It’s tough getting your groove back after a 2 week road trip but I’m working on it. I just saw an announcement for John Deere Golf Irrigation. They’ve entered into an exclusive strategic alliance with Signature Control Systems, Inc.to jointly research, create and distribute water management products and solutions for the golf market. Which means that:
Snowfall Futures
I thought the Chicago Mercantile Exchange had some strange tools before but this takes the cake. Snowfall futures and options, starting with 2 cities, New York and Boston. How many people will buy these I wonder?
Bourbon Barrel Ale From Alltech
If you know you’re going to be entertaining clients a lot then why not buy a brewery? That’s what Alltech did. In their booth they are serving some very fine Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale.
Bayer Booth Pool Shark
There’s all kinds of activities in the booths this year. The Bayer booth had a very amusing pool shark. He had quite a crowd so I guess he was entertaining.
Ag Marketing Needs Rural Broadband
I know I already did a program with audio from Tim Ganschow. But that was using excerpts from a speech he gave.
Soft bodied insects had better watch out. Triple Nickel Comfort For Military
If you’re going to wear Kevlar for protection add a little cotton for comfort. At least that’s what I think Dr. Seshadri “Ram” Ramkumar of Texas Tech University’s Institute of Environmental and Human Health is doing for our military. He’s also doing it with the “triple nickel.” What’s the triple nickel? Good question. From a D&Pl release:
Some Sweet Varieties of Corn
This announcement made me think of Florida sweet corn boils and especially the Zellwood Sweet Corn Festival. It’s nice to know that new varieties are still coming out.
Iowa FarmIndex Directory of Farmers
Sounds like a phone book for farmers only more. This is the FarmIndex Directory for Iowa, which was just recently released. It claims to provide complete statewide producer and crop information.
Farm Bureau Mutual Crop1 Acquisition Complete
I just stopped off at a Holiday Inn here in Chicago for a quick email check with their lobby wi-fi and found out that the Farm Bureau Mutual acquisition of Crop1 Insurance is final as announced today (one AgNewsWire.AgWired.com).