Bananas are a staple of Southeast Asia. In Thailand, small crepes stuffed with bananas, chocolate and condensed milk are popular treats and are often the staple for the average backpacker. Banana shakes are also a favorite. (Personally, I go for banana-coconut shakes.) The same goes for Cambodia as well as Vietnam. Although, neither of those countries offer “banana pancakes” that …
Agri-Culture: Viet Tea
Tea is just as common of a drink in Vietnam as coffee. Well, green tea that is. Vietnamese black tea is used for exports. But the green tea is a local favorite. At most restaurants, you get Vietnamese tea free with every meal. Some restaurants serve better local tea than others. Sometimes, it can be quite bland. Other times, the …
Hey Pumpkin, Visit Austria/Slovenia
Yes, pumpkin. They’re big in the part of the world that this year’s IFAJ Congress is taking place. Two countries for the price of one. Listen to this week’s program to find out more. Cindy and I are hoping to attend this year and sample what Dr. Franz Fischler says are some of their exceptional wines. This morning I talked …
Agri-Culture: The Vietnamese Coffee Bean
I didn’t just see hills covered in coffee plants during my motorcycle excursion through central Vietnam. I also witnessed just how the locals dry their beans. No, there are no big factories or warehouses with some sort of huge electrical dryers as you might imagine. The Vietnamese way isn’t quite so fancy or complicated. The locals just lay some tarp …
New Holland in Thailand
I’m sure most of you didn’t know this, but I haven’t quite made it back home from the Agritechnica event I covered in Germany in early November. In fact, I’ve only ventured further from home… all the way to Thailand. My first impression of farming in Thailand left me thinking that most of the farming operations were small and local, …
Ulitmately the Consumer will have to pay more…..
Harry Siemens – As we come to the end of this year, several thoughts come to mind. The first is how things have changed for the main sectors in agriculture: Grain and special crops and the cattle and hog industries. Twelve months ago, the grains industry was wondering what 2007 would be like prices wise, having just come off an …
Harry’s Christmas Message
From Laurelle, Harry, Judith, and Lynn Siemens, Winkler, Manitoba Canada: Three of the most powerful men of their time that first Christmas focused on Jesus – Psalm 148:11, 13 – Kings of the earth, and all people; princes , and all judges of the earth. . .Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name alone is excellent; …
Case IH Caters to Large Western European Operations
Large, professional operations, that’s what Case IH focuses on in Western Europe. So, it’s fitting that Case IH is introducing the largest tractor to ever hit the European Market at the farm machinery event in Europe, Agritechnica 2007. The new MAGNUM 335 delivers up to 368 hp with 1,900 rev/min. Case IH also claims the MAGNUM 335 delivers the highest …
New Holland Earns 3 Medals at Agritechnica
New Holland Communications Manager, Klaus Senghaas like to think their exhibit is the major player in Hall 3 of Agritechnica 2007. The three medals New Holland has secured this year suggest that just might be the case. With 2,000 meters of floor space, New Holland has a handful of tractors and 4 combines on display. The German Agriculture Society, or …
John Deere iSolutions Make Precision Technology Easy to Understand
One of the biggest client-customer programs offered at the John Deere Agritechnica exhibit is the iSolutions program. Paul Leathem, the manager of John Deere Advertising in Africa, Europe and the Middle East, explains that AMS technology is well known in both North America and Europe, but the technology is less understood in Europe. He says iSolutions is meant to explain …