New Holland Communications Manager, Klaus Senghaas like to think their exhibit is the major player in Hall 3 of Agritechnica 2007. The three medals New Holland has secured this year suggest that just might be the case. With 2,000 meters of floor space, New Holland has a handful of tractors and 4 combines on display. The German Agriculture Society, or …
John Deere iSolutions Make Precision Technology Easy to Understand
One of the biggest client-customer programs offered at the John Deere Agritechnica exhibit is the iSolutions program. Paul Leathem, the manager of John Deere Advertising in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, explains that AMS technology is well known in both North America and Europe, but the technology is less understood in Europe. He says iSolutions is meant to explain …
NAFB Foundation Scholarship Winner
One of the winners of a $4,000 NAFB Foundation Scholarship is Laura Hale. Laura was presented her check by Acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner. Laura is a senior at Auburn University. She’s president of the Meat Science Association and Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow. Listen to my interview with Laura Hale here: nafb-07-hale.mp3 You can also download the interview here: …
Glenn Kummerow Memorial Scholarship Winner
A $5,000 Glenn Kummerow Memorial Scholarship was presented to Haylie Shipp today at the NAFB Foundation lunch. Here’s Haylie with our Acting Secretary of Agriculture, Chuck Conner. Haylie is attending Montana State University and hopes to be a farm broadcaster when she graduates. She grew up on a cow/calf operation. She’s been interning with the Northern Ag Network doing market …
Liz LeSatz Receives NAFB Foundation Scholarship
The NAFB Foundation held it’s annual convention luncheon today and awarded some scholarships. Here’s Liz LeSatz, University of Wyoming student, who received her check for $4,000 from Acting Secretary of Agriculture Chuck Conner. I spoke to Liz afterward while she was covering the NAFB Foundation booth which you can find right across from the registration table. Liz says these farm …
Acting Secretary Conner Visits NAFB
The NAFB Convention is underway and the Acting Secretary of Agriculture, Chuck Conner, started things off with remarks in a press conference. Here he’s being introduced by NAFB President, Pam Fretwell, WTAD/WKAN. Acting Secretary Conner had a lot to say about the farm bill which is really the main issue the administration is working on right now. As we’ve heard …
Products Share Soybean Champ Spotlight
The world record soybean yield champion credits his winning 154.7 bushel yield to good genetics and crop protection. “I run very extensive on-farm research every year on different genetics from all kinds of companies and then I pick the best ones to plant on my farm,” said Kip Cullers of Purdy, MO. The best one this year was Pioneer® 94M80 …
Europe is Crazy for Combines
John Deere offers five times as many combines in Europe as it does in North America. Paul Leathem, the manager of John Deere Advertising in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, says combines are a popular product in Europe with John Deere offering 5 different lines of combines, with a total of 27 different models. John Deere’s newest series, the …
John Deere Tractors Useful for North America, Popular in Europe
Paul Leathem, the manager of John Deere Advertising in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, says sales of the 9030 tractor are really starting to take off in Europe, particularly in Russia where the 9030 even won a gold at a farm machinery show. Paul says the 8030 series is another Waterloo, Ontario, Canada tractor series that’s picking up clout …
John Deere Committed to Consumers at Agritechnica 2007
It’s hard to miss the eight moving, hi-definition flat screen T.V.s, the blonde German actor, and the big moving E Premium Series tractor on the John Deere stage. The screens, actor and tractor would put on a show regularly throughout the day highlighting the key products and technology Agritechnica attendees will find at the John Deere exhibit from November 13 …