The 71st annual convention of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting is officially underway here in Kansas City with the theme “From Our Roots, Our Future Grows.” Susan Littlefield of KZEN radio in Columbus, Nebraska is NAFB President-Elect and this year’s convention organizer. “We’ve got a variety of different speakers to hit everyone’s tastes,” said Susan, from new technology to … Read More
Nutrient Management Tools from AEA
Jason Hodson, Vice President of Special Projects for Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA) spoke on sap analysis as a management tool with growers who attended last week’s Power Growers Seminar presented by Crop Health Labs. Jason has been with AEA since 2011 and has become the lead for larger farms and business development for the company. “We provide materials for nutritional … Read More
Limus® Nitrogen Management from BASF
It’s difficult to imagine where agriculture would be today had BASF chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch not discovered how to harness the atmospheric abundance of nitrogen to create ammonia. The Haber-Bosch process has allowed growers to apply nitrogen-based nutrients, which is crucial to the fertile soil needed for today’s crop production. BASF has taken yet another step today in … Read More
MyJohnDeere Tackles Wireless Data Transfer
The recent Develop with Deere conference in Kansas City brought ag nerds from across the country together to discuss the latest developments in the MyJohnDeere precision agriculture platform. Tyler Hogrefe, one of John Deere’s staff primarily from the company’s Intelligent Solutions Group who attended the gathering, told Chuck that companies want to know how MyJohnDeere will relate to the applications … Read More
MyJohnDeere Lets Other Software Bring New Data to Farming
One of the key takeaways from the 2014 Develop with Deere conference was how the company’s MyJohnDeere platform allows a host of outside software technologies bring better information to farming. “The MyJohnDeere operations center is enabling all these software companies and partners is to bring new insights into the operations center for the grower, using all their data and their … Read More
Improving Plant Health Through Nutritional Balance
Advancing Eco Agriculture (AEA) is a plant nutrition consulting company that works with fruit and vegetable growers from across the country. They have become known for helping farmers grow crops that are completely resistant to diseases and insects using nutrition and enhancing plant immunity through nutritional balance. During Crop Health Laboratories’ Power Growers Seminar I spoke with founder and CEO … Read More
New Holland Offers Internships for Students
New Holland is a major supporter of the National FFA Organization, but the company also supports youth in agriculture with internships. At the recent FFA Convention, Jana Buchholz – who manages the North America recruiting group for CNH Industrial America – was talking with young people about what they have to offer. “What we have to offer is a lot … Read More
A Blood Test for Plants
Crop Health Laboratories presented Power Growers Seminar over the weekend in Santa Clara, CA. The event provided a comprehensive introduction to plant sap analysis technology. This new nutrient management strategy was created by Sjoerd Smits, owner of NovaCropControl and HortiNova. Both companies are based out of the Netherlands and currently sap samples are shipped there for analysis. Crop Health Labs … Read More
Future for Soybean Production
During the recent Bayer CropScience Corn and Soybean Future Forum in Germany, soybean producers talked about the challenges ahead for farmers. American Soybean Association president Ray Gaesser talked about sustainability, weed resistance and cover crops. “We as farmers really need to be proactive and make sure to protect the technologies we have, because not having those weed management technologies is … Read More
Farmobile Will Let Farmers Sell Data
We’re living in a mobile technology society and that’s so true of farmers today. Now farmers have a new technology to look at that will allow them to take advantage of all the data they’re creating in a new way. During the Develop with Deere conference this week I met Jason Tatge, Farmobile. Here’s Jason giving me a live demonstration … Read More