Good ol’ Brown Derryfield will be remembered today at 10:00 central time as “The Derry Brownfield Show” will be a memorial to the man who was common sense personified. It’s planned to be the final episode of the talk show which started in 1994. As Chuck already noted, we’ve known Derry for over 20 years now, having moved from Florida …
BASF Fun at Commodity Classic
BASF Crop Protection showed farmers “the magic of quality crop protection” and how to unlock the potential of their crops during the 2011 Commodity Classic. In addition to sharing their innovative crop protection portfolio with visitors, BASF had a variety of activities at their booth throughout the show, including live performances by noted corporate magician Jon Petz, complimentary fruit smoothies …
Green Floyd Walks the Line
Here’s a little video clip from the ethanol producer group known as “Green Floyd” that played at the recent National Ethanol Conference. The Green Floyd band is made up of Frontline Bioenergy CEO Bill Lee, Neil and Tom Koehler with Pacific Ethanol and Paul Kamp with Inbicon. This song is a parody of Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line” with …
BASF-ASA Scholarship Winner
A high school senior from Iowa now has $5000 toward his college education in an agriculture field, thanks to the American Soybean Association and BASF Crop Protection. This is the fourth year that the ASA Secure Optimal Yield (SOY) Scholarship, sponsored by BASF, has been presented to an outstanding high school senior planning to pursue agriculture as a degree area …
A Record-Setting Commodity Classic
The 2011 Commodity Classic is one for the record books. Attendance at the annual meeting of corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum growers shattered previous records. Total attendance was more than 4826, breaking the previous record at Nashville three years ago by almost 300. Total number of growers was over 1600, compared to the previous record of 1513 in 2009 in …
NAFB Executive Director Resigns
It was almost exactly a year ago that former NAFB president Mark Vail was introduced to the agricultural industry at the 2010 Commodity Classic as the new executive director of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting. Today, it was officially announced that the board has accepted his resignation. The following statement was sent to the membership by NAFB president Lindsay …
House Ag Chair at Commodity Classic
The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee discussed government over-regulation and prospects for the 2012 Farm Bill during the general session at Commodity Classic 2011. U.S. Representative Frank Lucas (R-OK) first expressed concern about the over reach of government agencies, especially the EPA. “The Environmental Protection Agency’s assault on production agriculture must stop,” he said, noting that his committee is …
John Deere Introduces FarmSight
John Deere introduced a new “integrated suite of solutions” at the 2011 Commodity Classic, called John Deere FarmSight. The comprehensive program is designed to meet farm and business needs for today and the future, according to FarmSight director Jerry Roell. “The John Deere FarmSight global suite of solutions uses integrated, wireless technology that links the equipment, owners, dealers, and agricultural …
BASF Presents Kip Cullers Bobblehead
On behalf of a number of well-wishers in the agricultural world, BASF Crop Protection congratulated soybean yield world champion Kip Cullers during a special presentation at Commodity Classic in Tampa, Florida. Kip, a corn and soybean grower from Missouri, is a rock star in the ag world. He set yet another new world soybean production record in 2010 – for …
Ag Secretary Vilsack at Commodity Classic
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack gave the keynote address today to an audience of more than 4,500 farmers and commodity group representatives during the General Session of the 16th Annual Commodity Classic in Tampa, Florida. In his remarks, Vilsack commended American farmers, ranchers and producers for helping to lead the United States’ economic recovery by shattering agricultural trade records, creating jobs …