When I tell people where we live, I’ve actually had a couple folks ask if we had indoor plumbing. They picture rural Nebraska with outhouses and well water that we have to carry in with buckets. (We are on well water, but it has a pump and we have an operating sink!) We’ve come a long way since then, but …
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Syngenta and DuPont announced that Syngenta has assumed full ownership of GreenLeaf Genetics, LLC, effective Nov. 8, 2010. Telling the story about the role of Modern Agriculture’s science and technology to outside audiences is an obligation of all employed by the crop protection industry, according to the president of CropLife America. Becker Underwood has added two new case sizes for …
The Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner
Menu items for a classic Thanksgiving dinner including turkey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and all the basic trimmings increased about 1.3 percent in price this year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. AFBF’s 25th annual informal price survey of classic items found on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table indicates the average cost of this year’s feast for 10 is …
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Social media is taking the internet by storm, but within that storm are dangers lying in wait for your company. Simply being aware of what some of those dangers are is the easiest way to prevent you or your company from facing legal ramifications. Join us for the next NAMA Webinar, Thursday, Dec. 9 at 1:00 p.m. (Central Time) and …
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Mark your calendars for the Regional Best of NAMA Awards ceremonies. New report on no-till: ERS researchers compiled data from the Agricultural Resource Management Survey and the National Resources Inventory-Conservation Effects Assessment Project’s Cropland Survey. The data show that approximately 35.5 percent of U.S. cropland planted to eight major crops, or 88 million acres, had no tillage operations in 2009. …
The Weight of the World is On My…Horns?
It seems like my grandpa knows a little bit about a lot of things. Jack of all trades, master of none is how some people put it. I like to think he’s a walking dictionary, encyclopedia and history book, and I enjoy his stories. The other day, I asked him to pull something out of his treasure trailer that he …
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John Woolfolk, Jackson, Tenn., was announced as the new president of the American Hereford Association (www.hereford.org). Syngenta has received a prestigious Agrow Award in recognition of the company’s new Agrisure Viptera corn trait in the Best Novel Agricultural Biotechnology category. BASF Crop Protection is adding a level of flexibility to its CLEARFIELD Production System for Rice, enabling growers to use …
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The Agricultural Drainage Management Coalition has named Dr. Harold F. Reetz, Jr. its new executive director. Ag Leader Technology, Inc. introduced its latest product offerings: the GPS 2500 all-in-one antenna and GNSS receiver. Trimble introduced the new AG GCS200 system for agricultural water management. BASF and Monsanto Company announced significant progress toward launching next-generation dicamba-based weed control systems for soybeans …
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Pioneer Hi-Bred is adding 29 new soybean varieties to its 2011 lineup. Winfield Solutions, LLC is keeping the tradition of the Careers in Agriculture Scholarship Program, by announcing that scholarships worth $1,000 will be awarded to 10 high school seniors and 10 first- or second-year college students who demonstrate scholastic achievement, leadership in agriculture and a perceived ability to contribute …
2-way? 9-way? Which way?
Today, we have 2-way radios, 3-way light bulbs, 2-in-1 juicer/squeezer and 3-in-1 breakfast makers. They’re designed to make life easier, quicker and simpler. Now, out of the kitchen and into the shop…..if anyone has ever looked in my husband’s toolbox, you’d know that wrenches, nuts and bolts are anything but easy and simple. He has square-head, hex-head and 12-point wrenches. …