With a little help from Tony St. James, All Ag All Day, we get to learn more about some of the products that Nufarm is bringing to the cotton market. Tony sat down with Dr. Bob Bruss during the 2015 Beltwide Cotton Conferences. Since they were talking cotton the subject of plant growth regulators was of primary importance. Bruss says …
Agri-Pulse Names New Associate Editor
Agri-Pulse is pleased to announce the appointment of Whitney Forman-Cook as an associate editor, based in Washington, D.C., effective Jan. 5. “We are very excited to have someone with Whitney’s education and diverse background join us full-time in Washington,” said Sara Wyant, Agri-Pulse Editor and Publisher. “Whitney’s work with farm bill implementation, conservation, environmental issues, sustainability, global affairs and community …
Rea Named Senior VP of BASF Crop Protection
BASF announces that Paul Rea has been appointed Senior Vice President, Crop Protection, North America. Rea joined BASF Australia in 2001, moving to the U.S. in 2004. Rea has held a number of positions with BASF in the U.S., including Director of the professional and specialty solutions division, and Vice President, U.S. Crop Operations. Most recently, Rea was Senior Vice …
HarvestMaster Releases New Brand Identity
HarvestMaster™, a Juniper Systems company that provides data collection for agricultural research, now has a new, updated brand identity for a fresh look. The release of the new logo also coincides with the announcement of HarvestMaster’s new H2 High Capacity GrainGage, a high-accuracy harvest data system for agricultural research. HarvestMaster’s previous logo has been around since the company was first …
Nufarm Growing in Cotton Market
In 2015 cotton growers have some new tools courtesy of Nufarm. These include Cheetah and Cheetah Max. Presenting at the Cotton Crop Consultants Conference for NuFarm was Jerome Kovar. Jerome is a marketing manager for the company and we sat down to discuss what Nufarm is doing in cotton with these new herbicide options. Here’s a quick description: Cheetah™ utilizes …
AgNerd Cloud – Ayrstone Ayrmesh
It’s time for another edition of the AgNerd Cloud, a fairly regular column on new technology for the farm. In this program we’ll learn about how you can obtain a good internet cloud on your property that can include remote ethernet connections via a new wireless device! Thanks to Bill Moffitt, Ayrstone Productivity, for working with us by supplying some …
First AgriBlogger Event of 2015
What is the first event on the agriblogging highway for the ZimmComm Team? The Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio. Much thanks to NuFarm for making this possible. It will actually be a short trip for Chuck but that’s where you’ll find him tomorrow. You can find the program here.
New Holland Wishing Everyone Happy Holidays
There are many reasons to be thankful this holiday season. As we head into our 120th year, we can think of many. Wishing you a Happy Holiday and a prosperous New Year. Abe Hughes, VP New Holland North America and the New Holland Team
Four Industry Trends for 2015
Looking for what some of the trends in agriculture will be in 2015? Well, Bo Warren, director of the Georgia Center of Innovation for Agribusiness, has four key ones for you. In this week’s program he talks about them. Precision agriculture will become more precise The FAA has been paying close attention to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) as the technology …
USFRA Launches Fun How To Video Series
Have you ever wondered how to milk 1,200 cows three times a day? Or gather 50,000 eggs a day? Or how to keep 7,000 pigs feed, watered, clean and happy? Well wonder no more. The U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) has launched a fun and very informative “How To Farm” series that also looks how no-till techniques can aid …