Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks held an informal press availability at the Farm Progress Show on Wednesday to mainly talk about the proposed Waters of the United States rule. He stressed the point that has been made by other officials that the rule exempts all normal farming practices that are currently exempt. “If you did not need … Read More
Iowa Governor Visits Farm Progress Show
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad paid a visit to the 2014 Farm Progress Show Tuesday and met with some of the show’s international visitors. “I do a lot of international travel to promote what we produce in Iowa,” said Branstad. “We are the leading corn producing state, leading soybean producing state, leading pork producing state, leading egg producing state, we also … Read More
Bayer’s Investment in the Future of Ag
Inci Dannenbreg is responsible for the US Commercial Operations group for Bayer CropScience and shared their commitment to the next generation of agriculture during their media event held at the 2014 Farm Progress Show. Their investment in this has led them to continually seek opportunities to educate and innovate, not only today’s youth, but also recruit employees who understand and … Read More
Updates On Corn, Water Quality from Bill Northey
During the Farm Progress Show this week, I caught up with Iowa Ag Secretary Bill Northey. I asked him what the corn crop was looking like in Iowa in particular, as Boone, Iowa is the host of this year’s Farm Progress. Northey said that for the most part, Iowa is going to have a great corn crop as well as … Read More
John Deere New Anhydrous Applicator
The recent increase in continuous corn acres requires rugged nutrient application equipment that keeps pace with today’s intensive crop production. The tough new John Deere 2410C Anhydrous Applicator gives customers in the anhydrous ammonia applicator business exactly what they need. John Deere engineers designed the 2410C Applicator from a field-proven frame design to meet the specific needs of operators, including … Read More
Bayer Kicks Off Farm Progress Show
The 2014 Farm Progress Show kicked off this rainy Tuesday morning, but you simply can’t complain because rain is a good thing. After the opening I spoke with President and CEO for Bayer CropScience, Jim Blome. He shared about a special donation made during the event and elaborated on Bayer’s mission to ‘Leave A Better World’ for future generations. “Bayer … Read More
Software Built for the Future
As the 2014 AgWorks User Conference wrapped up, Chuck spoke once again with Greg Duhachek, President of AgWorks. With only a few hiccups due to internet issues, Greg was pleased to share the success of the event. “Our purpose was to bring people in and give them an opportunity to see the new software. More then that we want them … Read More
Versatility in Tractors at John Deere
John Deere’s 6 family of tractors is their most versatile tractor yet. They say it has ‘everything you need and nothing you don’t.’ Chuck’s at John Deere’s media product launch and spoke with Brad Tolbert, Division Marketing Manager for John Deere, at the event and they talked tractors. “What we are excited to release here is our large chassis 6R’s. … Read More
John Deere Launches 2015 Products
The new John Deere products are launched. Now it’s on to the field and fall farm shows and time to take orders. However, you can’t order this machine which someone on Twitter last night dubbed the AgriTerminator. It’s a prototype Model 9RX with four tracks! The machine charged onto the show floor last night and was an example of how … Read More
Hick Chick Chat One Week to Farm Progress Show
It’s starting next week. The Farm Progress Show will be back in Boone, Iowa August 26-28. ZimmComm has a full staff that will be on the grounds bringing you all the coverage from the 2014 Show. I spoke with Matt Jungmann a few weeks ago, but thought we’d remind you that in case you were considering checking out the 2014 … Read More