The youngest agricultural education and trade show is growing up and will be bigger and better in 2011. AG CONNECT Expo representatives Rich Jefferson, with show organizers the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, and show director Sara Mooney were connecting with agricultural journalists recently at the Ag Media Summit to tell them what will be new and different about the second …
Novus White Paper Touts Benefits of Methionine
Having enough high quality protein to feed a growing world population in the future could very well be dependent on an essential amino acid known as methionine. Now, essential amino acids may not be very sexy, unless you’re a molecular biologist – but they are just what they say they are – essential to life – and they serve the …
AgriTalk Stalking
We attend so many of the same meetings as our good friends with AgriTalk that we often joke that we are stalking each other! Here is what we like to call “the obligatory AgriTalk photo” from the 23rd annual Ethanol Conference and Trade Show in Kansas City yesterday, where AgriTalk host, the perpetually youthful Mike Adams (a granddaddy for the …
AGROTAIN Presents New Research at AMS
AGROTAIN was another one of the many companies and organizations at the Ag Media Summit Info Expo last week in St. Paul, talking with those attending about what’s new. Chuck talked with John Hassell, who is Manager for Research and Agronomic Development at AGROTAIN, about some new research they are very excited about – one at the University of Illinois …
MGEX Nearly Doubles Trade Volume
The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) keeps setting – and breaking – new records. MGEX’s July 2010 trading volume was 170,679 – a 98 percent increase over the same period last year and the thirteenth-best monthly Exchange volume in MGEX’s 129 year history. July futures open interest soared 61 percent year-over-year and total Exchange open interest increased by 51 percent in …
Syngenta Seeds and John Deere Credit Team Up
Syngenta Seeds has teamed up with John Deere Credit to offer grower financing solutions through Farm PlanTM for the 2011 crop season. Qualified growers purchasing Garst®, Golden Harvest® and NK® brand seed products will be eligible to receive season-long financing, with attractive cash discounts, at competitive interest rates through Farm Plan. Chuck Lee, head of Syngenta Seeds corn and soybean …
BASF Survey Identifies Grower Concerns
What causes farmers the most headaches? That’s what BASF Crop Protection set out to determine in a survey they recently completed and released at the Ag Media Summit in St. Paul earlier this week. More than 600 corn, hay, soybean and wheat growers from 44 states participated in the survey, which questioned them about their concerns about the future and …
AGROTAIN Participates in CTIC Tour
Chuck gets back from 11 days on the road Saturday and has one day to unpack and repack before heading out to learn more about how agriculture protects water quality and improves soil health at the Conservation Technology Information Center, Conservation In Action Tour, August 2-3. The tour will visit farm operations in east central Virginia that embody “Conservation in …
Grains Council Elects New Officers for Golden Anniversary
The U.S. Grains Council (USGC) is moving into its second half century with a brand new slate of officers and directors. At the U.S. Grains Council’s 50th Annual Board of Delegates meeting in Boston this week, Terry Vinduska, a corn farmer representing the Kansas Corn Commission, was elected chairman for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. Other officers elected include Wendell Shauman, …
New Paint Scheme for Farm American Car
Colorado Farm Bureau informed us today that the Farm American Chevrolet that will debut at the Brickyard 400 Sprint Cup race in Indianapolis on Sunday has a different look than when it was on display at NAMA earlier this year. As you can see here, the No. 78 Farm American Chevrolet is now a bright green, yellow, blue and white …