South Dakota Wheat Growers of Chamberlain, SD was named the National Environmental Respect Award winner for 2012. The global agrochemicals market is now at your fingertips with the launch of FarmChemicalsInternational.com. Longtime weekly newsmagazine Newsweek will go digital only, and plans for the beginning of that shift will be announced as early as September. Kubota has launched a Family Safety …
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Collectively, Randy Shryock and Ron Wall represent more than 35 years of experience in exceptional creative writing and video production and now bring that to Osborn Barr. The Farm Equipment Dealership Minds Summit, set for January 30, 2013, will be guided and presented by Lessiter Publication’s Dealership of the Year alumni group as well as industry experts in the agricultural …
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CropLife America is proud to announce that submissions are now open for the second year of CLA’s Information Technology Innovation Award. AGCO Application Equipment is seeking nominations for the 2012 Operator of the Year. FMC Corporation announces the voting phase of its “Stand & Be Heard Anthem Singing Contest.” ImmuCell launches the Immediate Immunity YouTube channel to help educate dairy …
My First Shot
One jar – that’s all I got – and it wasn’t even a full jar but it made me proud. This was my first attempt at stewed tomatoes from the fresh ones I harvested from my garden. And I’ve got about 20 more tomatoes ripening in the window by the washer and dryer. It’s been so hot outside that I …
Ag Day Poster Art Contest Begins Aug. 1
The Agriculture Council of America and Successful Farming are encouraging young artists to celebrate modern agriculture through the first ever National Ag Day Poster Art Contest. A winning original piece of art will be chosen as the Official National Ag Day poster. The contest begins August 1 and is open to amateur artists enrolled in high school or college. The …
Most Favor Splitting Nutrition Out of Farm Bill
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “Should nutrition programs be split out of the Farm Bill?” Our poll results: Seventy-seven percent said yes and twenty-three percent said no. What do you think? With all those nutrition programs is it really a “farm” bill? Our new ZimmPoll is now live and asks the question, “How will drought impact the Renewable Fuel …
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The USPOULTRY Foundation is now accepting applications from colleges and universities for industry education and recruitment funding. Members of the National Ag Center and Hall of Fame Board of Governors elected officers of the board of directors; and Charles Berkel, of Berkel & Company in Bonner Springs, Kan., was given the Friends of Farming Lifetime Achievement Award. Bayer CropScience announced …
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The 2012 Cambridge Tractor Show and Ag Day will be held Aug. 4, 2012 in Heritage Park in downtown Cambridge. For more, contact Karen Hutchinson at 309-937-5859 (Home) or 309-945-2858. NCBiotech has established theBiotechnology Crops Commercialization Center, targeting potentially valuable crops adapted to the state’s diverse soil, climate and agribusiness conditions. Broadhead announces six new hires at the Minneapolis office: …
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The United Fresh board of directors has decided to move forward as merger talks with PMA have ended. A new mobile device app called Crop Nutrient Deficiency Photo Library has been released by the International Plant Nutrition Institute. The 7th annual Soy & Grain Trade Summit in New Orleans, Sept. 17-19, promises to be the venue for unparalleled networking opportunities, …
Going for the Good Stuff
Last week was county fair week and that means one of our local towns was filled with carnival sights, funnel cake smells and 4-H animal sounds. Our son loved every minute of it and the entire time I kept thinking how much better this all was when I was a kid – funny how growing up ruins everything. Getting to …