A tradition at Commodity Classic is the New Holland mower drawing. Each year registered growers are entered into a drawing. This year it’s for a New Holland zero turn radius mower. The drawing is held near the end of the trade show session. Hundreds of people gather around to hear Al Pell announce the winner. You have to be present …
Simulated Indy Car Driving
The trade show at Commodity Classic featured all kinds of things you can do. Once again this year the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council brought their Indy simulator car. It was a busy booth from the looks of it when I stopped by. You’ve probably never driven an Indy car and you probably never will. But you can pretend if …
Kip and Kip
Kip Cullers might have one of the most recognizable faces here at Commodity Classic. He’s a corn and soybean yield record holder. I caught this shot of him enjoying some Dippin’ Dots ice cream at the BASF booth. They’ve got a much larger than life size picture of him on their display which is behind him. AgWired coverage of Commodity …
The Berry Best From New Holland
Ed Berry is giving you some perspective here next to a New Holland combine on display at Commodity Classic. Ed is the brand marketing manager for cash crop equipment. I talked with Mike about the different types of equipment they have for growers to check out like the new T7000 series. He give an overview of what’s new about the …
Intelligent Monitoring From New Holland
Mike Harvey is a field marketing specialist for New Holland. He’s part of the team here at Commodity Classic that is helping growers with their questions. I talked to him about their new IntelliView Plus II monitor which they are showing here. He says that one of the features of the unit is that it can be transferred between tractors …
Meet The Commodity Presidents
During the course of the day I got to talk with the Presidents of all three commodity groups that make up Commodity Classic. I asked them each how they thought things were going and what the hot topics were that are being discussed and worked on here. Of course the farm bill is right up on the top of the …
Crackberry Addict
I’m sorry Hugh but I had to do it. I’m sure Hugh Whaley thought he was in a nice quiet little nook away from the crowd as he was working that Blackberry. I guess having just come out of the Commodity Classic trade show with all its noise I was struck with the calm intensity with which Hugh was thumbing …
A Very Successful Boat
Now this is the kind of “booth” I like. Just pull your yacht up to the dock, hang out a banner and say “Y’all stop by now.” Successful Farming had this one parked outside the convention center and people were wandering out to enjoy some sunshine today. Waving from the dock next to the boat is Gene Hemphill and Holly …
BASF Backpacks
People getting on the shuttle buses at Commodity Classic today got a nice new backpack from BASF. I saw them all over the trade show floor this evening. You know how you’re always picking something up at a trade show. The bags gave growers a handy way to carry that stuff around. I kept hearing people who didn’t have one …
Commodity Crab Races
The opening reception at Commodity Classic was sponsored by Syngenta and had all your usual things like food, beverages, music and fellowship. This year it also featured something I’ve never seen before. Crab races. This is definitely out of the ordinary. Basically, you have people betting on who’s crab is going to win. They’re put under a little net in …