Getting these BASF Headline harvest reports done this fall (yes, it is still fall) has been a challenge, to put it mildly. We’ve been trying desperately to get interviews set up with farmers since late October – in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. We did okay in Missouri, but when the harvest kept getting later and the rain kept falling, it …
Headline Harvest Report from West Union, Iowa
I guess it would be more correct to call these BASF Headline POST-harvest reports, even though there is still about eight percent of the corn left in the fields at this point. Iowa farmers are pretty much done with this season, including Henry Miller of West Union, which is in the northeast part of the state. We caught up with …
Cooperation and Funding Key to PRRS Control
Dr. Bob Rowland with Kansas State University (left) and Dr. Max Rodibaugh (center), a swine practitioner from Indiana, were the last two speakers at the Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica’s (BIVI) Area Regional Control of PRRS seminar last week in Chicago. They are pictured here during the final segment of the seminar featuring a roundtable discussion with all presenters. Max, who serves …
Implementing Herd Plans for PRRS Control
Her name is Dr. Montserrat Torremorell, but most people just call her Dr. Montse (mont-see). She is an international expert in swine health at the University of Minnesota, joining the College of Veterinary Medicine earlier this year as the Al Leman Chair in Swine Medicine. So, she definitely knows her stuff when it comes to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, …
Why Boehringer Ingelheim Supports PRRS Control
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica (BIVI) has taken the lead in promoting game changing Area Regional Control (ARC) of PRRS, or porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome – which costs swine producers an estimated $560 million annually. “The challenge is we really need to learn to work together,” says Dr. Laura Batista, Knowledge Manager for BIVI’s PRRS Area Solutions Team. “We’re really not …
BASF Supports Ag Aviators
BASF Crop Protection was flying high in Reno this week at the National Agricultural Aviation Association 43rd annual convention and trade show. On Wednesday, BASF and the NAAA unveiled a scholarship program designed to help those interested in pursuing a career in agricultural aviation. BASF partnered with the NAAA to develop and establish the scholarship program. “BASF and the NAAA …
NAFB Foundation Toy Tractors Make Great Gifts
Here is the perfect present for that tractor lover on your list – the 2009 NAFB Foundation Farmall Super M model tractor by Joe Ertl. Ertl has personally autographed each of the numbered Farmall Super M 1/16 scale toy tractors for NAFB. To make it even more special for the organization, Joe designed and mounted a replica of a tractor …
Novus to Expand Mineral Product Portfolio
Novus International has announced plans to acquire the Animal Nutrition Division of Albion Laboratories in Clearfield, Utah. Products from the acquisition will align with Novus’s MINTREX® chelated trace mineral products and further expand its mineral technology. When complete, this acquisition will enable Novus to offer its customers and the animal agriculture market an expanded chelated trace mineral product portfolio to …
Monsanto and BASF to Develop NutriDense Corn Hybrids
BASF Plant Science and Monsanto today announced they will be working together to develop new corn hybrids with better nutrition for animal feed. The new hybrids will contain BASF’s NutriDense® traits that are designed to enhance animal feed performance. NutriDense corn has higher levels of essential amino acids and energy, greater phosphorous availability and is more digestible. BASF’s NutriDense traits …
Ag Leader Opens Academy
A blizzard was brewing outside but the brand new Ag Leader Academy was just getting warmed up yesterday in Ames, Iowa. ZimmComm’s Precision Pays website reporter Kurt Lawton was there for the kick off of the academy, along with more than 200 dealers who attended to learn about all the company’s new products and the steering technology and services gained …