Those attending this year’s Ag Media Summit in Kansas City had the opportunity to hear about some new products recently launched by John Deere. A new cotton picker and stripper will be available this fall, along with new windrowers for hay and forage harvest. “The integrated technology, with the Gen 4 display and all of that data that it captures, …
Koch Agronomic Services at AMS
Koch Agronomic Services was one of the companies exhibiting at the Ag Media Summit this week in Kansas City. Tim Laatsch, director of agronomy, says it gave them a chance to meet with ag media and tell them what is new with Koch. “At Koch we strive to be the leading technology solutions provider to maximize plant performance and minimize …
Praxidyn MixMate at Tech Hub Live
A family business still operating on the farm is changing the world of sprayers with Praxidyn MixMate. The automated chemical blending and record keeping system is designed to be portable, adding efficiency to sprayers already working in the field. “People are getting the message of how inefficient the average sprayer is, and they’re looking for those efficiencies,” said Doug Applegate, …
Meet Gate 39 Media
Gate 39 Media is no stranger to the agriculture industry, beginning in the manufacturing sector and then gaining experience in financial services and commodities that has led to ag technology and ag services. “I’ve always had the commodity business as part of the clients that we served, but when the market crashed in 2008, manufacturing took a big hit. But …
Benson Hill Launches Food System Innovators Program
Benson Hill, Inc., today announced the launch of the Benson Hill Food System Innovators Program to collaborate with leading farmers and evaluate its technologies in commercial production environments. Insights from the FSI Program will further expand the capabilities of the Company’s proprietary CropOS® technology platform and optimize field-specific product outcomes and quality traits. One near-term focus of the FSI Program …
Retired Sen. Roberts Keynotes AMS
Retired Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) was happy to see many old friends in the farm publication world at the official opening of the 2021 Agricultural Media Summit in Kansas City Monday and he had plenty of stories and opinions to share. The former senator, who served 40 years in Congress and just retired last year, believes carbon capture and climate …
Farmer Veteran Coalition at #NAMA21
Now in its 12th year, the Farmer Veteran Coalition continues to award small grants to farmer veterans. The organization gained many new members this year after the Department of Veterans Affairs shared information about it through a newsletter. “Veterans are very mission driven. They serve because they have that service gene inherent to them and they are looking for that …
Tech Hub Live is Latest Meister Media Event
Meister Media Worldwide has been serving agricultural markets around the world since 1932, and while the company was built upon an impressive array of farm-focused magazines, the event side of the business continues to grow in importance. The recent Tech Hub LIVE conference in Des Moines is the latest edition to the Meister Media family of events says Chairman and …
Farm Credit Services of America at #NAMA21
After a challenging 2020, things in the agribusiness sector are beginning to head back in a positive direction, according to Marshall Hansen with Farm Credit Services of America. Hansen said many conversations right now are focused on helping customers protect themselves against the potential for higher interest rates. He said it’s exciting to work with people who are truly innovators …
Technology Powering In-Season Decision Making
Satellite and aerial imagery have been available for decades, and recent innovation has greatly advanced the ease and quality of drone imagery, but farmers and their advisers are still struggling with making the technology pay off. A panel of experts at Tech Hub LIVE last week discussed what it will take to better extract the use and value of this technology. Jeremy …