The day before the start of the Ag Media Summit farm journalists got to sharpen their photography skills with a “Photography in Action” workshop. Attendees went outside to shoot photos and then came back into the classroom to work on them and have them critiqued by professionals. I always enjoy taking photos of photographers. This one and more are in …
Welcome to 2012 Ag Media Summit
It’s time for the 2012 Ag Media Summit. When you arrive in Albuquerque you get your first welcome as you head downstairs to get your bag. It’s obvious there’s been a lot of preparation work going on. We’re going to meet some of those folks during the next couple days. I’m already feeling Enhanced, somewhat Enchanted and I know I’m …
Who Framed Peter Profit
Straight out of Precision County Prison comes a real whodunit – Who Framed Peter Profit? According to the Precisionville Post a local farmer was arrested for “Excessive Harvest Profits.” But the accused, Peter Profit, says he’s been framed. It looks like it could be either Sal Crops or Cole Fields. Hmmm? Sounds pretty cool doesn’t it? This is for you …
Where Ag Media Summit People Are Coming From
Wondering where people are coming from to attend the 2012 Agricultural Media Summit? You can find out on a map. Click on the photo for the link. Thanks to John Blue, Truffle Media Networks, for the map. Looking forward to it!
2012 Ag Media Summit – Enhance. Enchant. Enjoy.
It’s all right to go ahead and look forward to the 2012 Ag Media Summit. I’m sure the ABQ loudly proclaims that we’ll be in Albuquerque, NM next August 4-8 at the Albuquerque Hyatt Downtown. No real news yet. Just a “look” to tease you. Online registration opens May 1. Get that on your calendar too. If you’re looking for …
Weatherbill Supplementing Federal Crop Insurance
Jeff Hamlin is the Director of Agronomic Research for Weatherbill. At the Ag Media Summit I met Jeff and learned “what is Weatherbill?” Jeff says “We provide weather insurance that pays farmers for the types of bad weather events that cost them yield.” He says their product is designed to work along with the federal crop insurance as a supplement …
FMC Looking Ahead to 2012 For Anthem
At the Ag Media Summit I stopped by the FMC booth in InfoExpo to find out what’s new. On hand was Matt Foster. Matt says they’re very excited to be launching Anthem herbicide in 2012. That’s a grass and broadleaf pre-emerge for both corn and soybeans that has both pre and post activity. I was out on field tour duty …
Talking Bio-Forge ST With Stoller USA
Jeff Morgan, Stoller USA is standing next to his good friend and ours, Kip Cullers. Actually it’s a Kip cutout. Jeff was on the floor of InfoExpo to talk about Bio-Forge ST a new seed treatment product that he says is “farmer driven” and has taken off this year. He says the first question he gets from ag journalists is …
New Products From Monty’s
At the Ag Media Summit I visited with Monty’s Plant and Soil Products and Gary Coughlin. Thanks to whoever took the photo and posted it on the Monty’s Facebook page! So I asked him, “What’s new?” Gary says they’ve just released four new products, Corn Blend, Soybean Blend, Cotton Blend and Tobacco Blend. He says they all contain their humic …
What’s New With Becker Underwood
At the Ag Media Summit I visited with Russ Berndt, Becker Underwood. I asked him what’s new. Russ says one of the relatively new products he’d like to point to is their Vault HP product line. He says they had a phenomenal increase in sales last year. You’ll hear him explain why in our interview. He says that the ag …