We reported several weeks ago on our Domestic Fuel site that New Holland is backing biodiesel 100%. Now it looks like sister company Case IH is coming on board with that idea. Case IH has extended its recommendations on use of biofuels to include B100 — or pure biodiesel — on even more of its farm equipment models. Farmers now …
Watermelon Promotion Board Members Appointed
Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner appointed six producer and six handler members to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board. Two producer members have been reappointed for a second term, and four new producer and six new handler members have been appointed to serve on the board for the next three-year term of office beginning Jan. 1, 2008, and ending …
Farmers in Midwest Have New Reason to Invest Ethanol Crops
The Midwest is getting three new ethanol production plants. Washington Group International has received $150 million worth of cost-reimbursable contracts from E85 Inc. for the construction of E85’s first three ethanol plants in the Midwest region. Washington Group will provide procurement, construction, commissioning, and start-up services for the facilities in Wahoo, Neb., and Red Oak and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Each …
Feeding Cull Cows
Cull cows and their feeding habits are at the center of research underway at North Dakota State University’s Hettinger Research Extension Center. The study is being done in cooperation with South Dakota State University. The Center’s Michelle Stamm says the multi-state southwest feeders project is monitoring the feeding of a group of cull cows for 100 days and then will …
Steve Drake named Agri-Business Leader of the Year
The St. Louis Agri-Business Club named Drake & Company President and CEO Steve Drake as its Agri-Business Leader of the Year. Since 1981 the St. Louis Agri-Business Club has been recognizing outstanding leaders in agriculture by honoring them as Agri-Business Leader of the Year. The award recognizes the individual’s service to agriculture through personal accomplishments and outstanding leadership, a willingness …
Managerial Insights With Moe Russell
One of the projects I’ve had an opportunity to play a part in this fall has been a series of video presentations with Moe Russell, Russell Consulting Group. They’re for Farm Industry News and sponsored by Asgrow. It’s called the Business Skills Series. Here we are in our last recording session. In this monthly episode Moe talks about risk management. …
Dupont Supports Ethanol Production
Ethanol production has taken off and DuPont is now offering corn growers a way to measure the demand for corn in ethanol production. Dupont says its QualiTrak technology will help spur the growth of the ethanol industry. Ethanol plants have a new tool to enable them to increase the amount of ethanol they produce per bushel of grain. DuPont business …
Big Sign Big Equipment at Case IH
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a news release about a new sign but Case IH sent one out. This is one big looking monster of a sign. I guess the size of your sign is an indication of the size of your equipment? The Case IH Benson manufacturing facility is sporting a big, bright new sign these days — …
BASF in Germany
It’s certainly no surprise that crops are cultivated in Germany, but some of the country’s farms, equipment and practices held a few surprises. Both the German Agricultural Society and John Deere hosted a visit to the BASF Gutsbetrieb Rehhütte, or the BASF Deer’s Den Farm, in Limburgerhof, Germany left a couple reporters from our group incredulous at how clean a …
Case IH Caters to Large Western European Operations
Large, professional operations, that’s what Case IH focuses on in Western Europe. So, it’s fitting that Case IH is introducing the largest tractor to ever hit the European Market at the farm machinery event in Europe, Agritechnica 2007. The new MAGNUM 335 delivers up to 368 hp with 1,900 rev/min. Case IH also claims the MAGNUM 335 delivers the highest …