Say Happy Birthday to the Country Living Association. The Country Living Association is celebrating its one-year anniversary, according to Courtney Yuskis, director of Country Living Association. “Country Living Association had a great first year. The organization continues to expand and deliver additional value to our members and our sponsors,” Yuskis said. “It’s an exciting time to be involved in the …
Learning More ABout Cotton Precision
One of the new product development guys at John Deere in their precision area is Patrick Sikora, John Deere Ag Management Solutions Group. He was one of the guys I interviewed at last week’s Beltwide. Patrick says that cotton growers have been some of the earliest adopters of precision farming technology but that there may be some not familiar with …
Monsanto Student Cotton Blogger
Monsanto once again took their student bloggers on the road. This time to the Beltwide Cotton Conferences. The intern is Kara Willis who attends Prairie View A&M in Texas (right of Janice Person). You can find Kara’s blog on the Monsanto website. I spoke to her after she interviewed me for her blog. Kara is an ag econ major who …
NAMA Seeking Manager Chapter Services/Membership
Have you got what it takes to do chapter services/membership work for the National Agri-Marketing Association? If so, then get your resume in. Just don’t call them. This position manages the relationship of NAMA headquarters with 24 professional and 35 student chapters. The qualified individual is responsible for assessing chapter needs, monitoring chapter activity, communicating products and services and providing …
Henry Domke Fine Art
I know a lot of you out there are photographers, some are even professionals. That’s why I thought you might be interested to see how someone has turned their passion for taking pictures into a new career. I first met Henry Domke when I went in to my local doctor’s office for some kind of checkup and my primary was …
Rich Jefferson Joins AEM
Rich Jefferson has joined the AEM in a newly created position. We’ve had a chance to talk on the phone and he’s certainly getting into the swing of things already. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has named Richard Jefferson to the newly created position of Senior Director of Public Relations. He will oversee the trade group’s efforts to expand …
No-Till Likes YieldGard VT Triple
The folks at No-Till Farmer have announced their best performing products of 2007 according to readers. The readers of No-Till Farmer have weighed in on the products that performed the best in their no-till operations in 2007, citing YieldGard VT Triple insect protection as the “No-Till Product of the Year.” In addition to the Product of the Year award, no-till …
Giving It A Go In London
Would you classify this as hobby farming? I don’t think it’ll fit into a “rural lifestyle” category. It’s “Giving It A Go.” I’ve been following them for a while as they sort of give it a go. My house mates and I live is a small mid-terrace house in south London. We have decided to try and get the small …
Farm Podcast Studio From Belkin
Hey farm podcasters. Want a simple little device to work with your iPod to create a great on-location program? This is the just announced Belkin iPod Podcast Studio. According to Podcasting News: Belkin has introduced the Belkin Podcast Studio – a $100 accessory that basically turns your iPod into a mini podcasting studio – just add a mic. Dual XLR …
Designing a New Look For Dairy Today
There’s a reason we were taught in college journalism classes to “never work with animals or small children.” In this video from the Pentagram website you’ll see what I’m talking about. I’ve watched this done now quite a few times at livestock shows. I don’t envy DJ the challenge of working with a prima donna who’s only interested in the …