Ceva Launches U.S. Swine Division

Chuck Zimmerman

Agrimarketing entrepreneurs, you might be interested to learn about how Ceva has come to the launch point for their new U.S. swine division. Instead of just starting a new company and assuming they know what their customers want they’ve taken a couple of years to “listen” as the U.S. CEO, Craig Wallace says. I had a great conversation with Craig …

Agribusiness, Animal Health, Audio, ZimmCast

Almost Time to Pack Bags for Commodity Classic 2016

Jamie Johansen

The 2016 Commodity Classic is right around the corner, held March 3-5 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event promises to be the biggest ever, with the largest trade show in event history and record attendance. The AgWired Team will be their in full-force to cover it all thanks to our sponsors BASF and New Holland Agriculture. “Commodity Classic is all …

Agribusiness, BASF, Commodity Classic, New Holland

Largest Indoor Ag Trade Show Meets Expectations

Jamie Johansen

The National Farm Machinery Show continues to be one of the largest-attended events at the Kentucky Exposition Center. Held Feb. 10 – 13 this year, attendees, exhibitors and agribusiness professionals totaled 295,258. Our team has brought you audio and photos from the event and want to once again thank our sponsors New Holland Agriculture and FMC. You can find our …

Agribusiness, Audio, Farm Shows, FMC, National Farm Machinery Show, New Holland, NFMS

New Holland Launches Marketing Technology Platform

Chuck Zimmerman

The AgNerd in me was very interested in the announcement by New Holland about launching a new dealer marketing services platform created by SproutLoud. The cutting-edge new platform features a highly-advanced tool loaded with preapproved messaging and images to ensure brand consistency—which equips its US and Canada dealers with expanded options for advertising and marketing and increases the agility and …

Agribusiness, Audio, New Holland

NAMA Announces Marketer of the Year

Kelly Marshall

Dan Fanger has been announced the 2016 National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) Marketer of the Year. Fanger, who is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Unverferth Manufacturing, Co., Inc., has earned this honor for his outstanding accomplishment in agri-marketing.  The award has been promoting excellence in the industry for more than 50 years and this year’s presentation will be held at …

Agribusiness, NAMA

PERC Offers Propane Farm Incentive Program

Kelly Marshall

The Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) announces the release of the 2016 Propane Farm Incentive Program.  This nationwide research and demonstration provides farmers with purchase incentives of up to $5,000 toward new propane-powered farm equipment. Sponsored by PERC, the 2016 Propane Farm Incentive Program offers incentives of $300 per liter of engine displacement for irrigation engines, $30 per kilowatt …

Agribusiness, Energy, Propane

More Bayer LibertyLink Real Yield Game Winners

Chuck Zimmerman

Thanks to social media we can share a picture of one of the second round of winners in the Bayer CropScience LibertyLink Real Yield Game. Here’s Bill Graff who won a year’s supply of LibertyLink Soybeans and Liberty herbicide. He’s also going to Commodity Classic! So here’s the list of final winners: Winner #4 William Graff, Illinois Year’s supply Winner …

Agribusiness, Bayer, Soybean

Remote Irrigation Monitoring Saves Time

Taylor Truckey

Tanner Oliphant, with AgSense, shared the latest with AgWired while at the National Farm Machinery Show last week. AgSense is a web-based service that gives growers access to their pivot and irrigation information through their smartphone or computer. AgSense released a new product this year that integrates specifically with Valley digital panels. Remote monitoring allows customers to see where a …

Agribusiness, Audio, Equipment, Farm Machinery, Irrigation, National Farm Machinery Show, NFMS, Water

TractorPal App Simplifies Equipment Records

Taylor Truckey

While at the National Farm Machinery Show last week, AgWired spoke with the creators of TractorPal, Keith King and Erik Schlimmer. TractorPal is a mobile app that serves as an inventory record keeper for equipment on your farm. It takes that old notebook you have laying around the shop to track maintenance in and puts it in the palm of …

Agribusiness, Apps, Audio, Equipment, National Farm Machinery Show, NFMS, Tractor

AFS from Case IH Takes Precision Tech to Next Level

Jamie Johansen

Case IH’s Advanced Farming Systems (AFS) has added three products to it’s line-up: AFS RTK+, ElectriSteer and AFS Connect™ Data Sharing. Growers got an up close look into the technologies at the 2016 National Farm Machinery Show and benefits of precision agriculture. Radio delivered based solutions for growers are no more. Cellular guidance correction signals alleviate line-of-sight issues offering consistent …

Agribusiness, Audio, Case IH, data, National Farm Machinery Show, Precision Agriculture