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™ …
Syngenta CEO at New Seeds HQ
Syngenta Seeds Headquarters Opening Photo Album The CEO of Switzerland-based Syngenta helped to do the honors of opening the new headquarters of Syngenta Seeds in Minnetonka, MN on Monday. Mike Mack says the new building represents Syngenta planting the seeds of the future. “We’re really proud of this extraordinary building which embodies the forward-looking, sustainable qualities and spirit of innovation …
Pigs Didn’t Start H1N1 Song
This is why I love YouTube. Thank you NCGA on Twitter for pointing it out. This is hilarious. It’s H1N1!! Good job Putnam Pig.
Penn & Teller on Dr. Borlaug
There is absolutely no way I can improve on what Penn & Teller say about Dr. Norman E. Borlaug. This video has been out for a while but I just saw it for the first time and I’m still laughing. Penn Jillette narrates this video and let’s just say he expresses my thoughts on Greenpeace wackos perfectly with the word, …
Farm Progress Show Harvest Demo
The corn was still green but that didn’t stop a rainbow of combines from demonstrating their skills at the 2009 Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois last week. Watch this YouTube video of the New Holland CR9080 doing its thing:
Farm Progress Show Drive Through
While I was driving my golf cart through the Farm Progress Show yesterday I shot a short video clip so you can see what the crowd was like. You can also get a sense of how nice the weather was and is again today. Farm Progress Show Photo Album AgWired coverage of the 2009 Farm Progress Show is sponsored by: …
A New Holland Legend Returns
The New Holland Rustler utility vehicle isn’t the only attention grabber here at the Farm Progress Show. The retro Boomer 8N is also front and center. I spoke with New Holland Product Manager, Paul Trella, about their new products like the Boomer 8N. The latest addition to the company’s Boomer line, the redesigned 8N features distinctive, timeless styling, a Continuously …
If You Haven’t Already, Reach Teach Learn
Have you ever summited Mt. Everest? I haven’t but Lance Fox has. He is a technical service veterinarian for Alpharma, and his successes both in his job and in his personal life have trained him to become a natural role model for children across America as part of the Reach Teach Learn ag educational program. “My role is to educate …