Members of the Canadian Farm Writers Federation will be getting together starting tomorrow in Calgary, Alberta, although there is a pre-tour today. Thanks to Case IH I will be able to attend this year! We’ll have a welcome reception tomorrow night with farm tours on Friday and sessions and a banquet on Saturday. This year the conference is being hosted …
Rocky Mountain Ag Tour 2015
The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association conducted a tour just prior to this week’s NAMA Fall Conference. Titled, “Fun, Flour and Farm-to-Table,” this group visited Rock Creek Farm, Ardent Mills and Linger Restaurant. Photos from the tour can be found here. After an opening reception last night the program kicks off with meetings and beginning workshops. The …
New Holland Cocktail Contest
As you know, Cindy and I spent some quality time with our good friends at New Holland, along with the farmers who are the heroes of the Seeds of Life campaign. We’re pictured in front of the New Holland pavilion at Expo Milano 2015. It was a great opportunity to see the similar challenges farmers face around the world. Nearly …
Heroes Workshop at New Holland Pavilion
Here are the happy, smiling faces of the farmer “Heroes” and bloggers who have gathered together in Expo Milano 2015, the current World’s Fair. You’re going to get to meet the Heroes in the next week or so since Cindy and I are here and will be conducting interviews with them as we have time. Right now we’re in a …
Going to Meet the New Holland Heroes
After visiting Expo Milano 2015 earlier this year I now have the opportunity to take Cindy with me and meet the Heroes. The Heroes in New Holland’s Seeds of Life Series. It is a story telling project about the heroes who feed us all. Our journey starts today with flights to Milano. We’ll have our get together at the New …
Ag Day Poster Art Contest
Hey kids. Get your artistic skills ready. It’s time for the Ag Day Poster Art Contest. The National Ag Day Poster Art contest is designed to showcase the talents of young artist who share a passion for modern agriculture. A winning original piece of art will be chosen as the Official National Ag Day poster. The contest is open to …
New from Case IH
Case IH welcomed agricultural media prior to the Farm Progress Show to see some new products. These include their precision planting products, their Axial Flow technology, their track products and more. Jim Walker, Vice President, North America, welcomed us to the evening event and I spoke with him afterward. On the lot for the first time publicly was their new …
New Holland Country Store
The New Holland Country Store may be on location at farm shows but it is also online as well. New Holland’s Rebecca Gunderson was working in the Farm Progress Show exhibit just in front of the air-conditioned store so I asked her to tell me about it. The Country Store at FPS had a big selection of clothing, toy tractors …
Enthusiasm for the New Holland Brand
The new Vice President for New Holland North America, Bret Lieberman, spent quality time during the Farm Progress Show visiting with customers and the ag media. I was one of those media types who got to talk to Bret. Bret is very enthusiastic for the brand and says that New Holland has introduced some new procedures with their dealer council …
Camso the Road Free Company
It seems like tracks are becoming more popular on large equipment these days. Like the new John Deere 9RX four track machine. Guess who makes those tracks? The answer – Camso. Let me introduce the company to you. Last week the company announced this new name. Prior to the name change there were two companies Camoplast and Solideal. You can …