Understanding the Farmers of Tomorrow

Agribusiness, AgWired Animal, AgWired Energy, AgWired Precision, Audio, Marketing, NAFB

OsbornBarr has rounded up ag thought-leaders from across the country to discuss and tackle issues impacting the agricultural community. The first challenge they collectively believe is imperative is understanding farmers of tomorrow. Chairman of the newly formed O+B Agricultural Advisory Council, Richard Fordyce, former Missouri Director of Agriculture, attended the 2017 National Association of Farm Broadcasting’s Trade Talk to talk … Read More

More Smart Solutions from AMVAC

Agribusiness, AgWired Precision, AMVAC, Audio, Crop Protection, NAFB

Jamie and the Golden ZimmComm Microphone were able to find about about more Smart New Solutions from AMVAC during the NAFB convention. Jim Lappin, AMVAC crop marketing manager for corn and soybeans, got another session to talk about some of the new products like ParaZone and ACROPOLIS. ACROPOLIS is a fungicide that combines two effective modes of action – tetraconazole … Read More

FMC Freedom Pass for the VIP Farmer

Agribusiness, AgWired Precision, Audio, Financial, FMC, NAFB

This year FMC Agricultural Solutions launched Freedom Pass to give growers exclusive agronomic and economic incentives allowing more freedom in the field. We learned more about Freedom Pass at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Trade Talk last week from Senior Communications Manager at FMC Lisa Homer. “It is the first time we have been involved in a grower program,” … Read More

Propane Can Do That

Agribusiness, AgWired Animal, AgWired Energy, AgWired Precision, Audio, NAFB, PERC

The Propane Education and Research Council (PERC) has launched a new website dedicated to agricultural applications of propane. “It’s a really good site. I think if you’re excited about saving money and having reliable, powerful, clean equipment, it will be a great site for you,” said Cinch Munson with PERC. The site also offers details about the Farm Incentive Program … Read More

MiField by FS Brings Applied Research to Your Field

Agribusiness, AgWired Precision, Audio, FS System, Growmark, NAFB

Today’s farmers can gather all kinds of information about the crops they plant and harvest, but it can be difficult to know how to use that information to enhance yield and increase efficiency. GROWMARK is providing farmers with a tool to help in MiField Applied Research by FS. “We can follow certain procedures and not only have that information relative … Read More

FMC Completes Deal with DowDupont

Agribusiness, AgWired Precision, Audio, Dupont, FMC, NAFB

During the NAFB convention Trade Talk session Jamie and I visited with our sponsor, FMC. Mike Krull, North America Business Development, sat down with Jamie to talk about the FMC DuPont Integration. FMC has announced that it has successfully completed the closing of its two pending transactions with DuPont. The companies signed a definitive agreement on March 31,2017, and have … Read More

John Deere Features Combine Technology at Sunbelt Ag Expo

Agribusiness, AgWired Precision, Audio, John Deere, Sunbelt Ag Expo

This year’s Sunbelt Ag Expo was an opportunity for John Deere to show off some new combines to growers in the Southeastern United States. Technical Marketing Manager for Combines and Cotton Equipment Matt Badding said the new S700 series combine offers three new features: the Gen4 Command Center, the Combine Advisor package, and Active Yield for sensor calibration. “Right now, … Read More

Agrikua’s Gender Equality Project = 1st at #YouthAgSummit

Agribusiness, AgWired Animal, AgWired Precision, Audio, Bayer, Youth, Youth Ag Summit

Last week, I was given the opportunity to attend the 2017 Youth Ag Summit organized by Bayer Crop Science. Never have I ever attended such a motivating and uplifting agricultural event. 100 youth from 18-25 gathered in Brussels, Belgium to tackle some of the worlds leading issues in agriculture. During the Summit, delegates worked across the week in groups of … Read More