Names for REAL Seal Cartoon Character

Talia Goes

As part of the ongoing effort to revitalize and build awareness of the dairy industry’s iconic REAL Seal, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) is inviting the public to help choose the name that will be given to a cartoon character modeled after the logo. The character greets those who go to www.realseal.com and will be used in other applications …

Advertising, Agribusiness, Dairy

New Holland Attention Getting Combines

Chuck Zimmerman

If you visit a New Holland exhibit at the farm shows this season you can not miss the big yellow CR9000 Combines and corn heads. This one was on display at the Farm Progress Show and showing it off to the ag media was New Holland’s Nigel McKenzie. These bad boys continue the more than 35-year pure “Twin Rotor® bloodline” …

Agribusiness, Audio, Farm Progress Show, Harvest, New Holland, Video

Touring New Holland Products at Farm Progress Show

Chuck Zimmerman

During setup for this year’s Farm Progress Show our Jamie Johansen talked with New Holland’s Mike Cornman about new products that New Holland would be displaying at the show. Then during the show New Holland brought ag media representatives in to their exhibit for a breakfast walk through of the products on display. I’ve got a couple of videos to …

Agribusiness, Equipment, Farm Progress Show, New Holland, Tractor, Video

John Deere Applicator Makes Sidedressing Easier

Leah Guffey

On display at the Farm Progress Show in the John Deere exhibit was the new 2014 2510L Liquid Fertilizer Applicator, designed for more precise liquid fertilizer placement into the soil to make sidedressing easier.   “The 2510L enables customers to maximize crop yields through more accurate and timely liquid fertilizer placement,” says Travis Harrison, product specialist from John Deere. This …

Agribusiness, Audio, Equipment, Farm Progress Show, John Deere, Precision Agriculture

BASF Expands RTP Faciity

Cindy Zimmerman

While we were in Argentina last week, BASF held a ribbon cutting to officially open its $33 million facility expansion in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. “This expansion demonstrates BASF’s strong commitment to Agricultural Solutions and strengthens our research and development capabilities”, said Peter Eckes, President BASF Plant Science. “This investment demonstrates our commitment to our employees, our neighbors and …

Agribusiness, BASF, Biotech, Crop Protection

Head of DuPont Argentina Addresses IFAJ

Cindy Zimmerman

The country manager for DuPont in Argentina addressed the IFAJ 2013 Congress during the last day of activities for the event and he talked about the importance of the country for his company. “DuPont is a science company and we want to produce solutions for some of the biggest challenges in the world and one of those is feeding the …

Agribusiness, Audio, IFAJ, International, Pioneer

Vote for Your Favorite FMC Anthem Singer

Cindy Zimmerman

Four agricultural students will win scholarship prizes in this year’s FMC “Stand & Be Heard Anthem Singing Contest.” Alexandra Carpenter, Noelle Goodson, Hayley Hall and Alexander Raun (pictured here with FMC’s Paul Redhage) were recently selected by a panel of judges and then traveled to Nashville to take part in a professional Music City recording experience. “The quality of this …

Agribusiness, Crop Protection, FMC

Taking the Guesswork out of Planning a Tile System

Melissa Sandfort

The recently announced SMS Water Management Module from Ag Leader boasts a variety of features to help take the guesswork out of planning a tile system. So what are some of the new enhancements? • Use the new Tile Plan Editor features to create ideal field tiling plans without the difficulty of manual calculations. • Easily validate that tile runs …

Ag Leader, Agribusiness

Max Armstrong’s Tractor App Now Available

Talia Goes

Now vintage tractor enthusiasts and fans of nationally known farm broadcaster Max Armstrong can download a free smartphone and tablet app to listen to his twice-daily news updates, test their tractor trivia skills, enjoy stories of classic machines, and more. The interactive “Max Armstrong’s Tractor App” is available for iPhone, iPad and Android phones and tablets. Download to hear Armstrong’s …

Agribusiness, Apps, Tractor

Visiting La Campiña in Argentina

Chuck Zimmerman

On our way from Buenos Aires to Rosario today, the 2013 IFAJ Congress stopped by a delightful little farm that specializes in citrus, peaches, grains and tourism. La Campiña is owned by Cesar and Mónica Cahen D’Anvers, who were anchors on the top television station in Buenos Aires for 40 years. About 20 years ago they bought the farm as …

Agribusiness, Audio, Farming, IFAJ, International, Video