Gutan Tag from BASF headquarters in Ludwigshafen, Germany! BASF rotates media events for agricultural journalists between the United States and Germany – with the odd years being for European media with a small group from the U.S. Organized by the incomparable Pat Morrow, the event is always first class and often includes a visit to the equally incomparable BASF Weinkeller …
Ethanol’s Positive Impact on Rural Economy
Nearly 200 area farmers attended a New Holland American Ethanol Producers Club event Wednesday at Absolute Energy, an ethanol biorefinery located near Lyle, Minnesota. The event, which was the 12th held at ethanol plants around the country this year, was designed to introduce producers who provide corn for the plant to the partnership between New Holland, Growth Energy and American …
Selling House Water Bill on Social Media
The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is using social media to promote the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2013 (WRRDA) introduced last week by the committee. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) narrates a whiteboard-doodled YouTube video on why the legislation to improve our nation’s waterway infrastructure “matters to every American, the Nation’s economy, jobs, and our …
Argentine Cowhide Sledding
What do Argentine gauchos do out in the pampas when they are bored and maybe have had a little too much Quilmes to drink? They tie dried cowhides to their horses and drag each other around in them. Seriously. I don’t know what it’s called – there must be a name for it – so I just call it cowhide …
Get Ready for 2014 IFAJ Congress
On to Scotland! It’s the 2014 Congress of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists. I got my passport and I see that Karen Simon has hers. She’s pictured with 2014 Pre-Congress Joint-Chair Adrian Bell. The Congress is being hosted by the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists for an unprecedented sixth time. The them is “Innovations from a Small Island” and …
How Farmers Feed & Fuel America
This is a great video by Fuels America that explains how our farmers are feeding and fueling America. Agriculture in the U.S. is more sustainable than ever. We may be producing more food per acre but we’re doing it with less energy, less water and fewer resources than ever and “we’re just getting started.” So who wouldn’t want a cleaner …
New Holland Attention Getting Combines
If you visit a New Holland exhibit at the farm shows this season you can not miss the big yellow CR9000 Combines and corn heads. This one was on display at the Farm Progress Show and showing it off to the ag media was New Holland’s Nigel McKenzie. These bad boys continue the more than 35-year pure “Twin Rotor® bloodline” …
Touring New Holland Products at Farm Progress Show
During setup for this year’s Farm Progress Show our Jamie Johansen talked with New Holland’s Mike Cornman about new products that New Holland would be displaying at the show. Then during the show New Holland brought ag media representatives in to their exhibit for a breakfast walk through of the products on display. I’ve got a couple of videos to …
Ruralisima TV Program 1
There’s a new tv show in Argentina and I’m happy to have been included! It’s Ruralisima TV, produced by Uno Sei. I hope you speak spanish but if you don’t you can find me at about 18:30 in and I only speak English. This was a short interview on our boat ride in which we talked about why participation in …
Argentinian Citrus Grove
We told you earlier about our visit to La Campiña, owned by Cesar and Mónica Cahen D’Anvers, near Rosario, Argentina. The main crop grown on this farm is oranges – both a local variety and navels – and they are cultivated for export to mostly European markets as well as in the making of various juices, jams, jellies and candies …