This is definitely one of the more creative ideas I’ve seen lately. Motorcycles are cool right now so Agrotain made a theme cycle to use in a trade show. You’ll be able to see it at a number of shows coming up like Commodity Classic next March.
Barry Wins Brock Associates Ipod
Barry Nelson, John Deere, worked some of his magic at the AMS trade show all right. Now he doesn’t have any excuse not to subscribe to our ZimmCast. He’s the winner of the Brock Associates Ag Media Summit booth giveaway of the latest and greatest Ipod!
Midwest Drought Focus of Monsanto Release
The lastest Talking News Release from Monsanto focuses on the extremely dry conditions we’ve been having in the midwest. Let’s hope we get some rain!
Taste Matters At BASF Booth
BASF is a big supporter of the Ag Media Summit. They sponsor the media room and have a booth. I know you get tired of booth pictures but you have to love a booth that’s got a “live” Miller tap prior to lunch! Here’s Kaye Iftner and Joy Watson with the tap manager at their booth in the Info/Expo. Good call BASF, because as they say “Taste Matters.”
New Real-time Price/Commentary Product
This is the latest news from the folks at QuickFarm.
Brewery Fun Being Had
A good time was being had by all at Sprecher Brewery like these folks from AGCO, Allison Bass and Troy Schroeder. Well actually Troy told me he’s accepted a position at Broadhead + Co. Congratulations Troy. Dean’s got a good one.
Bayer One of the Sponsors of Sprecher Brewery Bash
Events need sponsors and the AMS sponsor for the Sprecher Brewery reception was Bayer CropScience represented by Charlie Hale and Stephanie Gable. You figure out who is who. Thank you Bayer! Good party. Also, thank you Lane Kaplan, Rhea & Kaiser, for making sure we got our sponsors featured here on AgWired.
New Dupont Advisory Board Member
When you’re an international company you should have an international advisory board shouldn’t you?
Rural Nebraska Is High Speed Internet Connected
Imagine that 100 % of the people in Nebraska have broadband internet access available to them! No way you say? You’re wrong. It’s here and in a state that I’d bet you wouldn’t think it. This is a long post but I think this is fascinating. To get to the 100 % you have to figure in satellite but without it this document says that 57 % of rural Nebraska has it. That’s up 15 % in just one year! This information was put out by University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension. I have to believe without doing some research that you’ll find initiatives like this across the country. It’s a “wired” world folks. By that I mean connected to the internet. Resistance is futile.
McGregor Company Wins Environmental Respect Award
This is the 15th year of the Evnironmental Respect Awards and it’s a very good way to recognize how well ag companies care for the environment. Let’s face it, if farmers and others in ag didn’t take care of the environment where would they make a living? It only makes sense and I think most of the general public knows it!