USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently released an enhanced and expanded online tool that helps producers estimate carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions associated with a variety of on-farm management practices. NRCS Chief Dave White says COMET-VR 2.0 is a very user-friendly tool for farmers and ranchers. “Once producers have a better sense of their carbon footprint, they can … Read More
Precision at National Ag Aviation Convention
Precision farming technology was on display at the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) Convention in Savannah, Georgia last week. One of the many exhibitors of precision technology at the NAAA Trade Show was AgSync. Their slogan is “It’s not just about maps anymore.” Sales Manager Clay Rassi says the company offers everything from customer management to mapping to communicating work … Read More
Ag Technology Draws Investment Interest
Agriculture 2.0 is drawing big interest from Silicon Valley venture funds, according to Illinois-based Open Prairie Ventures. “Current projections are that the food supply will need to double over the next 30 years to feed the ever-increasing demands of the global population,” said Jim Schultz, founder of Open Prairie Ventures. “If we are going to increase our food supply by … Read More
USDA Floating on Microsoft Cloud
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last week that it is on the verge of going live with a commercial cloud service offering for its Enterprise Messaging Service (EMS) which includes email, web conferencing, document collaboration, and instant messaging. USDA is the first cabinet-level agency to move its e-mail and collaboration applications to the “cloud,” a rapidly growing … Read More
Search eXtension.org
Local county extension agents used to be the main source of information for farmers and ranchers in any particular area whenever they had questions about the latest research and technology. These days, it’s getting more commonplace to surf the internet from the farm and get information from all over the world, but the trick is often sorting out the wheat … Read More
Strawberry Picking Future Could Be Robotic
Strawberry harvesting is a one of the most labor-intensive agricultural operations since it generally has to be done by hand to do it right. The berries ripen at different rates and they are very fragile, so mechanization in the field has been very limited. But, leave it to the Japanese to come up with a robot that might be able … Read More
Survey Drawing Winner
The Survey Monkey has spoken and the winner is …. drum roll, please…. Jamie Wilson with the Corn Marketing Program of Michigan Jamie reads Energy.AgWired.com and says she is most interested in stories related to ethanol. We sincerely appreciate her taking the time to fill out the survey so we can learn more about our audiences on all the various … Read More
Iowa Farm News Ag Show This Week
Farm News is hosting its ninth annual agriculture show this week in Fort Dodge, Iowa. Nearly 60 exhibitors from Iowa and surrounding states will showcase their latest state-of-the-art technology in grain and livestock products, ag services, seed varieties and farm toys. Featured speakers at the event include David Kruse, president of CommStock Investments and Brazil Iowa Farms of Royal, and … Read More
Support Future Farm Broadcasters with Toy Tractor
As you start your Christmas shopping, consider this for someone on your list – a signed John Deere toy tractor that will support future farm broadcasters. Joe Ertl has personally autographed each of the numbered John Deere B 1/16 scale toy tractors for the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Foundation. This unique tractor was specifically designed for NAFB and … Read More
Happy Thanksgiving!
If you have food on your table today – thank God and thank our nation’s fabulous farmers and ranchers for the affordable, safe and abundant food supply they produce for the world. I found this poem online that gives good reasons to give thanks today for those who produce the food, fuel and fiber that we all enjoy: I’m Just … Read More