Tech Hub LIVE would still just be a dream of Meister Media Worldwide without the support of three outstanding industry partners who are pioneering the way with the latest solutions in precision agriculture. EFC Systems is pleased to be a founding Education Partner of Tech Hub LIVE. “Education and getting people out of their comfort zone is important,” said Ernie …
The Chad Colby Keynotes Tech Hub LIVE
Few people know more about ag technology than The Chad Colby so he was a natural choice to keynote the Tech Hub LIVE event this week in Des Moines. Colby has more than 33,000 Twitter followers and provides regular tech segments for This Week in Agribusiness and he had lots of practical advice for the attendees. He says just something …
Des Moines Welcomes Tech Hub LIVE
The city of Des Moines, Iowa rolled out the red carpet this week to welcome the inaugural Tech Hub LIVE Conference and Expo, a brand new event to showcase the intersection between agriculture and technology. The new event kicked off with a Welcome to Iowa Party at Exile Brewing Co., sponsored by state and local business organizations that have made …
Update from Senate Ag Committee Ranking Member
The Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee paid a visit to the 22nd Annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference over the weekend to provide a policy update. Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) discussed the current status on a number of issues important to agriculture including trade, estate taxes, climate policy, infrastructure, rural broadband, WOTUS, farm bill and more. …
The #2021SPGC is Back and In-Person
Peanut growers from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi are gathered together again live and in-person for their annual Southern Peanut Growers Conference at Panama City Beach, Florida. After having to cancel the popular event last year due to COVID, everyone is thrilled to be back on the beach. As has been the tradition, we start off the conference by interviewing …
RFA CEO Optimistic About Ethanol’s Future
Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) President and CEO Geoff Cooper told participants at the 2021 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop and Expo Wednesday that low-carbon ethanol’s “brightest and sunniest days remain ahead” despite recent judicial setbacks and a growing policy push on electric vehicles. Even after two recent disappointing court decisions, “The ethanol industry is still in a stronger position today than …
ZimmCast 674 – Live Event Previews – Tech Hub & SPGC
Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. Cindy and I have been making travel plans for work! That’s something pretty rare since early last year. So we’ve got flights scheduled, hotel reservations and conferences registered. I guess it’s kind of like riding a bike. Pretty simple list of things that are needed so it has been just like we only missed …
Excitement Growing for Tech Hub LIVE 2021
Live events are finally coming back and the excitement is high for the inaugural Tech Hub LIVE 2021 being held July 20-21 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, IA. The intersection of agriculture and technology will come alive at this new, innovative conference and trade show that addresses digital and precision agriculture from all angles, exploring how products …
Daugherty Water for Food Podcast Episode 9
This episode of the Daugherty Water for Food podcast features Babak Safa, a postdoctoral research associate with the Water for Food Global Institute who specializes in agricultural meteorology, micro-meteorology and vegetation-atmosphere interaction. Safa analyzes eddy covariance flux data from installed systems to support remote sensing based model verification and water productivity estimates for several agricultural and natural ecosystems and projects …
Preview of 2021 Southern Peanut Growers Conference
The recent rains in the southeast have made field work challenging for peanut growers. In a preview interview for the upcoming Southern Peanut Growers Conference with Florida Peanut Producers Association Executive Director Ken Barton, that’s one of the the things we talked about. Last year the conference was canceled to this year and it is a go in Panama City …