After a short break this afternoon we got our virtual tour of the Pioneer Hawaii Research Station. Our presenters are Steven Lupkes, Coordinator and Cindy Goldstein, Outreach Manager. They are “online” with us on a two-way video/audio hookup. They’re talking about how and why they do research in Hawaii and the benefits and challenges it represents.
How Pioneer Is Building A Better Bt
Presentation number two here at Pioneer is a tag team with Kyle Whitaker, Marketing Manager, who just got finished (pictured here) and Murt McLeod, Agronomy Research Scientist.
New Technology From Pioneer
The first presentation here at the Pioneer event is with Bill Kuhn, Research Director. Bill is talking about new technologies and how Pioneer is bringing those solutions to market. Before we got started I interviewed Bill about these new technologies and what their goal is in bringing the media here today. I also asked him what he thought about blogging his research so producers can follow along with him as he creates the products they’ll be using in the future.
Preview Of The Pioneer Event With Jerry
Well we’re in the Pioneer Carver Center now and lunch is almost over. I interviewed Pioneer, Sales & Marketing/Public Relations Manager, Jerry Harrington before things got going. He gives us an overview of the Science of Solutions media event.
Time To Blog The Pioneer Event
It’s almost time for the Pioneer, “Science of Solutions” event to kick off in Johnston, IA. I’ll be heading over there shortly.
Krone’s Got A Big Baler
Andy Vance at Buckeye Ag Radio Network has been providing me with some great stories for World Dairy Diary. This one had a broader audience and includes his interview so I thought I’d post it here too.
ZimmCast With World Dairy Diary Sponsor
One of the sponsors for our World Dairy Diary site is Accelerated Genetics. Janet Keller is the VP for Public Relations, Communications and Advertising. She talks about the company and some of the new projects they’re involved in.
Blogging From Pioneer This Week
This week I’ll be blogging at the Pioneer Hi-Bred Science of Solutions event at their campus near Des Moines. It gets started on Wednesday afternoon so I may not have much until late Wed or on Thursday. Look for some pics, interviews and maybe even some video.
Hemp Seed Products Make You Happy
I will just bet I know why Planet Hemp Products is part of the Happy Planet Group. They claim their seed products don’t contain the THC drug though. I’ve got to wonder what quality control is like in their facility! I’m betting that one of their products, Skoobie Snax, make for some very happy dogs.
DuPont Got U.S. Patent #7,000,000
How would you like to hold a U. S. patent? How about U. S. Patent # 7,000,000? This was last week on Valentine’s Day. DuPont senior researcher Dr. John O’Brien got it for inventing “Polysaccharide Fibers.”