The readers of No-Till Farmer magazine voted on the products that performed best in their no-till operations in 2008 – and the “No-Till Product of the Year” winner is – Headline fungicide from BASF. No-till products in 11 specific categories were also selected as the best of their field for 2008. Each of the products and their manufacturers were honored …
BASF and Monsanto Working Together on Weed Control
BASF and Monsanto Company have joined forces to accelerate the development of next-generation of dicamba-based weed control chemistry products. The partnership will be working to develop crops that are resistant to both Roundup® agricultural herbicides and dicamba to deliver significant on-farm benefits to growers. According to Monsanto Global Chemistry lead Sean Gardner, “Combining a second type of herbicide resistance with …
Change Coming to USDA
Just a few hours after Barack Obama took the oath of President of the United States, the U.S. Senate confirmed seven of his cabinet appointees, including Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture. But, don’t look for an update on the USDA website just yet. Unlike the new whitehouse.gov website, which went live at 12:01 eastern yesterday, the USDA website has …
Vilsack is Obama’s Pick for Ag Secretary
According to media reports out late Tuesday, President-elect Obama will announce former Iowa governor Tom Vilsack as his choice for secretary of agriculture at a press conference scheduled for Wednesday. Vilsack served two terms as governor of Iowa from from 1998 until 2006 and was a short-lived opponent of Obama’s in the presidential race. He has been with a Des …
BASF Makes Business Soar for Ag Aviators
BASF Headline has been a boon for the agricultural aviation business and the fungicide was in the spotlight during technical sessions on the first day of the NAAA convention in Las Vegas on Monday. Jim Gaffney is market manager for BASF aerial application strategy and he presented some results for low volume Headline application. “A couple years ago, BASF introduced …
NAAA Kickoff Breakfast Features Pilot’s Story
The opening breakfast for the National Agricultural Aviation Association convention this morning featured a compelling story of survival, rescue and personal success by accomplished military Strike Eagle pilot Brian Udell. He is pictured here next to his wife, along with NAAA president Bob Bailey and executive director Andrew Moore. With a story eerily similar to the F-18 crash today in …
JackPlot!™ National Competition in Vegas
The JackPlot!™ National Competition officially got underway here at the Las Vegas Hilton yesterday sponsored by Winfield Solutions and CROPLAN GENETICS® seed. Friday’s first round allowed all 16 teams to play the game four times. Total scores will be accumulated and the Final Four will play for the championship later today. The winning team – both farmer and agronomist – …
Food and Agriculture Policy Summit
Farm Foundation and Farm Journal Media are co-hosting a big event in Washington DC this week. The Food and Agriculture Policy Summit features three days of programs focused on the wide range of domestic and global issues facing the food system and agriculture today. “For a number of years, Farm Journal has sponsored an annual policy forum in Washington DC …
AGROTAIN Excited About Agriculture
Another new exhibitor at NAFB Trade Talk this year was AGROTAIN International. You might remember us covering the grand opening of their new stabilized nitrogen production facility and urea storage center in St. Louis a couple of months ago. I talked with president Mike Stegmann at NAFB about how the new facility is doing and just what they have to …
Get Ready for AgConnect Expo
NAFB Trade Talk is a great way to get new information out to farm broadcasters and that is what the Association of Equipment Manufacturers did this year at the event, talking about the new AG CONNECT 2010 expo. Charlie O’Brien, vice president of agricultural services for AEM, had the chance to talk about the progress being made on the new …