At the Beltwide Cotton Conferences I met Joe Wyrick, President, EWR, Inc. His company has a division called eCotton which “is dedicated to supplying the information processing needs of the cotton industry.” One of the new ways they’re doing that is with a brand new smartphone app called MyModules. Cotton producers can register new cotton modules and have them transmitted …
FMC On Display
During the Beltwide Cotton Conferences there’s a program track called “New Developments From Industry.” Our sponsor, FMC, conducted two of those sessions, including one by Craig Heim on a product they expect registration on later this year. Now that’s new! Craig says they anticipate the new product will have the trade name Display which is a combination of two PPO …
New Holland Announces Boomer 555 Contest Winners
New Holland has announced the eight regional winners of their Boomer 555 Contest. This was a great promotion and we congratulate the winners. Lots of interesting and well done photo, video and written entries were submitted. These winners will enjoy the use of a Boomer tractor protected by the “industry-leading Boomer Guard-5 Warranty” for the next five years! Daniel Del Vicario, Merrimack, NH Wounded …
The Beltwide FMC Team
Here’s the FMC team ready for the start of the trade show at the 2012 Beltwide Cotton Conferences. I really appreciate their support and making my coverage of this year’s event possible. To find out what cotton growers will find when they visit with FMC I spoke with Stu Throop, Product Manager. Stu says that FMC has “placed a tremendous …
FarmChat.com Is Now Live
The Global Auction Guide Media Group family is growing. My friend, Dwayne Leslie, just sent this announcement. After several years of planning we are proud to announce that www.FarmChat.com is now live and available to farmers to interact with other farmers. FarmChat.com is a sister site to FarmAuctionGuide.com, AgClassifieds.com and PrairieLinks.com. Dwayne Leslie, the founder of this network and an …
GROWMARK Holiday Greeting
From all of us at GROWMARK – Have a wonderful holiday season with family and friends! We look forward to working with you in 2012!
Seasons Greetings From MGEX
Here are seasons greetings from the staff at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange: Mark G. Bagan, Jesse Bartz, Layne Carlson, James Facente, Rita Maloney, Georgette McDonald, Blake Tiedeman.
BASF Sponsors ASA Educational Podcasts
BASF is sponsoring a series of educational podcasts for the American Soybean Association. Here are three currently in the list that you might be interested in: This podcast recaps the 2011 soybean growing season with BASF Technical Market Manager, Nick Fassler. Developed by the American Soybean Association, this educational podcast is designed to provide growers with the latest information about …
Alltech Holiday Greetings
Okay folks. This holiday greeting might be hard to beat. It’s a personalized greeting that includes a link to world class opera seasonal music which I just finished listening to. Here’s the message and link: Season’s Greetings from Alltech Dear Chuck and Cindy, We thank you for your support in 2011 and wish you and your family the very best …
PRRS Seminar Wrapup
The Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica staff veterinarian with a focus on PRRS, the swine disease that so many are trying to eliminate, is Dr. Reid Philips. Reid was on hand for this year’s PRRS ARC&E Seminar. I asked Reid to provide a wrapup viewpoint about how this year’s seminar went. He says this year’s program came together really well. The seminar …