I thought I would go to tonight’s tractor pull competition for just a little while and wound up staying way longer than I intended. This is my first indoor tractor pull. Thank goodness and Syngenta for that considering how cold it is outside. The National Farm Machinery Championship Tractor Pull has been sponsored by Syngenta for a long time. I …
Syngenta Gives Agrisure Assurance
I don’t think Syngenta held a eulogy for the dead black cutworms in their corn planter but the RIP signs are a nice touch. Each sign is placed where there’s a dead pest and it’s part of the Syngenta Agrisure trait planter display. I spoke with Trait Support Manager Jody Foutch about the Agrisure division of Syngenta during the show …
John Deere Booth Overview
The first person I saw when I wandered over to the John Deere booth here at the National Farm Machinery Show was Barry Nelson (pictured on the right). Barry gave me an overview of the exhibit in an interview after he got done helping this customer. He says that John Deere has about 50 people on hand to answer questions …
Syngenta Booth Tour
I mentioned the Syngenta planter boxes that Mack Estes tends in his greenhouse prior to the show here in Louisville. Today growers got to look them over and see the comparison results of different Syngenta products on corn, soybeans, tobacco and wheat. The person who knows all about it is Sarah Gehant who devotes a lot of her time to …
Preparing Planters For Syngenta
The planter boxes on display here in the Syngenta booth at the National Farm Machinery Show are prepared in the greenhouse of farmer Mack Estes, Owensboro, Ky. He’s pictured here with Sarah Gehant, who we’ll hear from later. Mack had a greenhouse to grow tobacco but doesn’t use it for that purpose anymore. Now he’s on his 6th year helping …
John Deere Says “Reach For The Stars”
One of my sponsors for AgWired coverage of this week’s National Farm Machinery Show is John Deere. I know they’ve got a lot to see and talk about and we’ll get started on that tomorrow morning. One of those things though is their “Reach For The Stars” program which they launched with the American Soybean Association. John Deere representative, Seth …
ZimmComm Update and a Little Biodiesel Willie
You may not have had a chance to hear Emily Richard’s new version of “Biodiesel Willie” but if you listen to this week’s ZimmCast you will. Since I’m in between event blogging gigs I thought I’d share an update of how things are going here at ZimmComm New Media and a couple of sound bites from Merle Haggard and Larry …
Learn About Syngenta’s AgriEdge 21-60 Promotion
One of my sponsors for AgWired coverage of this week’s National Farm Machinery Show is Syngenta. They’re very bullish on beans right now and growers attending the show will have lots to learn about their AgriEdge Soybean program. For starters they’re going to see “Ask me about 21-60” everywhere throughout the show. I had no idea what that meant until …
Biodiesel Store Online
The National Biodiesel Board has launched a one-stop marketplace for biodiesel interests to do business over the Internet. It’s AllThingsBiodiesel.com, and was introduced at the National Biodiesel Conference. AllThingsBiodiesel.com takes its place as the world’s largest biodiesel marketplace, focusing on products, services and industry-related companies. A variety of services assembled within it include online ads and classified ads, the biodiesel …
Eye on Biodiesel Award – Gene Hemphill
Each year the National Biodiesel Board bestows the “Eye on Biodiesel” awards, designed to recognize individuals and groups who have advanced the board’s mission of public education and industry growth. The awards were presented by NBB Chairman Darryl Brinkmann (left) and NBB CEO Joe Jobe (right). Michael Peterson is pictured in the hat. Award for: Innovation – Gene Hemphill/New Holland …