It’s going to be a green week in Cincinnati, OH as John Deere puts its new products on display. I don’t have much information because as you can imagine there’s a tight lid on the announcements until they happen. However, you’ll be able to see them all here on AgWired starting mid week. AgWired coverage of the John Deere product …
John Deere Applies Force to Corn Rootworm
Syngenta wasn’t the only company on hand at their Learning Centers program in Milford, IA. So was John Deere and their Central Insecticide System. Here’s Ron DeFauw, John Deere Seeding Group, talking about a brand new way to apply Force Insecticide. Think of the box version of wine that you put in your refrigerator and you’ll have a pretty good …
Growing Fuel For Indy Cars
Growers attending the Syngenta Learning Center in Milford, IA might have wished they could drive this car but they were content to grow the fuel that’s powering it around the track this season. The #17 Rahal Letterman show car was accompanied by Al Jentz, Amaizing Energy. Al is also on the board of the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council which …
Learning Kickoff at Syngenta Learning Centers
The temperature here at Lake Okoboji is wonderful compared to at home. It’s cool, cloudy and we’ve got a nice breeze. Perfect arrival conditions for the Syngenta Media Event that kicks off this week’s Learning Centers. We’ll be out in the field in Milford, IA tomorrow. Today it’s classroom time as we explore, learn and hopefully profit. I like the …
Pfizer Research Dairy
Speaking of Pfizer Animal Health . . . One of the people I met at their media event at the veterinary medicine research and development farm was Bill Loveland. Bill manages their research dairy. Pfizer has a state of the art dairy facility that allows them to handle up to 128 animals at a time. Bill says the facility opened …
Behind The Scenes at Pfizer Animal Health
How many companies allow journalists to go behind the scenes and see the whole process of how a product is conceived and brought to market? Not many but that’s what Pfizer Animal Health did last week. I attended their “Delivering Solutions Through Research and Innovation” media event to which they invited cattle publication editors like Holly Martin, High Plains Journal …
Syngenta Learning Centers in Iowa This Week
Guess where I’ll be learning this week? Try northern Iowa and the Syngenta Learning Centers Media Briefing and Demonstration Day. This is going to be an in-field discussion with hands-on demonstrations. Kind of reminds me of how I spent part of my day today. In 103 degree heat in a soybean field counting pods! I hope it’s cooler in Iowa. …
Pfizer Announces SelectVAC Partnerships
Right now Don Sauder, Pfizer Animal Health, VP, U.S. Cattle Operations is speaking about two new announcements involving the Pfizer SelectVAC preconditioning program. I’m going to interview him as soon as we break and post that later. The first announcement is that Superior Livestock Auction has chosen SelectVAC as the preferred health program for calves sold through their auction. According …
CHS Buys The DDG Business From CSC
Those DDG’s must have some value eh? CHS , a leading grains, food and energy company, and Commodity Specialists Company (CSC) have entered into a definitive purchase agreement for CHS to acquire the distillers dried grain (DDG) marketing business of CSC. The transaction has been approved by the boards of both companies and is scheduled to become effective in the …
Cheryl Schmura to Lead CHS Crop Nutrients
CHS, Inc. will have a new VP for its Crop Nutrients operations. Cheryl Schmura will be taking on those duties. Schmura previously was vice president and chief financial officer for Agriliance LLC, the jointly owned agronomic inputs company of CHS and Land O’Lakes, Inc. The two companies announced in June that CHS will acquire the Agriliance crop nutrients business, while …