Global Ag Equipment Manufacturing Alliance Formed

Melissa Sandfort

Leaders from seven agriculture equipment manufacturing associations from around the world have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to officially launch the Agrievolution Alliance, which will facilitate collaboration and cooperation on a global basis within the ag equipment manufacturing industry. The associations are based in Brazil, Europe, France, India, Italy, North America and Turkey. The founding associations are: • ABIMAQ – …

AEM, Equipment

SmartTrax Boost New Holland Tractor Productivity

Cindy Zimmerman

The New Holland T9 Series Tractors with SmartTrax have been getting a lot of attention at farm machinery shows since last fall and High Horsepower Tractor Marketing Manager Sean Dorosz says there are good reasons for that. “SmartTrax tracks boost the productivity and pulling efficiency of our T9 Series tractors,” Sean said at the recent New Holland media event, where …

Equipment, New Holland, Tractor, Video

New Holland MegaCutter at Mega Media Event

Cindy Zimmerman

One of the new offerings from New Holland featured at last week’s Mega Media event was the MegaCutter™. We already heard about this new mounted triple disc mower-conditioner when it debuted at the National Farm Machinery Show in February, but we got another look last week in more detail with the help of New Holland Hay and Forage Segment Marketing …

Audio, Equipment, Hay, New Holland, Video

Driving a New Holland Combine

Cindy Zimmerman

My personal thrill at the New Holland Mega Media event this week was test driving a CR8080 combine. Never drove anything like it before and it was so easy! You may not realize it, but New Holland is kind of a big deal in combines. “New Holland was the first company to launch a rotary combine in the market,” Combine …

Audio, Equipment, Farming, New Holland, Video

New Holland Mega Media Event

Cindy Zimmerman

New Holland wants everyone to know that they are rejuvenated and back in the game for agriculture. Not that they ever left the game, they’ve just been flying a bit under the radar for awhile and now New Holland North American VP Abe Hughes says they really want to get out and show they industry what they’ve got. “We’ve been …

Audio, Equipment, New Holland

Farm Podcaster Tool

Chuck Zimmerman

Cindy and I have worn out our Flip and Kodak camcorders so I’ve been looking for a good replacement. My requirements are small, full HD quality, ideally external rechargeable battery and ability to connect external microphone/audio source. What I have found is this one. It’s a Sony Handycam, Model HDR-CX260V/W. It’s got plenty of good features including zoom lens, image …

Equipment, Media

Farm Podcasting Tool

Chuck Zimmerman

Hey farm podcasters. Here’s a new microphone you might want to consider. Apogee is now shipping the MiC. The portable studio revolution continues… MiC by Apogee is the most compact studio quality USB microphone available for iPad®, iPhone® and Mac. About the size of an iPhone, MiC makes it easy to capture your best take with incredible quality, anywhere your …

Equipment, Media, Podcasts

Farm Podcasting Tool

Chuck Zimmerman

Want to improve the audio in the videos you shoot with your iPhone? How about getting the iPhone Boom Mic for your device? Here’s some information about it: A boom mic for crisp, clear sound recordings on your iPhone 2 directional settings let you control the recording Small enough to always keep with you Attaches to your phone’s headphone jack …

Equipment, Media

First Look at New iPad

Chuck Zimmerman

This is not meant to be an exhaustive review of the new iPad. Just a first look. Okay? Hey, I just got it and haven’t had a lot of time to “play” with it. In the photo my new iPad is standing next to my Macbook Air. One of the first things I noticed was that the new iPad fits …

Equipment

John Deere Announces Final Tier 4/Stage IV Engine

Cindy Zimmerman

During a press conference at the 2012 Commodity Classic, John Deere unveiled its final stage Tier 4 solution, the John Deere Integrated Emissions Control System. Deere’s Barry Nelson said this is a major announcement that continues John Deere’s 175 years of innovation. “The past few years we have been spending millions and millions of dollars to develop new technology for …

ASA, Commodity Classic, Equipment, John Deere