Barry Engle has Local New Holland Roots

Chuck Zimmerman

I just thought I’d share an example of the AgWired search engine magnificence. I did a post late yesterday about Barry Engle being named as the new head of New Holland Ag. A few minutes ago I did a Google key word search for Barry Engle, New Holland and that post is second below a Bloomberg link. My Twitter post …

Agribusiness, New Holland

Elanco Purchases Posilac From Monsanto

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s an interesting announcement. Elanco has signed an agreement to buy the worldwide rights to Posilac from Monsanto. The deal includes the product’s supporting operations. I hope they have good luck with it. There sure are a lot of activists against it. I don’t think they’ve got any scientific basis for their fears but sometimes perception is reality. I sure …

Agribusiness, Animal Health, Dairy, Elanco

Barry Engle New President/CEO New Holland Ag

Chuck Zimmerman

New Holland Agriculture has a new President and CEO. He’s Barry Engle. He starts his job on September 8. That’s the position that was assumed on an interim basis a year ago by CNH President and Chief Executive Officer Harold Boyanovsky. “Barry Engle has extensive international management experience and an impressive record of results. We are pleased to welcome him,” …

Agribusiness, New Holland, Tractor

FLEXing Boehringer Ingelheim’s Muscle

Chuck Zimmerman

One of the key people involved with the Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Seminar was Gary Robertson. He’s the brand manager for Ingelvac MycoFLEX. You can actually see him sitting in the back left part of this picture during the presentations. Gary says they’ve been very fortunate to obtain CircoFLEX in ’06, MycoFLEX in ’07 and just recently, Ingelvac CircoFLEX-MycoFLEX in …

Agribusiness, Animal Health, Audio, Boehringer Ingelheim, Swine

Protecting Against Mycoplasma with Ingelvac MycoFLEX

Chuck Zimmerman

Dr. John Kolb is a professional services veterinarian for Boehringer Ingelheim. He was on the program to talk about Ingelvac MycoFLEX. John says it’s a unique product designed to be a single dose member of the FLEX family. Because it’s part of the FLEX platform, he says it’s easy to combine with another product like CircoFLEX. This is due to …

Agribusiness, Animal Health, Audio, Boehringer Ingelheim, Swine

Tour of the Chortí Maya Agricultural Training Center

Laura McNamara

I made it to La Ceiba on the north coast of Honduras. The city is much more set up for tourists and I was able to wander into a local resort and get a good enough connection to load some more video. Finally! So, for those of you interested in getting a better look at the ag program Billy Collins …

Agribusiness, Farming, Food, International, Technology, Video

Moonlight On Carolina Beach

Chuck Zimmerman

Hundreds of people are gathered here in Carolina Beach, NC for the Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Swine Health Seminar. The program gets kicked off tomorrow morning. I’m hoping my photos will keep up with these swine producers since I’ve already run into one who was shooting fireworks on the beach from his tripod this evening. A few of mine are in …

Agribusiness, Boehringer Ingelheim

Ag Steward of the Chortí Maya

Laura McNamara

There is a group of indigenous people in Honduras that live off an average of $300 a year… less than one dollar a day. At least two months out of every year they starve. That’s the reality as Billy Collins sees it. Billy has been working with the Chortí Maya, the direct descendants of the Mayan Indians, for five years. …

Ag Groups, Agribusiness, Corn, Education, Environment, Farming, Food, Forestry, International, Precision Agriculture, Technology

Monsanto Mitigates Crop Stress

Chuck Zimmerman

Getting more corn yield per acre was the theme of an interview I did with Shannon Hauf, Monsanto Area Technology Development Manager for Minnesota and Iowa. Shannon was attending a Monsanto Technology Showcase Tour event in Elkhart, IA. I got to speak with her after listening to a field stop that was all about “stress mitigation.” Shannon says that about …

Agribusiness, Audio, Corn, Research

Live Blogging AgNite at the RNC

Chuck Zimmerman

I just found out that I’ll be live blogging AgNite during the Republican National Convention. This is going to be very cool and a lot of fun. There’s an impressive list of companies and organizations already supporting this opportunity to showcase American agriculture to a national audience. You can count on seeing some live video via AgWired Live TV and …

Ag Groups, Agribusiness, Farm Policy, ZimmComm Announcement