Photographers almost never get their picture taken. That’s why I try to always include pictures of them. This is the ever so creative John Walter, AgricultureOnline, who was seen getting his shot during the opening session of the Commodity Classic trade show. He’s afraid I was going to tweet it. Actually, I am since AgWired’s rss feed posts to my …
Commodity Classic Media Room Etiquette
This was part of the buzz in ag media at Commodity Classic today. You can click on the photo to get a big enough version to read. Commodity Classic Media Room Etiquette. Are you kidding? What’s that all about? I’ve never heard of such a thing and I dare say I’ve been to a few media rooms and not just …
BASF Kixor is Cutting Edge
As BASF prepares to introduce its new Kixor™ herbicide this year, the media got a preview of the “Science Behind” this new product at the Commodity Classic on Wednesday. Kixor is cutting-edge chemistry that basically kicks weed butt. It offers rapid burndown and residual control of more than 90 broadleaf weeds, including the toughest weeds that have become more tolerant …
Classic as Big as Texas
The farm economy is apparently not hurting as much as other sectors, since attendance at the 2009 Commodity Classic is expected to be as good or better than last year. According to the conference organizers, pre-registrations by the end of last week were virtually the same as last year, although the number of farmers registered was already higher. Now, that …
Commodity Classic Has Started
Cindy and I arrived yesterday at Commodity Classic here in Grapevine, TX. She got in before me to work with our sponsor, BASF, and I got in later after finishing up duties at the National Ethanol Conference. The evening was devoted to catching up with friends and clients. BASF hosted a group of media representatives to a wonderful evening of …
New BASF Crop Protection VP at Classic
Nevin McDougall, new BASF Group Vice President for the North America Crop Protection took part in the third annual “Science Behind” symposium at the Commodity Classic on Wednesday, which focused on BASF’s new Kixor herbicide. “We made the decision in 2003 to develop Kixor despite predictions that the herbicide market would decline and despite the fact that competitors were walking …
Kixor Kicks Off Commodity Classic
For the third year in a row, BASF has helped kick off the Commodity Classic with its “Science Behind” symposium. This year the symposium focused on Kixor™ herbicide, which BASF is introducing this year. Helping to explain the science behind Kixor was Bryan Young, professor of Weed Science and Agronomy at Southern Illinois University who talked about why new chemistries …
This Will Be A Classic Week
How many of you will be attending Commodity Classic this week? No, don’t reply because I know a lot of you will. If you’re twittering from there then use this hashtag: #cclassic. What’s a hashtag? Follow this link. If you’re not a Twitterer but want to keep up with the conversation then you can use the Twitter Search Engine like …
The Monsanto Classic Blogger
Monsanto is sponsoring a Commodity Classic blogger once again this year. Thanks to Tyne Morgan, former Classic blogger herself, for the heads up. This year Brooke Hoelscher will be providing her perspective on the Classic happenings in Grapevine, TX. Here’s a little bit about Brooke. I am a junior Agriculture Communications and Journalism major at Texas A&M University. I study …
Looking Ahead To A Classic Time in Texas
In just over a week corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum growers will be getting together in Grapevine, TX for Commodity Classic and you’ll find Cindy and myself there once again. I hope you’ve got your reservations in since this looks to be a big one. Actually, it’ll be just like “family” as an expected 4,500+ growers and their families and …