It’s winter. It’s Nebraska. It’s just plain cold. And it seems as though everything is frozen: my fingers, the pond where the cows drink from, the cat’s water bowl and the lake. The ducks are circled around the last remaining water here in this picture … and the kids asked when we could go swimming! I told them unless you …
Happy Holidays from MGEX
Happy Holidays from our friends at MGEX. Wishing all a healthy and happy holiday season and a prosperous New year. All the best to you, your family and your company, Mark G. Bagan Jesse Marie Green Layne Carlson James Facente Blake Tiedeman
GOP Senate Ag Committee Members Named
The new Republican majority Senate has made committee assignments for the 114th Congress. For the Agriculture Committee, the new faces are Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Joni Ernst of Iowa, David Perdue of Georgia and Thom Tillis of North Carolina – all newly elected senators. Retired senators include Republicans Mike Johanns of Nebraska and Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, and Democrat …
The View From Here
Today Aunt Jeanette writes: Several weeks ago Dan was at a board meeting in San Antonio, Texas. He sent a text to me while he was on the San Antonio River Walk. It was a gorgeous day there. Unfortunately, our weather had changed – it was cold and WINDY! As the texts went back and forth between us, he asked …
I’m on the Top of the World
Today, Aunt Jeanette writes: Okay, I have to confess, I am not really the one looking down. I do not like high places. I don’t think I am afraid, but I would rather have my feet on the ground. The one exception is that I love to fly. I am entranced by the view from an airplane window. I would …
Oh, the irony!
When ZimmComm gave me the creative liberty back in 2010 to write a weekly column on AgWired, I began to brainstorm ideas for a “category title” for my posts. I knew I wanted it to be about agriculture and the life of a farm girl, back on the farm. That day, I took a walk … and thus the brainchild …
BudStraps for Your Ear Buds
There are a lot of Kickstarter campaigns going on and I will continue to sift through them to bring your attention to something that today’s AgNerd would be interested in. Here’s one with a product called BudStraps. I don’t know about you but I don’t always want to have my earbuds in my ears. So what do you do with …
Deere Named to Global List for Leadership
Our friends at Deere & Company have been selected in the top 20 on a list recognizing best-in-class management practices, especially in the area of leadership development. This company news release says Deere comes in at number 16 on the 2014 Global Top Companies for Leaders list, the third year in a row the company has made the list. “Top …
Unforeseen Surprises
Paperwork. Files. Back up your computer. Organize. Folders. Record retention. Any of these things sounding familiar? It’s what we all do – we keep things around, just in case if we need them again in the future. As I was doing that a couple of weeks ago – digging back through old files to repurpose something for a #TBT (throw-back-Thursday) …
“Oh, The Places You’ve Been, And The Places You’ll Go!”
Today Aunt Jeanette writes: Future Farmers of America, Fantastic Future of America, Finest Folks Around, Fabulous Fun-loving All-Around Students – whatever you would like the acronym to stand for, the bottom line is that this group of Future Farmers of America is a reason to celebrate! Sandy Creek is a small Class C-2 school located in south central Nebraska. Students …