AgClassifieds.com Re-Launches

Chuck Zimmerman

Dwayne Leslie above the border from us has re-launched AgClassifieds.com. He says it will incorporate many new marketing services for farm equipment dealers and farmers wishing to advertise individual items. “Farmers have 3 traditional ways to purchase equipment” says AgClassifieds.com owner Dwayne Leslie “We wanted to bring the same effective and economical advertising options to farm equipment dealers and farmers …

Advertising, Agribusiness, International

Get Aphid Alerts On Your Phone

Chuck Zimmerman

I’ll bet some of you think texting is just for a contest. That there’s really no worthwhile application to distribute information to your customers this way. Wrong. Check out Aphid Alerts via mobile phone texts, sponsored by Bayer CropScience. My good friend Joel Jaeger, Commodity Update, is the power behind the distribution and Corn and Soybean Digest is helping get …

Agribusiness

John Deere Combines Ag & C&CE Divisions

Chuck Zimmerman

Just when I thought I understood the divisions of John Deere they go and change them. But this is expected to make them more efficient and customer friendly. Deere & Company (NYSE: DE) today announced a new global operating model that will combine the technology, expertise, experience, channels and investments of the Worldwide Agricultural Equipment Division and the Worldwide Commercial …

Agribusiness, John Deere

Layoffs At Des Moines Deere

Chuck Zimmerman

I hope this isn’t a trend we’ll be seeing in the industry. It’s a very short announcement sent out today by Deere & Company: Deere & Company said today that 160 employees of the John Deere Des Moines Works will be placed on indefinite layoff later this month due to reduced market demand for the factory’s products. Deere said the …

Agribusiness, John Deere

Rabobank Farm & Ranch Confidence Survey

Chuck Zimmerman

Rabobank has released results of its 2009 Farm & Ranch Survey. A couple of highlight include: * More farmers are using risk management tools * 1/3 of farmers expect crop input costs to decrease * More farmers looking to buy used equipment Rabobank recently launched a survey to gauge farmers’ confidence, and found that, while farmers’ outlook on the economy …

Agribusiness, Farming

Spot Your Career Online

Chuck Zimmerman

Clint Deitch has kicked off AgCareer Spotter and Cindy spoke to him about it by phone last week. So you can hear all about it in this week’s program. BTW. You can find Clint’s job listings via Twitter. Careerspotter.com, provider of online industry specific career centers, recently launched AgCareerSpotter.com targeting the agribusiness industry. Developed by agriculture human resources recruiters, AgCareerSpotter.com …

Agribusiness, Audio, ZimmCast

Dupont Fellow Receives Award

Chuck Zimmerman

Dr. George Lahm has just been named to receive a big award. One of the most accomplished researchers in the crop protection industry, DuPont Fellow George Lahm, Ph.D., has been named to receive the 2009 Kenneth A. Spencer Award for Outstanding Achievement in Food and Agricultural Chemistry. He received the award for his meritorious contributions to agricultural and food chemistry, …

Agribusiness

AgCareer Spotter Specializes in Ag Jobs

Cindy Zimmerman

A new website is helping to spot the latest job opportunities in agribusiness. AgCareerSpotter.com is an industry specific on-line career center targeting the agriculture industry to “make the job search, recruitment and hiring process simpler, faster and more cost effective.” AgCareerSpotter is part of the larger Careerspotter.com, which was created by recruiters and agricultural online business veterans with over 30 …

Agribusiness

Monsanto Announces Beachell-Borlaug Scholars Program

Chuck Zimmerman

For Norman Borlaug’s 95th birthday today, Monsanto has created a $10 million grant to establish the Beachell-Borlaug International Scholars Program, which will “help identify and support young scientists interested in improving research and production in rice and wheat, two of the world’s most important staple crops, through plant breeding techniques.” Monsanto is funding the program, which will be administered by …

Agribusiness, Biotech, Wheat