New Holland is giving corn/soybean/wheat growers a chance to win a blue iPod this year at Commodity Classic.
Like last year all my interviews and pictures will be loaded onto the iPod before it gets shipped to the winner.
All growers have to do is go by the New Holland booth which I believe is number 333.
There’s really no stopping the iPod movement!
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Last year I had a couple of students helping me blog Commodity Classic. They were sponsored by Monsanto. This year they’re not working with me but Monsanto still has some student bloggers here.
One of them is Alyssa Bane. You can find her blog here. It says that you can follow the “Adventure in Agriculture through Alyssa’s Eyes.”
I am a freshman at the University of Illinois majoring in Agricultural Communications. I was selected to be one of the Ag Journalism Fellowship Program Interns, and I have the incredible opportunity to accompany the Monsanto public relations representatives to the 2007 Commodity Classic.
The other student blogger is Tyne Morgan. Tyne website is called Tyne’s Take.
I’m currently a junior at the University of Missouri-Columbia majoring in Agricultural Journalism. I started my career in radio at the age of 16 for an agricultural radio station in Northern Missouri. One thing led to another and I am now a Farm Broadcast Intern for Brownfield ag radio network. So, as you can tell I have a strong passion for agriculture and enjoy communicating agriculture’s story everyday.
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Kip Cullers is the world record yield holder for corn and soybeans.
He was honored this morning at the ASA/BASF SOY breakfast when BASF announced a new scholarship in his name.
BASF announced the Secure Optimal Yield Scholarship program. This annual $5,000 scholarship will be sponsored by BASF and managed by ASA. The first award will be for the fall 2008 semester and will be announced in honor of Kip Cullers to recognize his excellence and outstanding yield results. “It is great that BASF and ASA announced the 2008 scholarship in my honor,” said Cullers. “I hope this scholarship will encourage others to get involved in agriculture and be more proactive to meet the world’s increasing demand for soybeans.”
I interviewed Kip to learn what some of his secrets to success are.
Listen to my interview with Kip here: cccast-8-cullers.mp3
The interview is also part of the CommodityClassicCast podcast series.
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All of the shuttle buses that are carrying people around from hotel to Convention Center are sponsored by BASF. I think they’ve done this before but it’s a great idea.
The buses have video monitors and to keep people entertained they can watch a video that was put together by BASF. I’m getting a copy of it so you can watch even if you’re not here. I’ll post it here later today.
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Arlan Suderman is a market analyst for Farm Futures magazine. He was on the program at the BASF “Science Behind Plant Health” symposium.
Arlan’s spoke about the ethanol wave and addressed the opportunities and the pitfalls that he sees coming. He shares a lot of information about how people are investing in the industry and how the boom is affecting grower decisions.
Listen to Arlan’s presentation here (12 min): cccast-7-suderman.mp3
The interview is also part of the CommodityClassicCast podcast series.
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Dirk Voeste is the head of Plant Health and Seed Treatment Research for BASF. He came here to Commodity Classic from the company’s headquarters in Germany.
Dirk’s topic at the “Science Behind Plant Health” symposium was on the research that the company is doing and to show how growers are using it to their advantage. He says that BASF continues to be an innovator. I interviewed him right after the program was over.
Listen to my interview with Dirk here: cccast-6-voeste.mp3
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Andy Lee is the BASF Director of Business Operations, U. S. Crop Protection Products. He spoke at their “Science Behind Plant Health” symposium on the subject of just what BASF is doing to continue to be a leader is this area.
Like several other presenters he says that BASF is finding new and interesting applications and results for its Headline fungicide. He says that the journalists attending the symposium were asking why more growers aren’t using the product since based on the results it seems like such a “no-brainer.”
Listen to my interview with Andy: cccast-5-lee.mp3
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The BASF “Science Behind Plant Health” symposium is winding up with a question and answer session that’s taking place right now.
I’ve recorded it and will have some more audio for you by tomorrow morning.
Right now it’s time to pack up here and head on over to the opening reception and other social activities that are taking place here at Commodity Classic.
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One of our presenters here at the BASF “Science Behind Plant Health” symposium is Dr. Gary Fellows, BASF Technical Market Manager. In fact he’s conducting his presentation right now as I’m posting this.
Before we got started I spoke with Dr. Fellows about New Plant Health Research which includes the finding that applying Headline fungicide to corn that is stressed by drought or dry weather conditions helps the plants make it through that period and recover faster. He says they observed this in a number of fields around the country this past season and decided to bring those findings into the research facilities to test it for themselves.
Listen to my interview with Dr. Fellows: cccast-3-fellows.mp3
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Our moderator for the BASF “Science Behind Plant Health” symposium is Ray Gilmer, BASF Group Communications Manager, Agricultural Products Division.
I had a chance to talk to Ray just prior to the start of the program to get an overview of what we’re going to see and hear today. Ray says that BASF is really committed to innovation and investing into new science. He says they’ll be talking about how growers are finding real yield benefits when making sure their plants stay healthy throughout the season.
Listen to my interview with Ray: cccast-4-gilmer.mp3
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