The New Holland Guardian Sprayer was on display during media day last week. Here’s Abe Hughes, VP, North America, in front of the monster sprayer. The front-boom sprayers have been introduced with Tier 4B and you can get them with the available 1,600 US/gallon tank and 120-foot boom options to cover more acres faster than ever. When I visited with …
Grower Recommendations from FMC
The Golden ZimmComm Microphone got a good workout during the Ag Media Summit. Thanks to Paul Redhage, FMC, for taking this photo of me interviewing Len Dobbins, eBusiness/CRM Manager at FMC Corporation. I think Len has a little bit of the AgNerd in him. In our interview we talked about responsive website design for example. I asked him what FMC …
In-Cab Wifi From Ayrstone
Need wireless productivity on your farm? Ayrstone is here to help. Bill Moffitt, Founder/President, was on hand at the Ag Media Summit to talk about their new products. The one that caught my eye right off the bat is the one he’s holding. It’s the new AyrMesh Cab Hub. BRING YOUR AYRMESH WIFI NETWORK INTO THE CAB OF YOUR VEHICLES …
Inside the New Holland CR Cab
Yesterday I showed you the New Holland CR10.90 Combine. Today we take a look inside via ZimmGlass. During the New Holland Media Day I jumped into the cab of a CR combine driven by Brian Faulk who took me on a ride and described the new cab design. It is comfortable! The first feeling I had was of being suspended …
FMC “Stand & Be Heard Anthem Singing Contest” Finalists
After one round of online voting and review from a panel of judges, the 2014 FMC “Stand & Be Heard Anthem Singing Contest” finalists have been named. Halle Reid, Jessica Ronat, Leanna Crawford and Lindsay Webber have been selected to compete in the final phase of this year’s contest. “This year’s finalists not only display strong musical talents but they …
AgCareers.com HR & Food Roundtable Welcomes Full House
The annual AgCareers.com HR & Food Roundtable welcomed a full house this afternoon with record breaking attendance nearing 230 people. The largest event dedicated to human resource professionals recruiting for the agricultural and food industries, this year boasted 70 first timers, 115 different ag companies were represented and 34 different universities and associations were represented. I had the opportunity to …
New Holland CR10.90 via ZimmGlass
Introducing the first and only New Holland CR10.90 combine in North America. For the moment anyway. This bad boy will be on display at shows like Farm Progress. It is a monster of a machine. This one was on display for ag media with a draper head. Telling us all about it is Nigel Mackenzie and he gets very whomped …
More Info on SatShot-Iteris Partnership at InfoAg
While we were at the InfoAg Conference last week, Iteris and SatShot announced a new partnership to help farmers manage their crops even better. Cindy got more details on the news from SatShot president Lanny Faleide. “Iteris has whole suite of weather products, and we are bringing the weather information along with the digital vegetation signature from the [satellite] imagery, …
New Holland Welcomes the Media
“We’ve got new balers!” I think that’s what Abe Hughes, Vice President, New Holland North America, is saying in this picture. Abe welcomed a group of agricultural journalists to New Holland North American Headquarters this morning. The company is launching 25 new products and for those of you going to the farm shows this summer/fall, you’ll get to see some …
New Holland Media Day
It’s New Holland product launch media day and we’re in the founder’s home city, New Holland. I would love to have met Abe Zimmerman. I’ll bet we would have had a great time! There is an Abe and a Zimmerman here today though. Welcoming us is Abe Hughes, Vice President for North America. And I’m here! When we got here …