board that …
John Deere Booth Video
John Deere is sponsoring my coverage of the National Farm Machinery Show so today they get all the love. I’ve done at least 7 interviews so far with more to go. Some of them will be featured on the Precision Pays website as well. Before it got too difficult to walk through I shot a video clip of their booth …
Cooperatives Working Together at World Ag Expo
Out at the World Ag Expo, Bill Baker is hard at work for Dairyline. Bill has been supplying our World Dairy Diary site with a weekly dairy markets wrapup almost since we started it. He sent along an interview with Jim Tillison, National Milk Producers Federation, about their Cooperatives Working Together program. Jim’s in the picture second from the left. …
Ethanol Insurance From John Deere
By ethanol insurance I mean that John Deere Risk Protection is now offering a policy to a grower who wants some extra coverage in case he can’t fulfill a delivery contract to an ethanol plant. Dennis Daggett, Director of Marketing for John Deere Risk Protection, is on the scene here at the National Farm Machinery Show. He’s been involved in …
World Ag Expo Underway
While the National Farm Machinery Show is taking place there’s also another major show going on in California, World Ag Expo. On the scene is my friend Gary Schulz. The 41st edition of the World Ag Expo experienced sunny weather in the 60s, large crowds and a record exhibitor count as the show grounds grew to an estimated 2.5 million …
A Snowy Start To Farm Machinery Show
The National Farm Machinery Show is off to a bright white start here in Louisville. They said it was over but they were wrong. I’ve spoken with some exhibitors inside who have apparently been here a while and they didn’t even know it was snowing hard outside. Hopefully it’s just a short flurry and then we’ll be done. It’s making …
Nasty Drive to Louisville
Yuck. The drive to Louisville this afternoon got bad once I got into southern Indiana. I think I drove through everything – freezing drizzle, freezing rain, rain, snow, sleet, etc. Off and on, off and on. I passed or was passed by a number of farm trucks so I know I’m not the only one who traveled I-64 today. (Yes …
Kristi Pettis’ Boots
The clues helped and the winner of this edition of “Guess Who’s Boots” is Cyndi Young, Brownfield. She beat out Dave Mehlhaff, American Hereford Association by 14 minutes! They correctly guessed that these boots belong to Kristi Pettis, Northern Ag Network. She was proudly displaying them at the Cattle Industry Convention during Sec. of Ag Ed Schafer’s speech last Friday. …
World Ag Forum Empowering Agriculture
On my way to the National Farm Machinery Show I stopped for the combined meeting of the Gateway NAMA and St. Louis Agribusiness Club. Our featured speaker is Mr. Raymond Cesca, President of the World Agricultural Forum. His presentation is “The World Agricultural Forum: Empowering Agriculture to Drive Economic Growth” He’s actually in the middle of it right now. Of …