A tradition at the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Meeting is to have the NAFB President give a pre-general session news and market report. This year NAFB President Lindsay Hill did her duties. You can find Lindsay at Cows & Coffee. I found out that I can hold an iPhone shooting video with my arms raised up for about 4 …
AG CONNECT Expo Showing Significant Growth
This morning the media got an update on AG CONNECT Expo with some statistics you’ll find interesting. Pictured are (l-r), Dennis Slater, President, AEM, Martin Richenhagen, President/CEO, AGCO and Chairman of the show management committee, Charlie O-Brien, VP Ag Sector, AEM and Sara Truesdale Mooney, Show Director. There are 12,000 AG CONNECT Expo and AFBF registrants with more than 60 …
Live Stream – AG CONNECT Expo Opening Ceremonies
We live streamed the opening ceremonies from AG CONNECT Expo here and will post both video and audio later since we have it recorded. In the meantime you can check out our photo album from the link below. It’s growing by the hour! The preview day is history and it’s party time in Atlanta. Post Update: You can listen to …
Trade Show Floor Open at AG CONNECT Expo
The trade show floor is now open on preview day at AG CONNECT Expo. We had quite a crowd waiting to come in which bodes well for the exhibitors here. The show opens up for general admission on Saturday and runs through Monday afternoon. Cindy and I are getting ready to head out on the floor and talk with some …
2011 Advocating For Agriculture Award Winners
The winners of the AG CONNECT Expo 2011 “Advocating for Agriculture” award have been announced. These awards recognize those who support “in a compelling way the work of farmers and ranchers to provide abundant and affordable food and fiber.” Online voting by the Ag community helped select the winners, and more than 12,500 votes were cast for the nine finalists. …
NAAA Treasurer Optimistic For Future
Garrett Lindell, Lindell Aerial Ag Service, Aledo, IL. is the Treasurer for the National Agricultural Aviation Association. I visited with him at the BASF booth during the NAAA convention. He’s also a BASF fan and is pictured with Sue Koning, BASF. Garrett says his business is about 15 years old. He’s got 6 planes on the field and hires up …
NAAA Convention Live Auction
Like a lot of associations, the National Agricultural Aviation Association conducts an auction to raise funds during their convention. Actually, there are both a silent and live auction. The live auction took place at the end of the day yesterday and it was a packed house and a good party. One of the big ticket items was a Pratt & …
Fire Boss 802F Flyby At NAAA Convention
The most exciting part of the first day of the NAAA convention is the flyby done just a few minutes ago. We’re on the Savannah River and attendees were treated to the sight of a Fire Boss 802F make repeated passes in front us, picking up water and then dropping it before pulling up and around before getting to the …
American Ethanol Will Power NASCAR
NASCAR is in the middle of making an announcement of a “major long-term partnership with American Ethanol which is being led by Growth Energy. You can see a video that was just published below. I hope to have some audio from the announcement added after the official public announcement which is taking place in Las Vegas as of this posting. …
Explore Beef Videos
Beef production in action is the focus of a series of videos produced with Beef Checkoff funds. Now let’s see if we can get these seen by someone other than beef farmers! By utilizing beef checkoff resources, America’s cattle farmers and ranchers last week commissioned Close-Up on Modern Beef Production, a millennial movie-making project that helps consumers understand modern beef …