A pocketbook sized in-field reference is now available that provides a variety of applicable information for row crop producers and crop specialists throughout the Corn Belt. The 2008 “Corn and Soybean Field Guide” includes improved photos for easier identification of insects, weeds, plant diseases, herbicide injuries and nutrient deficiencies. “This publication has a lot of practical information for people in …
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Have a nice Missouri sunrise to start your day. I only had my Blackberry Curve with me when I was out early this morning so this pic could be better. I’m still not impressed with phone cameras although this one is way better than I had on the Treo. Anyway, this is your weekly reminder to enter the AgWired Survey …
Center for Global Food Issues Warns Farmers Can Either Produce Food or Fuel
Harry Siemens – The director of the Hudson Institute’s Center for Global Food Issues warns society will ultimately have to decide whether farmers should be producing food or fuel. The U.S. government recently mandated the increased use of biodiesel and ethanol fuel. Center for Global Food issues director Dennis Avery estimates global farm output will have to double just to …
There Is No Greater Sacrifice
I know that you AgWired loyalists will remember Paul McKellips. He’s a co-founder of a great sounding organization that I thought I’d bring to your attention. It’s No Greater Sacrifice. I will make no excuses for my support of our military men and women and this sounds like a good organization to support. The men and women of the United …
New Talent At Colle McVoy
Colle McVoy has added some new talent. Todd Zerger has been hired as Interactive Associate Creative Director. He joins the agency from Periscope, where he worked onprojects for national consumer brands like Red Bull and Arctic Cat. Metin Sozen is the newest member of the Creative group and will perform duties as an Art Director. Sozen received his education at …
B2B Finding Success With Emerging Media
There’s a great article on eMarketer today that anyone involved in agricultural marketing ought to take a look at. No, they don’t use the word “farmers” but when we’re talking business to business what else is agribusiness to farmers? They point to several studies for those of you looking for justification information. Guideline asked B2B and B2C marketers to rate …
Blog Usage Up According To BIGresearch
For those of you who are always looking for new information about the use of media here’s an interesting study. Multitasking media is up according to a new SIMM study from BIGresearch. “Technology is creating new media options faster than most people can assimilate and is causing more multitasking,” said Gary Drenik, President of BIGresearch. “Unfortunately for marketers faced with …
AgWired Survey 2008 Contest Giveaway
It’s time once again to survey you dedicated AgWired fans. Well, even if you’re not dedicated we still need to hear from you. To get you excited we’re going to pick one lucky winner from all the people who participate in our survey for a brand new, personalized 4G iPod Nano. Yes, you’ve wanted one, now you have a chance …
Technorati Ranking For AgWired
According to David Sifry at Technorati the blog search engine is now indexing 112 million blogs. That’s up from the last time I heard an update from him (35 million). This one was posted on Blogspotting. He also says that there’s about 112,000 new ones each day. You can see the AgWired summary on Technorati. This is interesting because Technorati …
Henry Domke Fine Art
I know a lot of you out there are photographers, some are even professionals. That’s why I thought you might be interested to see how someone has turned their passion for taking pictures into a new career. I first met Henry Domke when I went in to my local doctor’s office for some kind of checkup and my primary was …