The media room at the National Farm Machinery Show is sponsored again this year by FMC. Thank you FMC! Only the media know how important this is. For one thing, it provides us a place to get away from the crowds to work and publish information. It’s also a great meeting place for interviews. I remember covering this show with …
On The Floor with New Holland
Hello from day one of the National Farm Machinery Show. As usual, we get off to a very busy start with lots of interviews scheduled. I’ll be sharing them with you into next week I’m sure. One of our main sponsors for coverage of the show again this is New Holland. Their exhibit area is getting more and more crowded …
More Corn for Export
To the surprise of traders, USDA increased the projection for U.S. corn exports this marketing year, lowering ending stocks in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report. U.S. feed grain ending stocks for 2013/14 are expected lower with a 150-million-bushel increase projected for corn exports. Jack Scoville of the Price Futures Group discussed the estimates during the …
MapShots and AgStudio Growing Fast
You often get the best perspective on what a company does and what its culture is like by talking with the founder. I had that pleasure last week at the MapShots Customer Conference to visit with founder Ted Macy. MapShots, Inc., is a software development company that provides crop management applications for the agriculture industry and is now a subsidiary …
New Beef Board Chairman
The Beef Board has a new Chairman. She’s Kim Brackett, Idaho cow/calf and stocker producer. Here’s what it means to her. You can also listen to her describe her goals in the audio clip below: “That has been such a phenomenal evolution for me to go in what seems like a handful of years, not a long timeframe at all, …
Learning About MapShots Integration
I’ve been collecting a lot of interviews here in Atlanta at the MapShots Customer Conference. Most of them will be shared over on PrecisionPays.com. However, I thought you might enjoy this one with official AgNerd, Keith Baker. Keith saw me wearing my ZimmGlass and that started an enjoyable conversation about the new technology I’ve been trying out as a member …
President Signs Farm Bill in Michigan
A young Michigan cherry farmer had the honor of introducing the president of the United States prior to signing of the new farm bill at Michigan State University Friday. “On behalf of farmers across Michigan, I want to say thank you Congress for passing a great farm bill,” said Ben LaCross, former American Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher chairman. …
Pork Production Summit at IPPE
The VIV International Pork Production Summit was held as part of the International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) last week in Atlanta and one of the presenters was Dr. Jeffrey Escobar of Novus International. Dr. Escobar discussed in detail “Nutrient digestibility and gut health” as well as “Organic trace mineral bioavailability and functional effects in animals” – topics he addressed …
The Value of Data
Why should we care about data I asked Tyler Anderson with Ag Leader during the 2014 Iowa Power Farming Show. Anderson said we should care about data. So I asked the next logical question, “How do we know if it worked?”. “We can check to make sure the data worked by reading the information we’ve recorded out in the field …
Ag Leader’s Luke Bunkers on Water Management
Water management. An ongoing issue for growers across the country and around the world. To learn more about some of the big water management issues in agriculture, I turned to Luke Bunkers with Ag Leader who spent some time with me during the 2014 Iowa Power Farming Show. Today with input costs and costs of fertilizer and seed being as …