The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) president Pam Johnson of Iowa and First Vice President Martin Barbre in his home state of Illinois were visiting with farmers and the media at the Farm Progress Show this week. The farm bill is still a big concern for the corn growers and Pam says they are “not waiting very patiently anymore” for …
Survivor Shows Up at Farm Progress Show
The TruAg exhibition was home for Rupert Boneham this week at the 2013 Farm Progress Show in Decatur, IL. Rupert is known for his role on reality TV where viewers voted him the million dollar winner on Survivor: America’s Tribal Council. Rupert started a vocational mentoring program, Rupert’s Kids, 23 years ago. The program helps young adults, starting at age …
Deadliest Catch Sails into the Farm Progress Show
If you’re like me you’ve watched almost every season of Deadliest Catch and are very familiar with the Hansen’s and their boat the Northwestern. While at the 2013 Farm Progress Show I had a chance to catch up with deckboss, Edgar Hansen, and learn a little bit about the boat, harvesting of the crab and why they choose to use Chevron Delo products. …
Insights Into Bayer’s Respect the Rotation Program
Wednesday at the Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Bayer CropScience held a panel of researchers to discuss the current hot topic of weed resistance. Arlene Cotie, Product Development Manager with Bayer, took a moment to speak with media regarding her thoughts on weed resistance and how Bayer is pursuing an education process for growers. In 2010 Bayer released their Respect …
Bayer Breaks Ground for Bee Health
Bayer CropScience can easily say they are the only exhibitors with live bees in their booth at the 2013 Farm Progress Show in Decatur. Following the luncheon on the opening day of the show, media got the chance to speak with Bayer researchers regarding the importance of bee health in agriculture. Robyn Kneen, North American Bee Care Manager, and Bill …
Ag Leader Introduces AgFiniti at Farm Progress Show
Ag Leader Technology‘s biggest announcement at Farm Progress Show this week is wireless connectivity in the cab with their new cloud-based platform, AgFiniti®. Users can simply connect the Ag Leader Wi-Fi Adapter to the Ag Leader® Integra or Versa™ display to access a wireless internet network in the cab through any mobile hotspot of their choice, such as a smartphone, …
ILFB Farm Bureau President says Bring the Heat
The locks and dams system along the Mississippi river corridor is aging. Illinois Farm Bureau President, Phillip Nelson says the time is now and through a coalition of the Illinois Corn Growers, Archer Daniels Midland and the St. Louis Carpenter’s Union they are working to educate members of Congress about the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). I got a chance …
Congressmen Visit Farm Progress Show
Two Illinois congressmen visited with agricultural leaders and the media during opening day of the Farm Progress Show in Decatur to talk about issues important to farmers and ranchers. Congressman Rodney Davis, a Republican from the district of Illinois that includes Decatur, is a member of both the House Agriculture and Transportation committees, so he is deeply involved in two …
Bayer’s New Revolution in Agriculture
Today marks the kick-off of the 2013 Farm Progress Show and Bayer Crop Science brought ag media together for a luncheon focused on their show theme, “One World to Grow On.” After hearing from key Bayer representatives, we went through roundtable interviews designed to drive conversation and education. Dr. Mathias Kremer, Head of Strategy for Bayer, spoke to attendees on …
Your ZimmComm Team at Work
Here is your ZimmComm team at the 2013 Farm Progress Show, all fresh and ready to go – before we got to work and started wilting in the heat – standing in front of the new and improved **AIR CONDITIONED** media tent, sponsored by BASF. This is our biggest team ever at any event! That’s me, Cindy Z, on the …