The first day of the 2012 North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable is a wrap. Agribusiness representatives, university personnel and HR professionals have listened two to renowned speakers and already have had a fun evening networking with agriculture colleagues from across the country sponsored by ADM. A big shout out to Tyson Foods for hosting the event. A pre-conference …
Farms Threatened by Federal Tax Changes
If the combination of extreme drought and historically hot temperatures isn’t giving farmers enough to worry about this summer, sweeping changes to the federal wealth transfer tax system are looming large. Yet, many family farmers are not aware of the full implications of these possible changes – including losing their farms. “Few farmers fully understand there is a limit to …
Monsanto Announces Rural Community Support
The drought is the main topic of discussion at any event I’ve attended lately. It’s going to be a tough year for some. Monsanto has announced new commitments to support these farmers. To support rural communities, the Monsanto Fund is doubling its America’s Farmers Grow Communities funding in counties that have been declared a disaster area by the USDA. To …
OSU Helps Sponsor AgCareers HR Roundtable
Oklahoma State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is a sponsor of this year’s North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable being held next week in Springdale, Ar. Coordinator of Student Success in the College of Ag at OSU, Amy Gazaway, shares why the AgCareers event is important for universities and agribusiness recruiters alike. “For the last 13 …
Who Framed Peter Profit
Straight out of Precision County Prison comes a real whodunit – Who Framed Peter Profit? According to the Precisionville Post a local farmer was arrested for “Excessive Harvest Profits.” But the accused, Peter Profit, says he’s been framed. It looks like it could be either Sal Crops or Cole Fields. Hmmm? Sounds pretty cool doesn’t it? This is for you …
Ag Leader Technology Celebrating Twenty Years
Here’s an inspirational story about a man with an idea and a willingness to work hard to create a company that would not only help farmers but also support his family. He’s Al Myers, founder of Ag Leader Technology. I had the opportunity and pleasure to sit down with Al at the company’s headquarters in Ames, IA. We had a …
New Dupont Pioneer PR Team Members
Welcome Amy Herman and Melissa Norby (below) to the Dupont Pioneer public relations team. The Ogilvy public relations team is up and running from The Lacek Group office in Minneapolis. Amy Herman and Melissa Norby will serve as the main agency contacts alongside Jerry Harrington with all DuPont Pioneer agricultural trade media contacts and inquiries. For all you ag journalist …
2012 North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable
The 2012 North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable is right around the corner and everyone at AgCareers.com is excited to be celebrating 10 years of this event. Cindy was able to take a few minutes and talk with Erika Osmundson, Marketing and Communications Manager for AgCareers.com. Erika was eager to share what they have in-store for their 10 year …
Newbies to Precision Ag Credit Pioneers for Success
Getting more out of your fields… that’s the name of the game in agriculture these days, and precision techniques are helping farmers optimize those yields to their fullest potentials. Success by some pioneers in the field is helping more new companies also offer more products. At the recent International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Chuck caught up with Nick Koshnick (on …
MAPPing… Mobile App’ing… MapShots’ Software
Conferences are always great for seeing the latest and greatest in equipment and software, and the International Conference on Precision Agriculture in Indianapolis, IN was certainly no exception. Making the rounds through the vendors’ displays, Chuck caught up with Tim Taylor from MapShots, who told him about the latest apps his company has to work with their precision agronomy software …