Yes, Virginia, there really are family farmers in the United States. The National Corn Growers Association wants the public to know that family farmers not only exist, but are the critical factor that make the nation’s number one industry the world leaders in production of safe and wholesome products. Polling shows that many Americans no longer understand agriculture in their …
Trade Show Kicks Off at BlogWorld
The trade show kicked off this morning here at BlogWorld. I did a walk through video clip for you and for myself to decide which ones I want to go back and spend some time with. So if you’ve never seen what a bunch of geeks getting together looks like, now you’ll know. Video shot and uploaded with my iPhone. …
Getting To Know Fluidigm
The President/CEO and co-Founder of Fluidigm (AgWired Sponsor) is Gajus Worthington. Let’s meet him and learn about the company and how its technology can benefit agribusiness. I met with Gajus at the company headquarters in South San Francisco and asked him a number of questions to help us better understand their core technology. Before getting to the technology, he explains …
How Meat Eaters View Vegetarians
I’m just in a YouTube mood this morning so I thought I’d share this one Cindy sent me a link to. I think you’ll enjoy it. It’s titled, “Vegetarians, from the other point of view!”
Dairy Farmers Visit Kentucky Horse Park
Participants in the Global Dairy 500 Conference were treated to a horse show and dinner at the Kentucky Horse Park. Our visit included seeing multiple horse breeds and riders dressed in traditional costume. I spoke with one of the riders mounted on an Arabian horse named D’artagnan. He’s 11 years old and on loan to the Park by his owner. …
International Breakout Dairy Discussions
After the morning sessions and lunch the Global Dairy 500 participants sit at discussion tables. These breakout sessions are very lively and interactive and on many different topics. I followed along with one led by Brent Lawrence, Alltech. Brent handles the southeast territory of Florida and Georgia. At his table were dairy farmers from the USA, Germany, Korea and the …
The Battle For Milkquarious
The Got Milk folks and milk loving rock star White Gold are about to introduce “The Battle for Milkquarious” which debuts on October 5. Here’s a YouTube video which features “White Gold and Strawberry Summers make some sweet, sweet music… until the milk runs out.”
Why You Should Attend NAFB Convention
Here’s why you should attend this year’s NAFB convention: EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS SOON! Get your registration in now to receive the favored rate! Rates will go up after October 16. Click here to register today! The group rate ($135+ tax) at the Westin expires October 25, so be sure to get your room booked soon. Click here to go directly …
Lots of Views For American Angus Videos
You can’t have viewers unless you put something out there for people to view. The American Angus Association has been doing that with 52 videos in their YouTube channel now. How about views? I’ll bet they’ve got way more than a video clip placed on an internal static web page somewhere where no one can find it! Nearly 60,000 Internet …
BASF Kixor Gets Results
We were happy to see BASF finally get Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration for Kixor® herbicide last week for use on a wide range of crops and effective on more than 70 broadleaf weeds. Four formulations “powered by Kixor” are now available for growers — Sharpen™ herbicide for various crops, OpTill™ herbicide for soybeans, Integrity™ herbicide for corn and Treevix™ …