Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks held an informal press availability at the Farm Progress Show on Wednesday to mainly talk about the proposed Waters of the United States rule. He stressed the point that has been made by other officials that the rule exempts all normal farming practices that are currently exempt. “If you did not need …
Corn Growers at Farm Progress Show
National Corn Growers Association officers were out in force at the 2014 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa this week. Right out of the gate on the first day I met up with NCGA chairwoman Pam Johnson of Iowa, First VP Chip Bowling of Maryland, and President Martin Barbre of Illinois. It was a soggy start to the show on …
Iowa Congressman at Farm Progress Show
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) stopped in at the Farm Progress Show media tent to visit with us about the latest topics on his mind in Washington DC. King talked about the inability of Congress to get much done this year. “It’s the nature of the political gridlock that exists when the Democrats run the Senate and the Republicans run the …
Come and Play at FS STAR Energy
Visit the FS STAR Energy exhibit on lot 1302 at the Farm Progress Show and you can play some cool digital farm games, win some great prizes and learn more about nitrogen management. “Folks can learn about the best seed to plant on their acres, the best fuel to put in their equipment,” said Bev Long, Marketing Communications Manager for …
Governor Branstad at Farm Progress Show
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad paid a visit to the 2014 Farm Progress Show Tuesday and met with some of the show’s international visitors. “I do a lot of international travel to promote what we produce in Iowa,” said Branstad. “We are the leading corn producing state, leading soybean producing state, leading pork producing state, leading egg producing state, we also …
FMC Authority and Marvel for Fall
Even with this year’s crop still in the field, growers at the Farm Progress Show this week are looking ahead to next year already and planning their weed management strategy. We talked with FMC Senior Technical Manager Brent Neuberger, who handles the territory around the Farm Progress Show around Boone, Iowa about that planning and first using a pre-emergence herbicide. …
Getting Set for the Farm Progress Show
We’re on site and set up for the 2014 Farm Progress Show – and hoping it won’t rain too hard. The rest of the ZimmComm Team is on its way and will be out here in the morning. New here at the Iowa site is the air-conditioned BASF Media Tent. That should come in handy even if it is cooler …
Congrats to FMC Anthem Contest Finalists
The final four in the 2014 FMC “Stand & Be Heard Anthem Singing Contest” were announced earlier this month and it is time this week to move into the next phase of the competition to choose this year’s winner. FMC Strategic Communications Manager Paul Redhage says they just got back from Nashville where all four finalists recorded music videos at …
Heading to Farm Progress Show
Nearly the entire ZimmComm team is on its way today to Boone, Iowa for the 2014 Farm Progress Show which starts tomorrow. The largest outdoor farm show is bigger and better than ever and we are really looking forward to bringing you bigger and better coverage than ever before, thanks to our sponsors New Holland, FMC, GROWMARK, Ag Leader, John …
Quick AFBF Washington Update
While at the John Deere 2014 product launch this week, Chuck spent some time with American Farm Bureau Federation Congressional Affairs specialist Mary Kay Thatcher, who was along for the ride. At my request, he got an update from Mary Kay about what she expects Congress to do before the election, what Farm Bureau’s number one concern is right now, …