Wyffels Hybrids recently rolled out nine new hybrid families for 2012. James Glassford has joined AgriLabs’ executive management team as V.P. of Marketing. Steley, the first 24/7 Online Auction website specifically for livestock, allows consumers to buy and sell cattle genetics worldwide. Pharm Solutions Inc. announced Weed Pharm, a horticultural BIOPESTICIDE, has received EPA approval for use on organic crops …
I’ve Given Up…
On rolling out and cutting and frosting Christmas cookies. When I start making cookies the first of December and don’t finish until about a week before Christmas, and when my freezer is overflowing with about 30 dozen cookies, 6 different kinds, I just really don’t feel like going to all that hassle. Is that a Christmas cookie crime? I’m a …
AHA Heart-Check Logo on Beef
Thanks in part to a partnership with the Beef Checkoff Program, the American Heart Association has listed three beef cuts as part of its Food Certification Program. This program places the association’s heart-check mark on food packages to helps healthy consumers over age 2 identify foods that meet criteria for saturated fat and cholesterol. The three beef cuts that met …
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Syngenta announced it has received full deregulation for its corn amylase trait from the USDA. Syngenta will sell corn seed with the amylase trait as Enogen corn seed. John Deere is hosting Driver Green events at dealerships across the country, from February through July, for consumers to see and test drive the latest utility tractors and other equipment available from …
South Dakota Beef Industry Council Names Exec Director
The South Dakota Beef Industry Council names Ron Frederick as its new Executive Director effective Feb. 21, 2011. Frederick has a long history with the beef industry, working in animal health for twenty years as a sales representative and regional sales manager with Fort Dodge Animal Health/Syntex. Prior to his sales career, Frederick worked in agricultural extension for South Dakota …
Did You Back-Up Your Safe Deposit Box?
Okay, so you probably can’t back-up your files in a safe deposit box unless you make photocopies of them and put them in … you guessed it … another safe deposit box. This is an old-timer version of a PDA, or an iPad, or whatever hand-held device is small enough to fit in your plaid shirt pocket and hold all …
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EMD Crop BioScience is introducing Ratchet for the 2011 growing season, providing corn and soybean growers with an easy-to-use foliar product that taps into the breakthrough performance advantages of LCO (Lipo-chitooligosaccharide) Promoter Technology. Farm Market iD announced it has made available farm data on over 36,000 growers in California, updated with information from all 58 counties, for the 2010 growing …
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The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is inviting Wisconsin dairy producers who are interested in serving the state’s dairy industry and shaping its future to serve as a director on the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. During the recent National Association of Conservation Districts Annual Meeting, members elected a new officer team and approved a set of guiding principles …
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Syngenta announced that the National Biosafety Committee (CTNBio) in Brazil has approved its triple corn stack Bt11 x MIR162 x GA21 for cultivation in the country. As an Official Partner of NASCAR, the National Corn Growers Association will leverage its relationship to spread the message to NASCAR fans around the country about the role American farmers play in the development …
It’s wheat. I know, it’s shocking.
This photo was taken in 1909. The men were cutting wheat on the farm which was rented when the family moved to Nebraska from Sedalia, Mo. Soon after this photo was taken, flooding destroyed the entire crop. Aside from the heartache of losing an entire crop, I found this photo interesting because it captured a harvesting technique called “shocking” – …