There’s a new Brand Marketing Communications Manager in town. In New Holland, PA that is. She’s Dawn Pelon and you’ll be seeing her out and about representing the New Holland brand this year. I sat down with Dawn during last week’s National Farm Machinery Show and recorded our conversation for this week’s program. I know it’s hard to believe but …
Vilsack to Address Commodity Classic
The growers of the Nation’s biggest crops will once again host the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for their biggest meeting of the year. For the fifth time in a row, Tom Vilsack will deliver the keynote address to Commodity Classic, the annual convention and trade show for corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum growers. This news releases says Vilsack speaks to …
Get a SatShot in MapShots
Here’s another example of how MapShots has been working with partner companies to integrate their services into AgStudio. One of the presenters at last week’s customer conference was Lanny Faleide, President/CEO of SatShot, a satellite and aerial imagery company. He told me that their specialized imagery integrates well with MapShots. “We take an ag perspective, understand the agronomy, reasons why …
FMC Anthem Provides Greater Flexibility
As we prepare for the 2014 planting season corn and soybean growers have some new flexibility with the announcement of FMC Anthem herbicide registration in soybeans. FMC’s Nick Hustedde told me, “The Anthem registration in soybeans is really going to help allow growers to be flexible because it can be applied in corn or soybeans so we have that flexibility …
Even Snowmen Love New Holland
This was too good to pass up. As Cindy and I were leaving our hotel this morning we saw an “I Love New Holland” snowman in the field across the street. Somebody was getting creative. We’re on day three at the National Farm Machinery Show and the beautiful weather is coming to an end this afternoon with a prediction of …
Managing Varying Soil Types
Growers in many states have spent the winter months in drought conditions, and there’s non way to tell what Mother Nature has in store for the spring planting season. If we get rains like 2013, what if there was a way to improve your changes for a better harvest despite too much soil moisture? Well, there is a way to …
Walk Along a New Holland CR8090 Combine
New combines and headers from New Holland were getting a lot of attention at the National Farm Machinery Show. I got Cole Sanford to take a few minutes and walk me through some of the new features on the CR8090 model combine and folding corn head that you see him standing next to in the photo. Introducing NEW CR Series …
AgHires Ready for Employers & Job Seekers
AgHires founder Lori Culler says her company is working to do its part to help farms and agribusinesses find the right people to help them keep up with demand as we move toward that 2050 milestone of 9 billion people that all need food, fuel, clothing and shelter. That’s why she started AgHires. “We know Ag, we understand what it …
49th Farm Machinery Show Big as Ever
The 2014 National Farm Machinery Show marks 49 years of the largest indoor farm show in the United States. “This show is as big or bigger than ever before,” said show manager Corinne Fetter. “We are sold out in space again with 850 exhibitors … it’s the place to be in February.” There was still snow on the ground for …
#NFMS14 Media Room by FMC
The media room at the National Farm Machinery Show is sponsored again this year by FMC. Thank you FMC! Only the media know how important this is. For one thing, it provides us a place to get away from the crowds to work and publish information. It’s also a great meeting place for interviews. I remember covering this show with …