Rob Coker farms corn and soybeans in Yazoo County, Mississippi. He’s currently serving as the President of the Mississippi Corn Promotion Board and just completed his term as Chair of Delta F.A.R.M. He’s a progressive conservationist who is always looking for new technologies and practices. He shared some of what he’s learned with the 2012 Conservation in Action Tour. Land …
Monitoring Water Quality
Matt Hicks, U.S. Geological Survey, talked to the 2012 Conservation in Action Tour about water quality monitoring. We were standing next to a monitoring station that collects data from one of the drainage ditches on the farm. You can find photos of it in the online photo album. Matt says his agency provides water quality monitoring assistance to other agencies …
Managing Water Quality
Water quality was the theme of the 2012 Conservation in Action Tour stop where we met Robbie Kroger, Mississippi State University. You’ll notice a drainage ditch in the photo. After some opening remarks we got down there to see some of the creative ways that this farm is managing runoff water using pipes, pads and weirs. Robbie says the Delta …
Practicing Sustainable Water Conservation
Travis Satterfield grows mainly rice and soybeans in Mississippi. He has also served as Chair of Delta F.A.R.M. and is a member of the Mississippi Delta Sustainable Water Resources Task Force. I visited with him during the 2012 Conservation in Action Tour. He got involved in the tour because of his concern about the availability and quality of water and …
Stovall Farms Putting Conservation Into Practice
The first stop on the 2012 Conservation in Action Tour was Stovall Farms. Our host was Pete Hunter, one of the farm owners. In the photo Pete is receiving a thank you gift from Conservation Technology Information Center board member Lara Moody, The Fertilizer Institute. Pete provided us with a history of the farm that includes legendary blues musician Muddy …
Excitement is Building for AG CONNECT 2013
AG CONNECT Expo & Summit 2013 will be held January 29-31, 2013 in Kansas City, Missouri at the Kansas City Convention Center and we got a little preview of this upcoming event during the National Agri-Marketing Association conference, also in Kansas City just a month or so ago. I talked with AG CONNECT show director Sara Mooney about what will …
New Holland “Really Cool Mowing Units”
This is the face of a very happy compact tractor. But don’t let its cute little face fool you – this new New Holland Boomer 25 is no toy tractor. “It’s a real tractor which does real work,” says Dan Valen, New Holland segment marketing manager. “It’s only little in terms of its actual size.” The Boomer 20 and 25 …
SLIP Plate Launches Facebook Sweepstakes
Let me re-introduce you to SLIP Plate, a Superior Graphite product. Many farmers already know about SLIP Plate and use the products but over coming months we’re going to introduce you to this company and this product. We’re going to get started now with an interview I just conducted with Barry Lee, Product Manager Coatings & Lubricants, Superior Graphite. He …
A John Deere Welcome to CTIC Tour
One of our sponsors for the 2012 Conservation in Action Tour is John Deere. Making some opening remarks tonight was Matt Weinheimer, Division Sales Mgr., Mid-South. He says John Deere has been a member of CTIC since it was founded and he congratulates the organization on celebrating 30 years. Listen to Matt’s remarks here: 2012 Conservation in Action Tour Photo …
A Taste of Watermelon Slim
It was a big treat for this blues loving AgriBlogger to hear Watermelon Slim tonight at the 2012 Conservation in Action Tour opening reception. He told us before playing that he had farmed and felt a special connection to the audience he had tonight. Bill “Watermelon Slim” Homans has built a remarkable reputation with his raw, impassioned intensity. HARP Magazine …