We told you about John Deere’s Harvest Identification, Cotton when it was first introduced last year at Beltwide Cotton Conferences. This year we got an update from Janae (formally Althouse) Tapper on this precision harvest technology and grower adoption of it. “John Deere harvest identification is really important to the cotton growers so they can understand how many modules are … Read More
What Will 2013 Bring for Farmers?
We survived a devastating drought and even the end of the world in 2012, only to be thrown off the fiscal cliff at the start of 2013 while lawmakers stalled on a short term fix that would also include an extension of the current farm bill for nine months. Starting the new year off with this kind of uncertainty makes … Read More
Bayer CropScience Young Farmer Sustainability Award
Bayer CropScience has launched its third annual Young Farmer Sustainability Award, which recognizes growers 40 years or under who demonstrate sustainability on his or her farm. The 2013 award will be selected by a group of industry experts and Bayer leaders, and will be awarded in February at the 2013 Ag Issues Forum held in conjunction with Commodity Classic in … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com Profile – Greg Anderson
Former United Soybean Board Chairman Greg Anderson of Nebraska says it is remarkable to see the yields that farmers in the United States were able to achieve this year in one of the worst droughts in history. “I think that’s a tribute to farming practices and the technology we have at our finger tips,” Greg said during an interview at … Read More
CropLife Previews Precision Seed Study at ASTA
As we reported here last week, CropLife Foundation (CLF) is publishing a comprehensive report next year on “The Role of Precision Seed Protection in Modern Crop Production”. CLF chairman of the board Jay Vroom presented preliminary findings of the report last week at the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) Corn & Sorghum Seed Research Conference 2012 & Seed Expo. “Precision … Read More
Peterson Brothers Take Gangnam Style to the Farm
The Peterson Brothers from Kansas became social media rock stars in June with a little YouTube video called “I’m Farming and I Grow It” which now has nearly 8 million views. The boys now have a new video just released, in the ever popular “gangnam” style, called “Farmer Style” – and it’s already hit nearly 200,000 views in less than … Read More
iPad Mini Attracts Crop of New Users
Weighing in at 0.68 pounds and measuring just 7.87 by 5.3 inches, the new iPad Mini is attracting a whole new crop of users, including more farmers and ranchers. With agricultural companies coming out with more applications for farmers to use in the field, iPads and similar tablet devices that offer wi-fi and cellular service in a handheld computer are … Read More
GROWMARK Cookbook Supports Farmers Feeding the World
Sales of a GROWMARK system employee cookbook raised $1500 for Farmers Feeding the World.. “We wanted to do something special this year to promote the International Year of Cooperatives and GROWMARK’s 85th anniversary,” said Karen Jones, GROWMARK’s Publications and News Specialist, who explained that they came up with the idea for the cookbook as a way to allow everyone in … Read More
Have a Sweet Thanksgiving!
Of the many foods we have to be thankful for in this nation, I’ll bet there are lots of people who are thankful every day for the gift of chocolate! Oh yeah! This is an image of our sweet Thanksgiving greetings sent this year to some of our clients. Hopefully most received them before leaving for the holiday, but if … Read More
New GROWMARK Dry Terminal
If you have never seen a brand new, empty dry terminal – here is your opportunity. GROWMARK is opening a new dry terminal in Stuart, Iowa very soon – the first loads of product will arrive next week to test the system – and some of the agricultural media had a chance to get a tour last week to learn … Read More