Introducing MyNewHolland.com

Chuck Zimmerman

There’s a new online community open to all farmers and of course customers of New Holland. Today is the launch of MyNewHolland.com. This virtual community is set up to provide a meeting place to share information, contribute to farming related discussions and access premium contents and services. It is very simple to create your account by visiting MyNewHolland.com. Then you’ll …

Agribusiness, Audio, Farming, New Holland, Social Networking

Farmland in the Big Apple

Leah Guffey

Farmland the movie was screened last night at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City. The U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance (USFRA), which has been actively involved in promoting the film across the country, reports that the premiere of Farmland in the Big Apple was a huge success with two packed theaters screening the film. In an age where …

Audio, Farming, USFRA

Industrial Hemp Making its Case

John Davis

Industrial hemp could be on the verge of becoming a respectable alternative crop in the United States, as it once was back when the country was founded and our first president grew it on his farm. Ben Droz with Vote Hemp was one of the attendees at National Agriculture Day last week in Washington, and he’s thrilled to talk about …

Ag Day, Audio, Farming

Farm Movie Screenings Scheduled

Chuck Zimmerman

Movie screenings for The Great American Wheat Harvest have been scheduled and more will be. The first one is April 2, 2014 in Lincoln, NE from 7-9pm which will be the kickoff of the “Heart of America Tour.” The location is The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 313 N. 13th Street. An RSVP is required. Register …

Farming, Harvest, Media, USFRA

Social Media Farmer of the Year Nominations Needed

Chuck Zimmerman

Do you have a favorite farmer using social media? Are you really engaged in the online conversation yourself? Then get your nomination in for the first Social Media Farmer of the Year Award. This award program, which AgWired is a sponsor of, is being conducted by Phil Lempert, Food Nutrition & Science. You might know Phil as the Supermarket Guru. …

Farming, Food, Social Media

Vote now – Youth in Agriculture Blog Competition

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s a chance to support young agricultural bloggers. It’s the Youth in Agriculture Blog Competition or YoBloCo Awards. The entries are all in and it’s time for the public to vote. It’s a very simple process too. You can vote here. The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), in collaboration with FARA, Yam-Pukri, CAFAN, AYF, ANAFE, SPC, …

Ag Groups, Farming, International, Social Networking

Hortau Tweet Gets our Attention

Cindy Zimmerman

As I said before, we were so busy at Commodity Classic even with four people we were unable to cover everything we wanted to cover, but one company did something that caught our attention and made us go out of our way to meet them. @Hortau Simplified Irrigation sent a tweet to @Agriblogger asking him to come by and do …

Audio, Commodity Classic, Corn, Farming, Irrigation, Precision Agriculture

Impressive StollerUSA Grower Panel at Classic

Cindy Zimmerman

We really, really tried, but even with four people at Commodity Classic we were just unable to see and do everything, and one of the companies we regret missing was StollerUSA. However, the good news is that hundreds of growers from around the country were able to find out more of what StollerUSA has to offer from farmers like themselves. …

Audio, Commodity Classic, Corn, Farming

FarmLink Offers TrueHarvest Benchmarking Tool

Cindy Zimmerman

A new benchmarking tool has been developed by FarmLink that can help farmers get the fullest potential from their operations. “We’re helping a farmer identify where he should go find yield in a cost effective manner and other areas where he’s doing great,” says company president Scott Robinson about the tool they call TrueHarvest, which uses objective data to show …

Audio, Farming, Precision Agriculture, Technology

Register Today For New Farmer Summit

Jamie Johansen

Attention new and aspiring farmers you can learn about both the field and financial sides of farming while making valuable connections at the two-day New Farmer Summit April 4 and 5, 2014 at Primrose Valley Farm near New Glarus, WI. The low-cost event includes 24 practical workshops on topics such as caring for livestock, organic vegetables, orchards, bees, soil, equipment …

Ag Groups, Education, Events, Farming