Here are a few parting shots and thoughts from the National Farm Machinery Show. First up, this cute little pup (I think his name was Mitchell) hopped up on the New Holland Boomer 8N for a great photo op. He did get tired of the attention pretty quickly, but not before his owners and several by-standers snapped him sitting in …
FinOvation Awards
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 …
Farm Machinery Show in the Dark
Ever wonder what it would be like if the electricity went out at a major trade show in a huge expo center? I never did, but we found out yesterday evening and this morning here at the National Farm Machinery Show. Here are a couple of little videos I shot when the lights went out. Yesterday evening, 5:30 pm: This …
High Fives for John Deere
The John Deere 5 Series utility tractors take up a significant portion of the booth space at the National Farm Machinery show and served yet another purpose – as seating for many at the show taking a break from walking around the 1.2 million square feet of exhibit space! John Deere has introduced a large volume of new tractors this …
Tricia Toughing It Out In Guatemala
The U. S. Grains Council has a delegation on a trip to Guatemala this week and RFD Radio’s Tricia Braid-Terry is there on location. I’m not sure if you can tell which one of these Guatemala Hooters girls is Tricia but she wants us to know that she’s surviving. She also mentioned something about salsa music. You know they’ve got …
Greg Akagi Is Part of the Team
At this morning’s Producer Huddle, formerly known as general session 2, the President-Elect of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, Greg Akagi, was on stage. The session was a sports team theme so Greg’s comments followed that line. When he was finished he got everyone to “break the huddle” by yelling “team.” You can listen to Greg here: cic-09-akagi.mp3 There …
Evan Slack’s 50th Consecutive Cattle Industry Convention
At this evening’s media reception my good buddy Evan Slack, Evan Slack Network, was honored when NCBA President, Andy Groseta, called him up to the podium to congratulate him on 50 consecutive years of covering the Cattle Industry Convention. Evan says he’s seen a lot of changes in that time. I’m sure he has. Evan has always been a big …
Fabulous Farm Babe Interview
In case you don’t know the sweet, demure and charming Fabulous Farm Babe, Pam Jahnke, you can read an interview with her in the Wisconsin State Journal. Here’s an excerpt: Melanie Conklin: I can guess how farming got into your blood, growing up on a farm. But why journalism? Pam Jahnke: I went to school at UW-River Falls to be …
A Culture of Meat in Print
This sounds like a magazine I would enjoy. Just the name conjures up savory images – Meatpaper. Meatpaper is a print magazine of art and ideas about meat. We like metaphors more than marinating tips. We are your journal of meat culture. At once divisive and universal, delicious and disturbing, funny and dead-serious, meat polarizes us unlike any other food; …
Agriculture’s Endless Career Possibilities
I didn’t always know that I wanted to pursue a career in agriculture. I grew up on a cattle ranch in Eastern South Dakota, and because I lived in a “big” city, I was constantly teased for being a cowgirl. I hated being thought of as a hick, and when I started high school, I vowed to change my reputation …