The Cattle Business Weekly newspaper has named its Top 10 Industry Leaders for 2010. Farm Market iD announced it has named Christopher Sidles as regional sales director, effective immediately. This year, ten students were named agri-entrepreneurs of the year during the 83rd National FFA Convention. Heifer International named Pierre U. Ferrari its chief executive officer.
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Wyffels Hybrids added to its 2011 product lineup by releasing two new products: W5077 and W7147. Deere & Company is introducing a new name – John Deere Financial – for its business unit that offers credit and other financial services. John Deere has added three new lines of offset disks to its Frontier family of tillage products: the DH51 Series, …
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Senninger Irrigation announces the introduction of their new UP3 (Universal Pivot Products Platform). The new features of this design have been applied to the proven technologies of the i-Wob, Xi-Wob and LDN. Monsanto Company and the Makhteshim Agan Group announced an agreement that makes Makhteshim Agan key partner of selected offpatent molecules to support Monsanto’s Roundup Ready PLUS weed management …
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Cellectis plant sciences announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Midwest Oilseeds Inc. The agreement provides Cellectis plant sciences with the ability to utilize Midwest’s Aerosol Beam Injector technology for precise modification of plant genomes. Ag Software Designs, LLC is pleased to announce the launch of FieldRx, an independent web-based precision ag engine to be used by ag …
They Just Don’t Make ‘Em…
…like they used to. I hear that same phrase muttered under the breath of house wives when it comes to washing machines and blenders, and the same from farmers when it comes to equipment. Things are made faster, cheaper, and don’t last as long as they used to. I think that’s to encourage continued consumer spending. Take this bridge for …
Missouri Producer Wins Gator
In partnership with Sydenstricker Implements, the Missouri Corn Growers Association (MCGA) awarded one lucky corn grower a new all-terrain vehicle as part of a recent membership promotion. Winning the 2010 John Deere TS 4×2 Gator was Carl Landewee, a grain farmer from Chaffee, Mo. The “Gator Give-A-Way” was part of MCGA’s summer membership drive designed to help raise awareness of …
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Farm Journal Television announces the launch of “Outdoors on the Farm,” a new, national 30-minute weekly program showcasing farmers and ranchers who utilize their land for more than crop and livestock production. What started as a grassroots effort by a group of young people to support American family farmers and ranchers, has become an official non-profit organization. I Love Farmers…They …
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The 2010 Minnesota Agri-Growth Council Annual Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 4 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that USDA plans to open a centralized data collection and processing center near St. Louis, Mo. as part of the agency’s efforts to streamline operations and better serve the statistical needs of agriculture and rural America. …
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Silk Soymilk announced a new website that allows consumers to trace the origin of the soybeans in each carton of Silk down to the county level. Cibus Global has moved its U.S. research facilities to a state-of-the-art, Platinum LEED-certified location in San Diego. At the fall Board meeting of the American Butter Institute, Mark Korsmeyer, Dairy Farmers of America, Inc., …
The Smell of Harvest
Our house sits at the bottom of a hill, near a small creek. Ever notice as you’re driving through the country, how, when you get to the bottom of a hill, the temperature drops about 5 to 10 degrees? It just “feels” different. We were sitting outside the other night when the cool breeze mixed with the smell of harvest, …