Well I was heading out. Then I got an email with this announcement about a Case IH tractor making its acting debut on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition this coming Sunday.
Demo Day In Canada
If you’ve got some spare time Thursday you might want to check out Seed Hawk’s Demo Day. It gets started at 1:30 p.m. Seed Hawk is located two miles north of Langbank, SK (this would be in Canada) on highway nine. They also have a big announcement:
Nitamin Distributed by Wilbur-Ellis
Specialty ag markets need a special distributor for their specialty fertilizers.
PRIME BioSolutions eMerging
This seems to make a lot of sense. Merge a cattle oriented technology company with an ethanol production company. They can go hand in hand in some interesting ways. That’s what eMerge Interactive is doing with PRIME BioSolutions.
BCS Doing PR For John Deere
John Deere is spreading a little PR love around, specifically to Blasdel Cleaver Schwalbe Communications. They’ll be doing various public relations activities for the ag division.
CBOT and CME Merger
I guess this is pretty big news. According to the announcement about, “with average daily volume approaching 9 million contracts per day and notional value of approximately $4.2 trillion per day based on recent results,” big. That’s big.
Selling That Seed Online
The latest news about how USDA is helping push broadband development in rural areas has stoked the fires of a number of people. I’m at the top of that list.
Latest Podcast From the MGEX
Hello from the road. I wanted to bring your attention to the latest edition of the Minneapolis Grain Exchange Monthly USDA Crop Report Commentary. I just recorded it, uploaded it and updated the podcast file before getting back in the car and heading up the highway to Missouri.
Kudos for AVICTA Complete Pak
Syngenta’s AVICTA Complete Pak has been named Product of the Year by AgriMarketing magazine.
CBOT Record
It’s been a busy week but no where more busy than the Chicago Board of Trade it would seem.