In just a short amount of time these FFA students packaged 20,000 nutritious meals for the Mid-South Food Bank during the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show held in Memphis, TN. This doubles the number of meals put together last year. The endeavor was part of an outreach program by Kids Care. The Mid-South Food Bank was founded 1981 and is …
WWE Hall of Famer Visits Gin Show
Jerry “The King” Lawler, WWE Hall of Fame member, was on hand during the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show at the AgXplore booth. He was there to work with a good friend of his who is president and CEO AgXplore, Barry Aycock. Those fortunate to stroll by the AgXplore booth were greeted by the WWE wrestler who was available for …
The Wild Radish Song
I like radishes. But like some folks in Australia, not the wild kind. A parody of the Gotye hit “Somebody I used to know” by agronomic consultant Bill Long, who farms on the Yorke Peninsula of South Australia as well as consults to a number of farmers in the region. This is a farmer’s lament on attempts to control wild …
New Holland Auto Command Lesson
My first lesson during the New Holland Operation Blue Force field training event was in a T7 210 Auto Command CVT transmission tractor. My teacher was Luke Zerby. He says this tractor is perfect for hay and forage work. Luke talked me through the control stick which is mounted on a Sidewinder II comfy armrest. The controls allow you to …
2014 Bayer Sustainability Award
During the ninth annual Ag Issues Forum last week, Bryan Boll of Minnesota was the recipient of the 2014 Bayer Young Farmer Sustainability Award. Bryan believes the key to sustainability is to look at your operation individually and see areas in which you can improve. I interviewed Bryan about the award and what sustainability means to him. Bryan is the …
FMC Shares Cotton Products to Growers
While in the FMC exhibit at the recent Mid-South Farm & Gin Show, Chuck spoke with Don Johnson and Rusty Mitchell about some new products cotton growers can take advantage of. Rusty shared how proud they are of their newest cotton harvest aid for cotton growers. “We have Display, our cotton defoliation product, that we launched year. We had very …
2014 FMC Stand and Be Heard Contest
FMC says “We’re Investing in farming’s future℠ with our new Anthem® and Anthem® ATZ herbicides and $25,000 in college scholarships as prizes in the 2014 Stand & Be Heard Anthem Singing Contest.” Last year’s winner – Noelle Goodson, a freshman at Cornerstone University – was on stage singing the National Anthem opening the general session at the 2014 Commodity Classic …
BASF Spotlights Future of Farming
Over 7,000 people had the opportunity to visit the BASF Crop Protection USA booth at the Commodity Classic to learn more about the future of farming – by video and through the eyes of children. The newest video from BASF, featuring fun facts about how far the industry has progressed and how we must advance in order to meet the …
BIVI Dances the Night Away with Time Machine
Attendees of the Boehringer Ingelheim (BIVI) Swine Health Seminar danced the night away at the new Dallas Cowboys football stadium last night. Treated to great food, fun games, cheerleaders, a football player and great music, the crowd “Scored with BIVI in the Big D.” BIVI’s guests were able to take photos with former Dallas Cowboy player Chad Hennings, who happens …
Farm & Gin Show Puppy Giveaway 2-Time Winner
What are the chances that you would win a puppy drawing two years in a row? That’s what happened to Louanna Garrett, Seneasha Farms, Goodman, Miss., yesterday here at the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show. She’s pictured with Jimmy McMahan, Sur-Shot Retrievers, Covington, Tenn. and his partner. I interviewed Louanna and Jimmy afterward. I also met and interviewed a previous …