Back in early October, I got an email from Cindy asking if I would be available to join her in Des Moines for the World Food Prize. Of course I was available, but what on earth is the World Food Prize. I did some Google research, I had seen our agenda, but I really had NO clue what I was … Read More
Monsanto Research Program Announces Grants
Monsanto Company has announced that six new recipients will be awarded research grants as part of the Corn Rootworm Knowledge Research Program. The program, which started in early 2013 and recently was extended to 2016, provides merit-based awards of up to $250,000 per award per year for up to three years for outstanding research projects that address specific aspects of … Read More
Hick Chick Chat with Bill and Tim Couser
During Commodity Classic in San Antonio last week, I ran into my new friends Bill and Tim Couser. I met them last October during World Food Prize and Truth about Trade and Technology (TATT) Farmer Roundtable when we toured their operation near Nevada, Iowa. Last week they were sitting on a panel discussing soil health, partnership with the National Corn … Read More
Seeking Great Social Media Farmer Nominations
ZimmComm New Media is proud to announce sponsorship of the Social Media Farmer of the Year Award, coordinated by Food Nutrition & Science. The new award recognizes farmers who have incorporated social media, digital media and internet strategies to achieve their business objectives including growing revenue, sharing information for more effective farming practices, and promoting positive awareness of the industry. … Read More
Precision.AgWired.com Podcast: The more you know
Part of the beauty of trade shows is checking out all the new technologies that are available for your farm. The tough part – is figuring out which ones can actually provide a return on investment. I caught up with Indiana farmer Mike Beard this week at Commodity Classic to find out about some of the “things” he was checking … Read More
Mass Changes for Solum Inc.
Solum Inc. recently has changed it’s name to Granular Inc. and launched a new cloud business software and analytics offering for farmers. The new platform is now beta testing on several farms in the Midwest. Monsanto Company has also acquired Solum’s soil science business, which will be operated by it’s subsidiary The Climate Corporation. The proceeds from the acquisition, along … Read More
Mosaic Sponsors World Conservation Ag Conference
The Mosaic Company is joining several other agribusiness giants, including Dow AgroSciences, Monsanto and Seed Hawk, Inc., as a platinum sponsor of this summer’s 6th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture (WCCA). The conference runs June 22-25, 2014, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. “At Mosaic, we work hard to help farmers sustainably produce more food per acre,” said Rick McLellan, Mosaic Senior Vice … Read More
Precision Planting Introduces New SpeedTube™
A new seed delivery system now in development by Precision Planting promises to allow growers to plant corn and soybeans much faster than is possible with seed tubes. Jason Stoller, Precision Planting Engineering Product Manager for the new SpeedTube™, says, “Available time for optimum spring planting is both limited and critical, and larger planters are not the answer to growing … Read More
Monsanto Novozymes Bioag Alliance
Monsanto and Novozymes jointly announced a “long-term strategic alliance to transform research and commercialization of sustainable microbial products that will provide a new platform of solutions for growers around the world.” The BioAg Alliance will allow the companies to leverage employees, technologies and commercial assets in the companies’ agricultural biologicals portfolios. The BioAg Alliance is unique in the industry, bringing … Read More
Climate Corporation’s Growth by Tracking Weather
Another ag based company who attended this year’s Trade Talk at the recent NAFB Convention was the Climate Corporation. They are focused on applying data science to production agriculture and take all the environmental data, weather, soil conditions and current and seasonal projections and apply it to the production agricultural decisions growers make on a daily basis. Greg Smirin, CEO … Read More