BASF Announces Plans for 2014

Cindy Zimmerman

BASF recently announced plans to expand its services and initiatives for growers and agricultural professionals worldwide in 2014 through a significant investment in the development of new IT tools. “The initiatives that were announced reflect the very strong commitment by BASF to the agricultural industry to provide modern tools to help growers get the most out of every acre,” said …

Agribusiness, Audio, BASF, John Deere, Precision Agriculture

Dow AgroSciences and John Deere Form Collaboration

Chuck Zimmerman

Here’s a development that comes right out of the John Deere Developer’s Conference this year in which the company opened up it’s MyJohnDeere platform to other companies to develop applications that would integrate with all the data that the platform creates. Helping farmers get more value per acre through the expert analysis of production data is the goal of a …

Agribusiness, Audio, John Deere, Precision Agriculture

Getting Ready for New John Deere 2014 Tractors

Cindy Zimmerman

With the new year will come newly redesigned John Deere tractors for 2014 that offer updates that farmers will really appreciate. Jarrod McGinnis, division manager of the 7 and 8 series tractors with John Deere, was talking about the new tractors during the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) meeting in Kansas City. You might recall that Jarrod gave us …

Agribusiness, Audio, John Deere, NAFB, Tractor

John Deere Opens MyJohnDeere Platform

Jamie Johansen

At today’s NAFB Trade Talk, John Deere’s had a big announcement about their MyJohnDeere platform collaborating software developers and companies. Cindy spoke with Product Marketing Manager for John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group, Chris Batdorf, during the fast-paced event. “Last summer we introduced a product called Wireless Data Transfer and that helped to do away with the USB stick and seamlessly …

Agribusiness, Audio, Farming, John Deere, NAFB, Technology

Hand-Held Grain Moisture Tester

Talia Goes

To help producers more accurately monitor the condition of their grain during harvest and in storage, John Deere introduces the GT-30300 Grain Moisture Tester. This new hand-held device provides direct readout of moisture and test weight for 20 different grains in seconds, without pre-weighing the samples, at the touch of a button. According to Barry Deiters, product manager with John …

Agribusiness, John Deere, Technology

John Deere Supports Global Harvest Initiative

Cindy Zimmerman

One of the many agricultural companies represented at the World Food Prize symposium last week in Des Moines was John Deere, which is a member of the Global Harvest Initiative (GHI) along with companies such as Elanco, DuPont Pioneer, and Monsanto. I spoke with Cory Reed, Senior VP of John Deere’s Intelligent Solutions Group, about the release of GHI’s 4th …

Agribusiness, Audio, Elanco, John Deere, Technology, World Food Prize

Howard Buffett Foundation Initiatives Announced

Cindy Zimmerman

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and philanthropist/farmer Howard G. Buffett were the stars at the World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogues today in Des Moines, launching new initiatives to address conservation, hunger and poverty issues in Africa. For one, the Howard G. Buffett Foundation has formed a partnership with John Deere and DuPont Pioneer to promote conservation agriculture adoption and …

Agribusiness, Audio, Farming, Food, John Deere, Pioneer, World Food Prize

John Deere Dealer Perspective

Chuck Zimmerman

Jeff Barnes, Greenway Equipment, a John Deere dealership, is their manager of farm technology. He says yesterday’s announcements from John Deere of their new Developer.Deere.com portal and the MyJohnDeere Data API is a big step for the company. I talked with him to get his perspective on what the company is doing. He says their dealership has been actively involved …

Agribusiness, Audio, John Deere, Precision Agriculture

MyJohnDeere.com Changing the Skyscape

Chuck Zimmerman

We were welcomed to the John Deere API Integrator Conference today in the beautiful World Food Prize building which will be very busy next week for the annual WFP event. To get a preview of what John Deere is doing here by bringing in representatives from 50 companies from 8 countries and 3 continents I spoke with Chuck Schleusner. Chuck …

Agribusiness, Apps, Audio, John Deere