Several Twitter-heads met up in the media room at the National Farm Machinery Show on Thursday for a Tweet Up. Among those in the photo – the folks from ABN, John Blue with Truffle, Susan Crowell with Farm and Dairy, Julie from Purdue and Dave Russell with Brownfield Network. I know that sooner or later I will become Twitter savvy …
FinOvation Awards
Farm Industry News presented their 2008 FinOvation Awards Thursday night at the National Farm Machinery Show. The awards went to the 16 most innovative products coming to the market, based on reader interest. Two of this year’s awards went to the two company partners who sponsored coverage of the NFMS on Agwired this week. Katie Sheets with John Deere picked …
New Holland Makes the Old New Again
This ain’t your great-grandaddy’s tractor – even if it might look like it! This is the New Holland Boomer 8N, a new and improved version of the classic Ford 8N tractor originally made in the late 1940s. New Holland’s Rory Chisholm says the tractor features a modern drive line with the latest innovations. “So its a marriage of two things …
New Holland’s Big Combine
Size definitely matters at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville and New Holland is proud to be showing off the largest combine in North America – the new CR9080 with 523 maximum horsepower. I spoke with Ed Barry, cash crop marketing manager for New Holland, and he told me that it’s not just horsepower that makes it the biggest. …
Farm Machinery Show in the Dark
Ever wonder what it would be like if the electricity went out at a major trade show in a huge expo center? I never did, but we found out yesterday evening and this morning here at the National Farm Machinery Show. Here are a couple of little videos I shot when the lights went out. Yesterday evening, 5:30 pm: This …
Tractor Pulling
Went to my first-ever tractor pull last night here at the National Farm Machinery Show in Louisville, which left me wondering who ever came up with this idea and how much had they been drinking? I witnessed the 8,200 lb super stock tractor division competition, where the Renegade Deere driven by David Siefert of Ohio placed third. Watch my video …
High Fives for John Deere
The John Deere 5 Series utility tractors take up a significant portion of the booth space at the National Farm Machinery show and served yet another purpose – as seating for many at the show taking a break from walking around the 1.2 million square feet of exhibit space! John Deere has introduced a large volume of new tractors this …
Economy Strong at Farm Machinery Show
The National Farm Machinery Show is still going strong despite the troubles in other sectors of the economy. Vice president of public relations and media for the Kentucky State Fair Board Vicki Glass says the 44th annual show was sold out two months ago. “With the economy as it is, you might not expect that, but that’s the case and …
John Deere Unveils Industry’s Largest Planter
John Deere is generating buzz at the 2009 National Farm Machinery Show with the new DB120 – the largest planter in the industry. Rob Rippchen, division marketing manager at John Deere seed in Moline, IL says this 120 foot planter is the next generation planter building off the DB90 introduced five years ago. “This planter will plant somewhere between 90 …
National Farm Machinery Show Opens
The weather is threatening here in Louisville, but that is not deterring people from arriving to the 2009 National Farm Machinery Show, which just opened its doors. If the economy is bad, you wouldn’t know it here. More than 800 exhibitors are expected in the 27 acres of exhibit space here. I am a “newbie” to the show, so I …