“Repurposing” Materials

Melissa SandfortAgribusiness, environment

“Repurposing” makes sense both economically and environmentally. Our company is focused on the creative reuse side of the famous three-sided reduce, reuse, recycle arrowed triangle. repurposedMATERIALS is the only company in America whose entire product line is made of “repurposed” items. What is “repurposing”? Re•pur•posed Ma•te•ri•als (noun) Used assets that have value “as is” to a second, unrelated industry. Repurposing … Read More

5th Asian Conference on Precision Agriculture

Melissa SandfortAgribusiness

The organizing committee of the conference and Korean Society of Precision Agriculture invites you to the 5th Asian Conference on Precision Agriculture (ACPA). The Organizing Committee of the 5th ACPA is honored to host this event in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, June 25-28, 2013. Please visit www.precisionag.or.kr and submit your paper abstracts by Nov. 30, 2012. The 5th ACPA … Read More

AgGateway Annual Conference Draws Record Attendance

Melissa SandfortAgribusiness, Events

AgGateway’s seventh annual conference this week drew a record 230 professionals from more than 75 agricultural companies to discuss ongoing successes in implementing eBusiness within the agriculture industry. Attendance at the conference has doubled in just three years. In addition to educational sessions, networking events and working sessions, the meeting featured the election of the new board, announcement of 2013 … Read More

WineHawk Brings UAV Precision to Every Farmer

John DavisAgribusiness, Audio

One of the most popular displays at the recent American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers annual meeting along with the AgroNomics Conference and Trade Show was a company called WineHawk Labs. So popular, in fact, that Chuck could only catch up with them after he got back home! But he was finally able to talk with Pat Lohman, … Read More

Rabobank’s Gilligan Tapped to Lead Ag Consultants

Melissa SandfortAgribusiness, Company Announcement

Paige Gilligan, CAC, a senior vice president with Rabobank, NA, Fresno, Calif., was elected president of the American Society of Agricultural Consultants at the organization’s recent annual meeting. Gilligan holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural business management from Purdue University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix. She received her Certified Agricultural Consultant designation in 2007. She is currently … Read More

More Cutting-Edge Plant Biology Research

Melissa SandfortAgribusiness, Research

DuPont and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) announced the renewal for another five years of a research collaboration that began in 2007. This multi-million dollar collaboration supports cutting-edge plant biology research focused on meeting growing food demands worldwide. With the world’s population expected to grow by more than 2 billion by 2050, this collaboration will help make possible crucial improvements … Read More

Connecting Precision Ag Data with Crop Reporting Requirements

Melissa SandfortAgribusiness, Data Collection, USDA

A new cloud-based online service designed to bridge the gap between popular farm management software and reporting requirements for crop insurance, USDA and other government entities has been introduced by Independent Data Management, LLC. The service, MyAgData, simplifies the time-consuming, labor-intensive process of identifying Common Land Unit (CLU) information – tracts of farmland defined by the government – and matching … Read More

Equipment Technologies Sets New Assembly Record

Melissa SandfortAgribusiness, Equipment, Spraying

It was a record-breaking month for the men and women working the assembly line at Equipment Technologies this past October. The team built its 70th Apache sprayer in one month, surpassing the previous record of 69 sprayers. Equipment Technologies is the largest independently-owned manufacturer of self-propelled sprayers in North America. Operating from its 168,000 square foot headquarters in Mooresville, Ind., … Read More

Voting Time

Chuck ZimmermanAgribusiness

I voted. Have you? It really is a civic duty and I hope you’ll take the time today to get it done. I’m not writing this to encourage you to vote for a certain person or issue. Hopefully you will have become familiar with the issues in your state and know what to do. As far as the Presidential race, … Read More

Your Data Becoming a Cash Crop

Chuck ZimmermanAgribusiness, Audio, International

The American Society of Farm Managers & Rural Appraisers just completed their annual meeting along with the AgroNomics Conference and Trade Show. One of the companies exhibiting was Farmers Edge. They want you to Grow. More. Precisely. Wade Barnes, President/CEO and Co-Founder, was also on the program talking about “Data – the New Cash Crop.” He says that as we … Read More