I didn’t even know there was a white corn named Zimmerman until Syngenta announced that it had granted exclusive right for sales and distribution of the hybrids to Hoegemeyer Hybrids in the U. S. A corn hybrid named after me. Well not me but it has my name so it’s got to be good. Included in the agreement are Zimmerman …
Ag Media Summit Shatters Records
The Agricultural Media Summit is shaping up to be an awesome event this year. It’s only 2 weeks away! This year’s event is record shattering because we already have the most attendees, most exhibitors and most sponsors ever. The coolest thing is that I made the highlight list. AMS – which began in 1999 – is a partnership of the …
Pork Checkoff Blog and GMO Africa
Here’s some more blogs you might want to check out. The Scoop: This is the blog of the Pork Checkoff. Thanks to Teresa Roof (one of the pork bloggers) for bringing it to my attention. GMO Africa: He lives in Seattle and his name is James Njoroge. James specializes in agricultural biotechnology. He’s trained in mass communication and technical writing. …
iPhone Headed To Agrestic Solutions
The winner of our NAMA Convention iPhone drawing is Paige Gilligan, Agrestic Solutions. She was the lucky one out of all the entries in the drawing we held with Truffle Media Networks. She’s looking forward to getting her phone and it’s now on the way to her. I ordered it during the mania of the phone’s release. Why camp out …
GMO Food For Thought Blog By AgBioWorld
The GMO Food For Thought Blog has a new blogmaster. He’s C.S. Prakesh of Tuskegee University and AgBioWorld. His plans call for a weekly synopsis of topics of concern to the agricultural biotech community covering the latest news and innovation. The blog will also offer guest blog posts and industry news. AgBioWorld provides science-based information on agricultural biotechnology issues to …
InsectaPod Cast and Blog
If bugs are driving you crazy then it may just be that you don’t understand them. Subscribe to the InsectaPod Cast and learn more about them and then maybe you can cope better. Not only is there an Insectapod Cast but they’ve also started an InsectaPod Blog. They are Anna Fiedler and Jake McCarthy. Anna is a PhD. candidate in …
Riding With TeeJet Technologies at InfoAg
During the 2007 InfoAg Conference I got to go on a ride and drive with Brian Mathis, TeeJet Technologies. They’ve got a demo unit for their products set up on a Kubota utility vehicle which works very well for situations like this and it’s a lot easier to haul around than the alternative. Today they were demonstrating their auto steer …
A Productive InfoAg Conference.
I know I haven’t posted much from the InfoAg Conference but don’t think I’ve been slacking off. I think I’ve conducted 15 audio interviews and one video clip as well as about 79 photos. There isn’t a convenient room for media to work in here so that’s made it kind of difficult to be on the floor and in the …
Precision Ag Awards
At this morning’s opening session of the 2007 InfoAg Conference several awards were presented by Paul Schrimpf, group editor, Croplife Media Group. Receiving the awards were: Arthur F. Lange, Ph.D., Trimble Navigation Limited Scott A. Shearer, Ph.D., University of Kentucky Norm Teegardin, Farm Works Software
Sunrise on POET Biorefining
This was the scene this morning as I made my way to Springfield, IL and the InfoAg Conference. This is the POET Biorefining in Laddonia, MO. The sun was just coming up. I’m sure that if I got out of the car I would have heard some roosters crowing nearby. It was a very peaceful scene and being set amid …