Netbooking It With A Mini

Chuck Zimmerman

I know I’m a Mac guy but I thought I’d try out one of the new netbooks which so far are only in the PC world. So today I’m trying out an HP Mini. Just got it set up. This is a photo from the built in camera. Not great quality but . . . given the subject matter. So, …

Equipment

Another Farm Podcaster Tool

Chuck Zimmerman

Okay farm podcasters. There is yet a new tool over which you can drool. I have always been a Marantz fan and this one looks to be a great offering. I know I pointed it out before but now you can find it for sale at BSW right now. The Marantz PMD661 is a versatile, professional handheld PCM/MP3 recorder based …

Equipment, Podcasts

FinOvation Awards

Cindy Zimmerman

Farm Industry News presented their 2008 FinOvation Awards Thursday night at the National Farm Machinery Show. The awards went to the 16 most innovative products coming to the market, based on reader interest. Two of this year’s awards went to the two company partners who sponsored coverage of the NFMS on Agwired this week. Katie Sheets with John Deere picked …

Equipment, Farm Machinery, John Deere, Media, National Farm Machinery Show, New Holland, NFMS

Economy Strong at Farm Machinery Show

Cindy Zimmerman

The National Farm Machinery Show is still going strong despite the troubles in other sectors of the economy. Vice president of public relations and media for the Kentucky State Fair Board Vicki Glass says the 44th annual show was sold out two months ago. “With the economy as it is, you might not expect that, but that’s the case and …

Agribusiness, Audio, Equipment, Farm Machinery, John Deere, National Farm Machinery Show, NFMS

Monster Machine For The New Media Warrior

Chuck Zimmerman

If you’re in the market for a new notebook computer and if you can afford it then Apple has the answer coming out soon. You can pre-order them now. This is the 17″ Macbook Pro. It’s basically made for the road warrior, agriblogging, farm podcasting, new media mogul of today. There are a growing number of us and I applaud …

Equipment

Renegade Combine Debuts

Chuck Zimmerman

You remember the Rock and Roll Buffalo? Well now Machinery Link has the Renegade Combine. Here’s a first look at what they’ve done, working with the Chrome Shop Mafia. MachineryLink, Inc., the leading provider of combine leasing programs to agricultural producers in North America, today announced a collaboration with the Chrome Shop Mafia for the creation of the world’s first …

Agribusiness, Equipment, Video

MachineFinder Blog

Chuck Zimmerman

What’s new in used farm equipment can be found on the redesigned John Deere MachineFinder. They’ve also announced a blog to go along with it. Interesting . . . John Deere announces that it has completely overhauled and redesigned its MachineFinder™ website (www.MachineFinder.com) from the ground up to make it easier for used equipment customers to more quickly find the …

Agribusiness, Equipment, John Deere

Farm Podcaster Temptations

Chuck Zimmerman

Hey farm podcasters. Have you been wanting a new digital audio recorder? Marantz is offering some temptations. First of all there’s a rebate program for the very popular PMD620 (Cindy and I each have one). If you purchase it between now and March 31st you get a $100 rebate. That’s a deal. I recommend purchasing from BSW. Then to tempt …

Equipment, Video

Greased Lightning Awarded By AFBF and New Holland

Chuck Zimmerman

As a gadget, I mean cool tools, kind of guy I thought this was a great invention idea and it won an award at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention. Daniel Prough of LaGrange, Ind., earned the grand prize in the Farmer Idea Exchange competition at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 90th annual meeting. Prough won a year’s use of …

Ag Groups, Agribusiness, Equipment, New Holland, Tractor

Satellite TV For Your Car (or Tractor?)

Chuck Zimmerman

Kurt has a great post on our Precision Pays website that I thought I’d share with you. How about this for an extravagant non-ag precision gizmo? Among the many high-tech product launches at the recent SEMA (automotive specialty products) show was this AT&T Cruisecast satellite TV for your car–through a unique roof-top antenna developed by AT&T and RaySat. For a …

Equipment, Precision Agriculture