This is a pretty incredible work of art. At least I think I’d call it art. I don’t know about you but I’ve never carved a pumpkin that I’d be willing to enter into a competition.
This “ethanol” pumpkin was carved by William Hughes from Versailles, Ind. It turned out to be one of the award winning pumpkins at the Indiana State Fair. After the fair concluded, the pumpkin made an appearance at Endress + Hauser’s Greenwood, Ind. facility. Some of their employees are posing with it. They make measuring instruments and automation solutions for industries like ethanol production.
In case you can’t make it out, the pumpkin displays stalks of corn, the “e” logo and a car. The pumpkin weighed in at more than 400 lbs.
Here’s a shot of Willie Vogt, editorial director, 
“Marketing at Top Speed” was the lesson presented to agrimarketers at the NAMA Boot Camp Thursday in Kansas City by 
The agricultural media met for breakfast this morning prior to some classroom presentations and heard from John Lagemann, John Deere, Vice President, Sales – Ag Marketing, Lenexa. 
Farmers and growers will have the opportunity to talk business, politics and more at the first-annual 
The 2007 DTN/Progressive Farmer Ag Summit, “Grow and Prosper: Producer Strategies for High-Risk, High-Reward Agriculture,” will help growers identify grain industry trends for 2008 and refine their marketing and business strategies to deal with them.
The show put on for us here at the John Deere product introduction took over an hour so I’ve edited a video clip of it down to 10 minutes to fit on YouTube for you. It’ll give you a flavor of the show, including the music. 
The John Deere product launch is a real show that includes a full band. These guys started out on drop down mini round stages before stepping out onto the floor.
To give you some perspective on how many new products are being brought to the marketplace by John Deere I thought a list would help. It’s a big one like they’ve been saying and farmers will be seeing most of them on display at shows coming up like next week’s Farm Progress Show.
Here at the John Deere product launch the media and securities analysts are in a classroom session to hear from company representatives on new product topics like tractors, combines, cotton handling and precision gear.
At the conclusion of the stage show tonight we heard from John Deere Senior Vice President, Agricultural Marketing – North America, Australia & Asia, Doug DeVries. Doug came out to thank the dealers who work directly with the customers.