To find out why companies and organizations participate in the NAFB Trade Talk I asked a few of them as things were winding down. Included are comments from Monsanto, EPIC, New Holland, FMC and Dairy Farmers of America. I pieced together an audio clip of their answers to the question, “Why do you participate in Trade Talk?” Listen to their …
Case IH Caters to Large Western European Operations
Large, professional operations, that’s what Case IH focuses on in Western Europe. So, it’s fitting that Case IH is introducing the largest tractor to ever hit the European Market at the farm machinery event in Europe, Agritechnica 2007. The new MAGNUM 335 delivers up to 368 hp with 1,900 rev/min. Case IH also claims the MAGNUM 335 delivers the highest …
New Holland Earns 3 Medals at Agritechnica
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 …