Vermeer Rolls Out the Rancher

Cindy Zimmerman

Vermeer had cow-calf producers in mind when they designed the new Rancher 665 round baler. According to Vermeer Forage Marketing Manager Dan Belzer, the new Rancher 665 baler design fills a niche many cow-calf producers have been asking for – basically, the ability to produce bigger bales with a “right-sized” baler that requires less horsepower. “Now, with a minimum 60 …

Equipment, Hay, Livestock

The KIOTI MECHRON

Chuck Zimmerman

KIOTI has just introduced a new utility vehicle – The MECHRON. Sounds kind of like a character in Transformers. But a couple of different versions were on display at Sunbelt Ag Expo. Now just about everyone has a utility vehicle in their product lineup. I spoke to Ron Parrish in the KIOTI exhibit about their new offering. This Ultimate Transport …

Agribusiness, Audio, Equipment, Sunbelt Ag Expo

Farm Podcaster Tool From Apple

Chuck Zimmerman

The iPod Nano just became a farm podcaster tool. Now you can not only record audio with a built in microphone but video as well. It also has a built in speaker so you can listen to your recording right away. If you still listen to terrestrial radio the new Nano now does FM. Say you need to take a …

Equipment

Record Phone Calls On Your iPhone

Chuck Zimmerman

Hey farm podcasters. You know there are a lot of equipment options to record audio out there and I’ve mentioned that the iPhone is a really good one. Now there’s an app for the iPhone that provides a way to record a call, trim the ends and email it. I just tested the Recorder v.10 app ($.99) and emailed to …

Equipment

Video For The Farm Podcaster

Chuck Zimmerman

I have to agree with James Lewin, Podcasting News, that it’s about time a cheap camcorder comes with an external audio/mic input. The biggest weakness of the Flip camera is the fact that you can’t plug in an external microphone or other audio input. Well Kodak has changed all that with the introduction of their Z18 pocket video camera. In …

Equipment, Podcasts

New Farm Podcaster Tool

Chuck Zimmerman

If you don’t have a good digital audio recorder yet or are looking for a new one then Sony has introduced the PCM-M10. It’s the nice small form factor that makes these great to add to your gear bag. The PCM-M10 is conveniently small on size, but packs in many cool features: a five-second pre-record buffer, WAV and MP3 format …

Equipment

Speedy iPhone Has Arrived

Chuck Zimmerman

The S stands for speed and starting today we’re going to find out how much better the AgriBlogger phone of choice works. That’s because my new iPhone 3G S has arrived. I’ve been asked to do a review on it which I intend to do after a couple of days of working with it. Activation was simple and so was …

Equipment

iPhone 3G S Is The Social Media Tool

Chuck Zimmerman

Today is the day that many of you will be getting your new iPhone. Mine’s on order and should be here next week. If you’ve been putting the idea of purchasing one off, then today is the day to move it up in the priority list. Today the game changing tool just took another leap forward with the introduction of …

Equipment

You’ll Flip For a Mino HD

Chuck Zimmerman

Now that we have daughter Carly working for us I gifted my Flip Ultra to her which of course allowed me an opportunity to try out the new Flip Mino HD. This little gadget is smaller and records in an HD format. I got mine on Amazon. To try it out I visited the Coffee Zone so you could meet …

Equipment, Video