Iowa based Kum & Go is a huge supporter of Iowa farmers. They sell ethanol and they sell products in their store made from corn. In Iowa, 31 of their stations sell E85 and in total 62 of their stations sell E85. In addition, every Kum & Go station offers consumers the choice to choose E10. The company is so …
Fans Get Pumped Up During Ethanol Pump Rally
Many people have no idea exactly how many products are made with corn as an ingredient, myself included. But I learned a lot about just how important corn is to our daily lives during today’s Iowa Corn Fed Game Day pump rally held at the Kum & Go in Riverside, Iowa. Here are a few other things I learned today …
Whoa, Nelly, Big Bud is Big
Whoa Nelly AgWired peeps. Have you seen how BIG Big Bud is? Big Bud is the world’s largest tractor and one of the biggest draws at this year’s
I Scream for Ice Cream
You scream, I scream we all screamed for ice cream during this year’s Farm Progress Show. The weather may have been damp and somewhat dreary, but it didn’t stop the crowds from enjoying some homemade ice cream from Beekmans Homemade Ice Cream. They made vanilla, chocolate, peach, and raspberry delights right on site. All the ingredients came from local farmers …
Vote For Bunge M.O.E. in Great Food Truck Race
For breakfast this morning I went to the Bunge M.O.E. at the Pioneer Hi-Bred exhibit at the Farm Progress Show. My biscuit and ingredients were cooked with Plenish, the new high oleic soybean oil being developed by Pioneer. Bunge Chef Adam was doing the cooking and you can meet him in the video clip. The Bunge M.O.E. is competing in …
Beating Wind and Rain at Farm Progress Show
It was a little wet out here at the Farm Progress Show this morning but the sun is shining now and it’s drying out. Before the show got started I found a couple of examples of what the wind and rain did here. Kudos to the show site builders. I think we have had a great example of how the …
New Holland Unveils T8 and T9 Tractors
New Holland unveiled their new T8 and T9 Tractors today at the Farm Progress Show. Prior to the unveiling the company held a press conference. I’ve got the audio for you below. The rain miraculously stopped just as it was time for the outdoor unveiling. What timing! New Holland T8 Series tractors combine the productivity enhancing speed and stability of …
Cows Under The Influence?
I have got to agree with Trent Loos on this. He says, “Tell me why a good video about how cows improve human lives get no traction on YouTube and this thing has 4.1 million views….OOOOOHHHHHH Why? By the way how many cows were used to make this?” I am not sure the answer to that. Perhaps the cows weren’t …
Iowa Farmers Participate in Biomass Harvest
Eighty-five farmers in and around Emmetsburg, Iowa have become early adopters by participating in the world’s largest biomass harvest for cellulosic ethanol ever. Over the next year, nearly 60,000 tons of bone-dry light corn stover and corn cobs will be delivered to Project Liberty in an effort to refine biomass harvesting, storage and transportation techniques in time for the production …
“Big Bud” at Farm Progress
The world’s largest tractor is sure to be a big attraction at the 2010 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa next week. The Big Bud 747 tractor was built in Havre, Montana by Ron Harmon and the crew of the Northern Manufacturing Company. Measuring 27 feet long, 20 feet wide, and 14 feet tall, and weighing in at 100,000 pounds, …