Here at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference I learned more about Merial’s SureHealth program by talking with Dr. Van Ricketts. He’s Director of Corporate Accounts for the company. Let me take this opportunity to thank Merial for sponsoring the media room here at the conference. The main message he had here for beef producers had to do with pre-conditioning of …
New Holland 2007 Ranch Stewardship Tour
There’s still a couple events left on the 2007 New Holland Ranch Stewardship Tour. This is: “. . . a unique educational event with demonstrations and presentations that put Ag-Stewardship principles back into ranching. Using cattle, horses and equipment, experts from across the country cover a wide variety of topics related to everyday farm and ranch work. This 2-day experience …
StollerUSA iPod Drawing at AMS
If you’re a media person and going to the Agricultural Media Summit then StollerUSA is giving you some incentive to stop by their booth at the Info Expo. For starters, if you stop by and talk about Bio-Forge you get a $20 iTunes card. Then you can get entered into a contest for an iPod Nano. They’ll be giving one …
Get Your Igenity On
The media room here at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference is being sponsored once again by Merial. Pictured here are Kevin DeHaan, director of technical services, Igenity, a division of Merial, and Wendy Mayo, Bader Rutter. I talked with Kevin about Igenity and what it can do for cattle producers, both beef and dairy. He says that right now is …
Zimmerman White Corn to Hoegemeyer Hybrids
I didn’t even know there was a white corn named Zimmerman until Syngenta announced that it had granted exclusive right for sales and distribution of the hybrids to Hoegemeyer Hybrids in the U. S. A corn hybrid named after me. Well not me but it has my name so it’s got to be good. Included in the agreement are Zimmerman …
Country Hedging Expands Consulting Ownership
Country Hedging has moved into the third ownership level of consulting with its recent investment in Russell Consulting Group. The Midwest-based consulting group offers risk management and financial planning services. “At Country Hedging, we are committed to continually find business opportunities that allow us to help producers understand and manage risk,” explained Scott Cordes, president, Country Hedging. “Russell Consulting Group …
Riding With TeeJet Technologies at InfoAg
During the 2007 InfoAg Conference I got to go on a ride and drive with Brian Mathis, TeeJet Technologies. They’ve got a demo unit for their products set up on a Kubota utility vehicle which works very well for situations like this and it’s a lot easier to haul around than the alternative. Today they were demonstrating their auto steer …
Sunrise on POET Biorefining
This was the scene this morning as I made my way to Springfield, IL and the InfoAg Conference. This is the POET Biorefining in Laddonia, MO. The sun was just coming up. I’m sure that if I got out of the car I would have heard some roosters crowing nearby. It was a very peaceful scene and being set amid …
Ag Leader Technology and Norac Get Together Precisely
When you’ve got a precision agriculture conference going on that has a trade show you know the announcements will be coming out. Here’s the first one I received today. This morning, Ag Leader Technology, Inc., a leading manufacturer of precision farming equipment, and NORAC, Inc., a pioneer in ultrasonic boom height control for sprayers, announced the introduction of the InSight™ …
Syngenta Acquires Zeraim Gedera
Syngenta expands into Israel as it acquires Zeraim Gedera, an Israeli seeds company. Syngenta believes Zeraim offers an ideal addition to its vegetable seeds business. Syngenta announced that it has agreed to acquire Zeraim Gedera Ltd., a high quality Israeli vegetable seeds company focusing on high-value crops, including tomato, pepper and melon. Syngenta will buy all outstanding shares in the …