Growers want to hear what other growers have to say, so the grower panel was most popular at the two FS Green Plan Solutions Pursuit of Maximum Yields (POMY) events in Iowa and Illinois over the last two weeks. The growers on the panel were Phillip Hartke (left) and Steve Sondgeroth, both from Illinois. Phil is a crop and livestock … Read More
Time for the National Farm Machinery Show!
It’s already time for the 2012 National Farm Machinery Show. We are here in Louisville now and tweeting with the show hashtag, #NFMS12. Here’s a little information for you. Dates: Wednesday, Feb. 15 through Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 Show Hours: 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. daily (Eastern Standard Time) Location: Kentucky Exposition Center, 937 Phillips Lane, Louisville, KY 40209 Admission: NFMS admission … Read More
Importance of Global Macroeconomics to US Farmers
“You may not be interested in global macroeconomics, but it’s interested in you.” That is one of the main messages that Virginia Tech economist Dr. David Kohl had for growers attending the FS Green Plan Solutions Pursuit of Maximum Yields event in Collinsville, Illinois today. Dr. Kohl talked about the importance of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and … Read More
Creating Social Media Buzz about Maximum Yields
The hashtag #FSMaxYield was everywhere at the Pursuit of Maximum Yields event last week in Bettendorf, Iowa encouraging people at the event to “be part of the buzz.” “We’re excited to have a hashtag at the event,” said GROWMARK Electronic Communications Specialist Heather (Miller) Thompson. “We’ve given every grower and crop specialist a little card about how to tweet from … Read More
Pursuit of Maximum Yields Program Growing
GROWMARK Manager of Agronomy Services Dr. Howard Brown may have started the FS Green Plan Solutions Pursuit of Maximum Yields (POMY) program, but he doesn’t like to call it “his baby” – he gives all the credit to MOM. “It’s all about MOM,” Brown said at the POMY event Thursday in Bettendorf, Iowa. “It’s about Maximizing yield, Optimizing nitrogen utilization … Read More
App Provides Soil Survey Info at a Touch
A free app for iPhone, iPad and Adroid users provides a mobile way to access soil survey information. It’s called SoilWeb and it combines online soil survey information with the GPS capabilities of smartphones. The SoilWeb app is a portable version of the UC Davis California Soil Resource Lab’s Web-based interface to digital soil survey data from USDA’s Natural Resources … Read More
Market to Market Host at FS Grower Event
A familiar face to Iowa growers was the host for the Pursuit of Maximum Yields event organized by FS Green Plan Solutions Thursday in Bettendorf, Iowa. Mark Pearson is long-time host of the Iowa Public Television program “Market to Market”, as well as being a farmer himself, and he was thrilled to be part of the event and excited about … Read More
Food, Resources, and Environmental Stewardship
In a world where crop yields need to continue growing to keep up with the ever-increasing demand for food, what can farmers do to manage and protect the environmental resources that will support those higher yields? That was one of the main questions that Delaware-Maryland Agribusiness Association Executive Secretary Bill Angstadt addressed at the Pursuit of Maximum Yields event organized … Read More
Maximum Yield Insight from Lowell Catlett
Over 250 growers from around Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and even Canada learned more about the Pursuit of Maximum Yields from an event organized by FS Green Plan Solutions in Bettendorf, Iowa Thursday. Because the whole concept of pursuing maximum yields is based on the population growth expected in the future, it was fitting that New Mexico State University economist and … Read More
Bigger and Better Iowa Power Farming Show
In this Precision.AgWired.com Podcast we are going to visit the Iowa Power Farming Show, held January 31 through February 2 in Des Moines. The 57th annual show, which is owned and managed by the Iowa-Nebraska Equipment Dealers Association, was the biggest ever and the event can now claim to be the second largest indoor farm show in the United States. … Read More