The keynote speaker at the recent NAMA Conference says the future is in wireless information delivery. It looks like Quickfarm agrees with him. They’ve just announced their new mobile service that allows producers with Web-enabled mobile phones or PDAs to access timely production information.
Alcohol Production Training
I am going to go out on a limb and say that participants in this “school” must have a great time. Ethanol Technology Institute sponsors this event which will be in Toulouse, France at the end of next month. Ethanol Technology is owned by Lallemand Specialties, Inc.
First Weekly Toy Tractor Winner Announced
This just in from George Williams, The Deere Gear Store: The first winner of the weekly “Win a Toy Tractor Contest” is Walt Lehmann. Walt chose a 1 50 Scale 400D Articulated Dump Truck as his prize. Congratulations Walt!
SRA Doing Comm Work For Ferry-Morse
Swanson Russell Associates will be providing communications services for Ferry-Morse Seed Company (I love their slogan, “The hand that seeds the world”). That’s a division of Jiffy of the America’s, Inc.
John Deer Toy Tractor Contest
Are you a toy tractor fan? If so, the Deere Gear Store is running a contest to give away a John Deere toy of your dreams each week for 4 weeks. It’s the “John Deere Toy Tractor a Week Contest.” You can enter every week for 4 Weeks.
Roeper On A Field of Dreams
At the BASF Plant Science press reception yesterday we got to hear from movie critic Richard Roeper. Why you ask?
BASF Plant Science Debuts At BIO
BASF Plant Science held an end-of-day press conference to talk about their intent to dedicate more than $320 million over the next three years to develop biotechnological optimized crop plants.
Grassroots In Action at D&PL
I’ve been meaning to follow up on a story from last month on how D&PL’s grassroots initiative for National Agriculture Week went.
The Horse Clonerers
If you’re not “horsey” then you might not have heard about the fact that a couple of horses were cloned recently and seem to be doing very well. They’re the result of a collaborative effort between Viagen, Inc. and Encore Genetics.
Race Car Meat Line
When it comes to stock car racing, “give me some meat.” For the grill, tailgate, whatever. NASCAR now has its own line of meat products.