The New Holland team welcomed a group of agricultural journalists to New Holland North American Headquarters to share all the specs on their new equipment dealers will soon be offering farmers and ranchers across the country. Chuck was there with his handy ZimmGlass and gathered some great audio, video and photos for your viewing pleasure. 2014 New Holland Media Day …
Eco Agro Resources Annouced Perkins as CMO
Eco Agro Resources LLC announced the strategic transition of Ray Perkins to Chief Management Officer (CMO) based in Tampa, FL. Perkins is one of the founders of the company and will assume these new responsibilities immediately after serving in the sales management role. “Ray has been a leader in developing this company,” said Andrew Semple, CEO and member of the …
AgWorks Announces Partnerships
AgWorks, LLC announces a partnership with Willard Agri-Service through its Ag Venture subsidiary to team up to deliver decision support services to growers. Willard Agri-Service has invested over 18 years developing a decision support system that creates real value for both the grower and retailer through their award winning HighQ® product. This product has been utilized on over 5 million …
Iteris and Satshot Partner for Better Crop Management
Iteris, Inc. a leader in providing intelligent traffic management and weather information solutions, is partnering with Satshot, Inc., a leading provider of satellite and aerial imagery, to provide multispectral images for assessing crop growth and deficiencies on fields through the Satshot user interface. Through this partnership, Iteris’ ClearPath Ag™ weather content system will be incorporated into Satshot’s mapping and remote …
Immigration Reform Action Day
A coalition of leading business, manufacturing, and agriculture groups – including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Partnership for a New American Economy, Business Roundtable, the American Farm Bureau Federation, AmericanHort, the National Association of Manufacturers, and Western Growers – held a Day of Action for immigration reform on July 9. The group held a national press conference in Washington and …
Marrone Bio Celebrates Opening of Michigan Manufacturing Facility
Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. celebrated the official opening of its Marrone Michigan Manufacturing (M3) facility today with a ribbon cutting ceremony and plant tours. Pictured are the speakers from the program listed below. Today’s event features a facility tour which highlights the benefits of MBI’s bio-based products for pest management and plant health and gives attendees a firsthand look at …
Semple as Chief Executive Officer at ECO AGRO RESOURCES
Eco Agro Resources LLC announces the appointment of Andrew Semple as CEO and Member of Board, based in Sarasota Florida. Semple brings over 25 years of knowledge and experience within the fertilizer industry and recently from his past responsibilities as the Vice President of International Sales with Agrotain International and Koch Agronomic Services. “We’re excited to have Andrew join and …
Norm Davy as Executive Vice President for Eco Agro Resources
Eco Agro Resources LLC announced the appointment of Norm Davy as Executive Vice President – Global Sales and Marketing based in Minneapolis, MN. Davy brings over 25 years of knowledge and experience within the Agriculture industry and most recently from his past responsibilities as the Senior Vice President with GEOSYS™, a Land O’ Lakes™ company. “We’re excited to have Norm …
2014 World Pork Expo
The 2014 World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa featured record crowds, record booths, record entries in the Junior Nationals and the world’s largest pork burger. The event, which is sponsored by the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), is the world’s largest pork industry trade show. Click here to view the 2014 World Pork Expo photo album. Audio features from …
ABM Joins Forces With INCOTEC
Advanced Biological Marketing (ABM) based in Van Wert, Ohio, USA and INCOTEC Group B.V. (INCOTEC), based in Enkhuizen, The Netherlands today announce that they have come to an agreement in which INCOTEC will combine ABM’s yield enhancing inoculants with INCOTEC’s innovative seed coating and enhancement technologies. INCOTEC will have marketing rights to the seed industry of ABM products in the …
30th Annual Alltech International Symposium
The theme of the 30th Annual Alltech International Symposium highlights was “What If”? Here are some of the highlights. 2014 Alltech Symposium Photo Album Alltech Medal of Excellence to Dr. Norman Borlaug The Alltech Humanitarian Award was presented to Lopez Lomong Alltech Press Conference Q&A: Lopez Lomong Dr. Pearse Lyons Dr. Mark Lyons Alltech Precision Agriculture Philosophy and Vision – …
Roboflight Interview
RoboFlight is a global company that deals in data acquisition including UAV platforms as well as full scale aircraft and satellite systems. Beyond the agricultural industry, RoboFlight also works in security, search and rescue, utilities, mining and insurance. Chuck interviewed Phil Ellerbroek, Global Director of Sales for RoboFlight, and he shared more about the company. RoboFlight acquired Aerial Precision Ag, …
Walmart Sustainability Expo
Kicking off a new Sustainable Product Expo this week, the CEOs from more than a dozen global companies gathered at Walmart headquarters in Arkansas this week to pledge to increase sustainability, starting with the food and agriculture sector. The first CEOs to take the stage were Greg Page of Cargill, Rick Smith with Dairy Farmers of America and Monsanto’s Hugh …
Monsanto Makes Sustainability Commitments
Kicking off a new Sustainable Product Expo this week, the CEOs from more than a dozen global companies gathered at Walmart headquarters in Arkansas Tuesday to pledge to increase sustainable food production. Monsanto chairman and CEO Hugh Grant announced two commitments at the event to help address challenges in the areas of water and nutrient efficiency. First, the company will …
REPREVE RENEWABLES Deploys Biomass Crop System
REPREVE® RENEWABLES, LLC, is collaborating with farmers and landowners in the United States to grow giant miscanthus grass for renewable product solutions, combining an innovative business model with proprietary equipment technologies custom-built for rhizome-propagated crop production. This innovative approach provides an economic alternative for leveraging marginal and underutilized land. The need for alternative sources to fossil fuels and other bio-based …