The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) and World Agricultural Outlook Board (WAOB) have cancelled or postponed publication of selected USDA statistical reports impacted by the lapse in federal funding. NASS’s Crop Production and Cotton Ginnings reports and the WAOB’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) scheduled for October 11th are canceled. The …
Elanco’s Jeff Simmons has had Enough
The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) and DuPont today presented the 2013 Borlaug CAST Communication Award to Jeff Simmons, president of Elanco, on the occasion of the 2013 Borlaug Dialogue hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation in Des Moines. In accepting the award, Simmons issued a challenge to solve the greatest issue of our time – food …
Marigolds Provide Lutein, Who Knew?
Kemin Industries Worlwide, that’s who knew. During the Truth About Trade and Technology (TATT) Global Farmer Roundtable, we learned that Kemin is the largest grower of marigolds (yes, that not so fragrant flower you often plant in your flower beds) to extract the Lutein, a naturally occurring carotenoid – which happens to help prevent eye diseases such as macular degeneration. …
World Food Prize Winner Visits TATT Roundtable
One of the 2013 World Food Prize Laureates stopped by to visit the Truth About Trade and Technology Global Farmer Roundtable and talk about the importance of helping farmers around the world produce food more efficiently. “I’m always reminded by what Dr. Borlaug used to say, that hunger never sleeps, and that means we can’t sleep either,” said Dr. Robert …
Selling Value in a Competitive World
How do you sell value in a competitive world? That’s the question that Jay Kelley, Adayana, answered for attendees at the O.H. Kruse Grand Opportunities event today. I visited with him and Kevin Hamilton, also with Adayana, during our lunch break to get some of their thoughts on this subject. One of the things Jay suggests is listening to your …
Templeton Feed & Grain Rolls w/Changes
One of the many dealers attending today’s O.H. Kruse Grand Opportunities event is Tom Jermin, Templeton Feed & Grain. He’s seen here speaking with Clint Cummings, O.H. Kruse, in the buying showcase. Templeton Feed & Grain is a real family success story. We’re up to the fourth generation working in the company if you count Tom’s grandson who is only …
Optimizing Equine Feeding Programs
Equine feed is constantly improving and Dr. Amy Gill is leading the way. She is one of the presenters at the O.H. Kruse Grand Opportunities event. She’s an equine nutritionist who works between Lexington, KY and Boynton Beach, FL depending on the season. Amy is working with O.H. Kruse on some cutting edge equine feed formulations and was here to …
Time for a Root Beer Float
The Root Beer Float Mobile is set up at the O.H. Kruse Grand Opportunities event. I actually had an orange soda float. Maybe I’ll do root beer later. The eye catching orange truck is a completely re-built 1947 DIVCO (Detroit Industrial Vehicle Company) milk truck. On hand to make our floats is Jill Cary. Her parents started several A&W stores …
ADM at O.H. Kruse Buying Showcase
During the O.H. Kruse Grand Opportunities event the company showcases its products in a Buying Showcase. This trade show also includes a number of companies who work with the Kruse as I’ve heard several call it. O.H. Kruse either uses their products or represents them in the western U.S. marketplace. One of those companies is ADM. I visited with Scott …
The O.H. Kruse Family Get Together
O.H. Kruse Grain & Milling is a family business and Ashli Cole, Marketing/Customer Care Mgr., says that they consider all of their customers part of the Kruse family. I spoke with her at the start of today’s Grand Opportunities event to get a preview of what attendees will find. During the day we have the Buying Show which is located …