It’s cheap, it’s easy and it’s a way to communicate one to one with people who might not otherwise hear your message. Those are three good reasons for beef cattle producers to use social media like Twitter and Facebook to reach out in ways they have never been able to before. David says the issues management committee meeting at the …
Kixor Kicks Mare’s Tail
BASF is proving that Kixor™ can really kick butt. During a plot tour in Belleville, IL today, growers and dealers got a look at what Kixor™ powered Sharpen herbicide can do to glyphosate-resistant Mare’s-tail. Belleville Research Center station manager Ron Krausz with Southern Illinois University showed off the plot trials. “It is a burndown type product because of its mode …
Visitors to ZimmComm World HQ
We get very few visitors to ZimmComm World Headquarters here in mid Missouri, but newlyweds Tom and Leah (Guffey) Banister stopped by Saturday night after visiting Chuck in the hospital. They were in Columbia, MO for the weekend and drove down to visit – thanks! They feel bad because it was at their wedding in Springfield, IL on July 4th …
Meat is Bringing Sexy Back
Is meat getting sexy again? Here’s one case in point. This provocatively posed porker is part of an ad campaign by Rachachuros Seasoning that also includes similar sexy shots of a duck and a chicken. Another case in point: Top Chef ’s Padma Lakshmi steamy Carls Jr. burger commercial that got quite a bit of attention when it came out …
IFMA 17 Top Ten List
Top ten things the student correspondents learned at the International Farm Management Congress last week: 10. Make sure the microphone is plugged in all the way when recording an audio interview. 9. When the British woman says she does not want her picture taken, she really means it! 8. Always be a half an hour early when waiting to on …
Grains Council CEO Looks Back and Ahead
Ken Hobbie has been with the U.S. Grains Council for 34 of the organization’s nearly 50 year history and things have changed quite a bit over those years. “When I first came to the council, we were focused on two primary market regions, Western Europe and Russia, they were taking more than 50 percent of the grain that we exported …
IFMA Closes
The 17th annual International Farm Management Congress (IFMA17) drew to a close Friday at The Bone Student Center on the campus of Illinois State University. During the conference, IMFA17 members were privy to a slew of academic presentations from students and professors from the 30 countries that were represented. IMFA17 also took to the road with stops at the Chicago …
Results of Mid-Year Survey of Illinois Land Values
Bob Swires, President of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, presented the association’s mid-year survey Friday at the 17th annual International Farm Management Congress Friday. Here are the findings for the first half of 2009: 1. Illinois Society members indicated that land values fell slightly during the first half of 2009. For excellent quality farmland, land …
Dr. Lowell Catlett Discusses Future of Farm Management
The International Farm Management Association 17 (IMFA 17) Congress, held at Illinois State University this week, came to a close on Friday, July 24 with a unique keynote address from Dr. Lowell B. Catlett. His presentation, “New Frontiers that Change Everything,” was an eye-opening discussion about the future of farm management in connection to changes that have developed within society. …
Mid-Year Survey of Illinois Land Values to Be Released
MEDIA ALERT! Who: Bob Swires, AFM, Swires Land and Management What: The Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraiser will release their Mid-Year Survey of Illinois land values for 2009. Did the value of land increase or decrease? Bob Swires of AFM and Swires Land and Management will tell all during the final session of International Farm Management …