365 sunrises and 7 billion mouths to feed! National Ag Day Activities are just around the corner starting next Monday in Washington, DC. Cindy and I will be in town for them. Actually, I’ll be covering Ag Day activities while she’s covering the American Coalition for Ethanol’s annual DC Fly-in. I’ll be starting out on Monday with Agri-Pulse and their … Read More
Agri-Women Launch ‘Call to Power’ Campaign
American Agri-Women (AAW) will kick off its membership campaign, “Call to Power,” on National Agriculture Day, March 25. The campaign theme urges women to join the nation’s largest coalition of farm, ranch and agribusiness women, which includes more than 50 state, commodity and agribusiness affiliates. “Since 1974, women across the country have banded together to network with each other, educate … Read More
Website Spotlights Caring Florida Farmers
The Florida Farm Bureau Federation (FFBF) is launching a newly designed website, thisfarmcares.org, to recognize farmers throughout Florida who practice environmental stewardship and educate the public on agriculture’s role in protecting Florida’s natural resources. The website recognizes more than 600 farmers who have taken voluntary steps to protect the land and water quality by implementing Best Management Practices (BMPs) on … Read More
Wheat Growers Named Most Valuable Dealership
Lessiter Publications and Precision Farming Dealer has named Wheat Growers its 2014 Most Valuable Dealership. “This award wasn’t earned in one year,” Brent Wiesenburger, Precision Ag Manager with Wheat Growers, says. “It was earned over the last ten years, thanks to the vision of our cooperative and the talent and dedication of our employee team.” In an article for Precision … Read More
Florida Dairy Farmers Release New iPad App
Kids, adults and educators alike can now learn about dairy farming in an exciting way through the Florida Dairy Farmers new iPad app, SunnyBell’s Florida Dairy Farm Adventure. The free app that can be downloaded from iTunes, is a fun, interactive romp through a Florida dairy farm. SunnyBell – a little calf who longs to be an important part of … Read More
Attendance Up at 2014 Mid-South Farm & Gin Show
Attendance was up at this year’s Mid-South Farm & Gin Show. Tim Price, Executive Director of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association and Mid-South Farm & Gin Show Manager summed up the event with Chuck. He’s proud that farmers make plans to attend the show each year and make it a family affair. “We don’t have the exact number yet, but … Read More
Geographical Information Systems Training Course
The Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources is conducting an Introduction to ArcGIS 10 training course on March 24 & 25 in College Station, TX. The two-day course will be 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days in Room 200 of the Centeq Building, in Texas A&M University’s Research Park. The course will teach the range of functionality of … Read More
New Tech Featured at 2014 Precision Ag Conferences
Precision agriculture’s technology is increasing yields and dollars on the farm and isn’t going anywhere. “Bottomline, precision agriculture is the way we farm today and are going to farm into the future. It’s the way we’ll farm because it makes us money,” said Gregg Carlson, Professor of Plant Sciences at South Dakota State Univeristy, who has researched and provided information … Read More
Farm Polices Impact on Precision Ag
Member of the National Corn Growers Association Board and director of Western Iowa Energy, LLC, Kevin Ross, chatted with Chuck after the opening session at the 2014 National Biodiesel Conference. They discuss farm policy and how precision agriculture technology has impacted his farming operation where he raises cattle and grows corn and soybeans. Kevin shared that if we don’t move … Read More
Palmer Amaranth Weeds Show Fitness & Persistence
An article featured in the current issue of Weed Science offers results from a greenhouse experiment focused on how resistance might affect the continued fitness of Palmer amaranth plants by comparing glyphosate-resistant plants to glyphosate-susceptible plants. Palmer amaranth is a weed native to the southwestern U.S. that has developed resistance to various herbicides since the late 1980s. Its resistance to … Read More