What’s New With Trimble and Pioneer

Chuck Zimmerman

ZimmCast 243In this holiday shortened week the ZimmCast will feature two interviews I conducted at the recent NAFB convention to find out what’s new in the world of agribusiness from Trimble and Pioneer Hi-Bred.

I interviewed George Huber, Trimble, who talks about virtual reference stations and “the connected farm.” He says this allows you to get data to and from your vehicle while it’s working in the field. I also interviewed Jeff Schussler, Pioneer Hi-Bred, who talks about the work the company is doing with drought tolerance in corn.

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Zimfo Bytes

Melissa Sandfort

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  • Kleffmann Group has once again grown this year. In 2009, the group’s turnover will increase by 5.2% to $28.5 million despite the tough times the market research industry has encountered as a whole.
  • Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an agreement with U.S. dairy producers to accelerate adoption of innovative manure to energy projects on American dairy farms.
  • The Appaloosa Horse Club is proud to announce the induction of five pillars of the Appaloosa community into the Hall of Fame.
  • Certified Angus Beef LLC, despite a challenging global economy in fiscal 2009, achieved record sales for the third consecutive year.
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    Seasons Greetings From NOLZ Limousin

    Amanda Nolz

    NOLZ-Logo In addition to being a blogger and speaker in the agriculture industry, I also raise cattle with my parents, Dave and Peggy Nolz and younger sisters, Courtney and Kaley. On behalf of my family, NOLZ Limousin of Mitchell, S.D., is wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2010.

    Of course, visitors are always welcome at our operation. We have purebred Limousin bulls and females for sale by private treaty. Also, we hope to see some of you at the 2010 Sioux Empire Red Carpet Show and Sale this January, where we will be selling two herd bull prospects.

    Thanks for your friendship and support. Merry Christmas from NOLZ Limousin!

    Beef

    Congress Requests USDA Climate Change Analysis Update

    Amanda Nolz

    usda Leaders in Congress are questioning the Secretary Vilsack’s assertion that the USDA analysis of the climate change report if flawed, and they have written the department to tell them just that.

    In their letters, U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and U.S. Representative Frank Lucas (R-Okla.) discussed Vilsack’s past remarks on the big issue of climate change. In a recent press release, their letters to USDA were shared.

    Senator Chambliss and Representative Lucas, both ranking members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees respectively, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack last Friday regarding his recent remarks on the Department’s climate change legislation analysis. Chambliss and Lucas said the statement made by Sec. Vilsack implies a lack of confidence in the modeling used by both USDA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Additionally, they ask that both the USDA and EPA report to the House and Senate Agriculture Committees on the problems with the economic model in order to reflect realistic scenarios while examining the impact of cap and trade on the agriculture and forestry sectors.

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    Blogging From The Beach

    Chuck Zimmerman

    cz-cz-pcbPosting will be light this week but that doesn’t mean there won’t be any. Just because Cindy and I are enjoying a vacation doesn’t mean no activity. We have a number of stories planned for you. We’ve just got to fit them in with relaxation.

    In fact, as I post this watching the beach, I’m feeling very relaxed.

    So, we’ll be on and off line and hoping that early forecasts of a major midwest winter storm are very wrong.

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    Stream Live From Your iPhone

    Chuck Zimmerman

    ustream-iphoneHeads up farm podcasters and agribloggers. The new media game just ramped up a notch.

    So you’ve got your iPhone and have mastered tweeting photos right? How about streaming live audio/video from it? Now you can thanks to the new Ustream.tv app.

    I’ve already tried it and it works great. It uses either your 3G signal or wifi. It also integrates with your Twitter account to notify your followers that you’re now live.

    Ustream.tv is the power behind Agwired Live TV. I’m thinking we may be doing even more of this in 2010.

    Equipment

    Off The Cob Podcast

    Chuck Zimmerman

    ncga-cobThe National Corn Growers Association has just started a new podcast series.

    Welcome to “Off the Cob”, an original podcast series produced by the National Corn Growers Association. This series features interviews with grower-leaders on hot topics in agriculture and will expand media options for those wishing to further their knowledge of the industry.

    The first piece looks at the history and future of the maize genome sequencing project with former Research and Business Development Action Team Chair Pam Johnson, a grower from Floyd, Iowa. Johnson shares the unique perspective that she gained on the project while working tirelessly to help NCGA find the funding necessary to complete the monumental collaborative effort.

    You can listen to the first episode here.

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    John Walter is Social Media Superstar

    Chuck Zimmerman

    Successful AwardMedia Industry News selected one of our own as a Social Media Superstar. He’s John Walter, Successful Farming Executive Editor. John knows where we’ve been when it comes to convincing agrimarketers that farmers are like “regular people” when it comes to new and social media. Congratulations to him for this recognition!

    Walter was one of the founders of Agriculture.com, the online community of Successful Farming and the very first website of any Meredith publication. Since then, Walter has constantly strived to create new online resources for farmers that can make a real, and profitable, difference for their operations. Most recently, he helped launch Farmers of the Future (www.farmersforthefuture.com), a social network for young and aspiring farmers.

    “A lot of people in ag seem to think the jury is still out on whether or not farmers are going to embrace social media, reminiscent of the debates I heard about farmers and the Internet,” says Walter. “It’s clear that farmers have figured out how to make the Internet an integral part of their operations. And the farmers who continue to incorporate social media tools into their business mix are the real innovators who will be the future of production ag. That’s the audience we’re reaching with both our print and online media properties.”

    Pictured are John (left) and Successful Farming’s Jeff Caldwell, Multimedia Editor with their recent MIN Integrated Marketing Awards.

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