Aerial Precision in the Hemisphere

Chuck Zimmerman

I had my first opportunity to learn about Hemisphere GPS during the National Agricultural Aviation Association convention when I spoke with Greg Guyette, General Manager, Air & Imagery Business. Greg says that their systems are “moving to data management, data movement, real time systems.” It’s becoming all about being able to immediately move a file or access a file to …

Agribusiness, Audio, NAAA, Precision Agriculture

Acceleron Seed Treatment Interviews

Chuck Zimmerman

Here is the next installment from Monsanto’s series of videos with farmers using Acceleron Seed Treatment products. In it you’ll see dealer Mike Rentschler and farmer Richard Bilstein of Atkinson, Neb. Acceleron® Seed Treatment Products are the only seed treatments designed to help maximize performance potential in Genuity® Roundup Ready 2 Yield® Soybeans. Learn more about how Acceleron® Seed Treatment …

Agribusiness, Seed, Video

AgCareers.com Holiday Greeting

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s some Happy Holiday cheer from AgCareers.com. AgCareers.com would like to wish you the best of the holiday season. We would like to thank you for your support of AgCareers.com and the agriculture industry. We wish you peace, safety and joy this Christmas and in the year to come! We invite you to try our “Name that Christmas Carol” game. …

Agribusiness

2012 National Corn Yield Contest Winners

Melissa Sandfort

Advanced production techniques, informed growing practices and improved seed varieties helped corn growers achieve high yields in the National Corn Growers Association 2012 National Corn Yield Contest. Despite a severe drought that plagued most of the Corn Belt, entrants continued to far surpass the national average corn yield, even doubling it in some circumstances. The National Corn Yield Contest is …

Agribusiness, Corn, NCGA

Slick Planting with Seed SLIK

Chuck Zimmerman

Winter is a time when farmers can look forward to spring planting, especially if stuck inside due to a winter blizzard! This next installment in our series of interviews about Superior Graphite agricultural products will get you looking ahead. In this post we’ll look at a product line called Seed SLIK. I spoke once again with Barry Lee, Product Manager, …

Agribusiness, Audio, Farming, Precision Agriculture, Seed

GROWMARK System Makes Aquisitions

Melissa Sandfort

GROWMARK, Inc., Bloomington, Ill., announced an agreement has been reached to acquire Meier Oil Products., Inc., and Manito Transit. Meier Oil Products, Inc. and Manito Transit have been a family owned business since 1936 and their business has consisted of a trucking company, a fuel terminal facility in Ashkum and bulk fuel facilities at Kankakee, Pontiac, Sheldon and Champaign, all …

Agribusiness, GROWMARK

Season’s Greetings from Alltech

Chuck Zimmerman

It’s time now for a holiday message from our friends at Alltech. Enjoy some world class music! Season’s Greetings from Alltech In the spirit of the season we hope you enjoy this sample of performances from the Alltech Holiday Celebration of Song with the UK Opera Theatre. Alltech believes in community involvement. The Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition is the largest …

Agribusiness, Alltech, Video

Acceleron Seed Treatment Interviews

Chuck Zimmerman

Monsanto has created a series of videos with farmers using their products like this one. In it you’ll see Kevin Stoll, farmer in Carrollton, MO, along with dealer Dennis Hensiek, talk about using Acceleron® Seed Treatment Products. We’ll have more to share when we get them. Acceleron® Seed Treatment Products are the only seed treatments designed to help maximize performance …

Agribusiness, Seed, Video

Winter Storage of GPS and Guidance Products

Melissa Sandfort

December is here and for most of the country that means that seasons are changing and the time for field work to wind down and machinery to be stored in the shed for winter has come. If you are in a part of the world where it feels like summer is never-ending, GPS storage may be the last thing on …

Ag Leader, Agribusiness

Ag Ranks Low in Top Innovators List

Cindy Zimmerman

For the second year, the media organization Thompson Reuters has named its “Top 100 Global Innovators” and I received an email about the list headlined “Agriculture Industry is Innovating.” “The Agriculture industry has a 1% representation with Monsanto making the list,” the press release says. “Last year Agriculture had 0% representation.” So that means agricultural companies making the list went …

Agribusiness, John Deere