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Meet the BASF NCGA Scholarship Winners

Cindy Zimmerman

For the seventh year in a row, BASF Crop Protection teamed up with the National Corn Growers Association to provide the William C. Berg Academic Excellence in Agriculture scholarships to undergraduate or graduate students pursuing an agricultural degree. Mark Scott, a Missouri farmer on the NCGA Grower Services Action Team, helped to present the scholarships. “We’d like to thank BASF …

Ag Groups, Agribusiness, Audio, BASF, Commodity Classic, Corn

BASF Growing Today for Tomorrow

Cindy Zimmerman

BASF Crop Protection is committed to growing the future of agriculture by investing in the next generation of professionals for the industry. BASF this year has continued its partnership with the American Soybean Association (ASA), the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) and the National Wheat Foundation (NWF) to present 10 students with scholarships today during the 2014 Commodity Classic in …

Ag Groups, Agribusiness, Audio, BASF, Commodity Classic, Corn, Soybean, Wheat

BASF Shares Science Behind the Advanced Acre

Cindy Zimmerman

This is the eighth year for the BASF Crop Protection Science Behind media event series held prior to the kickoff of the Commodity Classic and this year the theme is The Advanced Acre. “The advanced acre is a comprehensive approach that BASF wants to take in its relationship with growers,” said Scott Kay, BASF Vice President for U.S. Crop Protection. …

Agribusiness, Audio, BASF, Corn, Crop Protection

Vilsack to Address Commodity Classic

John Davis

The growers of the Nation’s biggest crops will once again host the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for their biggest meeting of the year. For the fifth time in a row, Tom Vilsack will deliver the keynote address to Commodity Classic, the annual convention and trade show for corn, soybean, wheat and sorghum growers. This news releases says Vilsack speaks to …

Agribusiness, ASA, Commodity Classic, Corn, Events, NCGA, sorghum, Soybean, USDA

More Corn for Export

Cindy Zimmerman

To the surprise of traders, USDA increased the projection for U.S. corn exports this marketing year, lowering ending stocks in the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) report. U.S. feed grain ending stocks for 2013/14 are expected lower with a 150-million-bushel increase projected for corn exports. Jack Scoville of the Price Futures Group discussed the estimates during the …

Audio, Corn, Exports

Popcorn Has Been Changed

Chuck Zimmerman

It looks like someone decided it was time to change the popcorn. That would be Popcorners. I just found them on the snack tray here at the MapShots Customer Conference. Our Popcorners family proudly presents our wholesome, delicious new shape of popcorn to your family. Here at Popcorners we have spent a great deal of time tasting, testing and perfecting …

Corn, Food

GMO Coalition for Safe Food Formed

Cindy Zimmerman

A diverse group of industry and non-governmental organizations today announced the formation of a new coalition dedicated to the advancement of a federal solution on the labeling of food products derived from genetically modified ingredients (GMOs). The goal of the “Coalition for Safe Affordable Food” is to urge Congress to seek a federal solution that would establish standards for the …

Ag Groups, Audio, Biotech, Corn, Food, NCGA, Soybean

Farmers in the SOTU

Cindy Zimmerman

It is rare for agriculture to even be mentioned in a State of the Union address, but President Obama brought attention to the hardworking farmers of our country in the opening minute of SOTU 2014. “A farmer prepared for the spring after the strongest five-year stretch of farm exports in our history,” said the president, with a split screen image …

AFBF, Ag Groups, Corn, NCGA

What’s New Sessions at Commodity Classic

Jamie Johansen

Agriculture’s newest, most innovative products and services will be showcased at the What’s New sessions at the 2014 Commodity Classic. The 19th Annual Commodity Classic is Feb. 27-March 1, along the banks of the famous River Walk in San Antonio, TX. “If you’re coming to Commodity Classic hoping to learn and gain some new ideas to take back to your …

Ag Groups, Commodity Classic, Corn, Cotton, Grains, sorghum, Soybean

Ag Weather Advisor Keeps Farmers Up to Date

Jamie Johansen

The “polar vortex” seems to be a hot topic the last couple of days and that means farmers have to work extra hard to stay updated on what to expect while they prepare for planting. The NCGA-FMC Ag Weather Advisor, prepared by Blue Water Outlook, is a special free member benefit that can help growers stay a step ahead. “The …

Ag Groups, Corn, Farming, FMC, NCGA, Weather