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Hello ZimmComm Fans:
It's time for the ZimmComm Team to get on the agriblogging highway. This coming week Jamie will be at the World Dairy Expo for New Holland, while Chuck will be in Italy at the New Holland international blogger days. In addition, we will be covering the Canadian Farm Writers Federation annual meeting in Prince Edward Island, thanks to CASE IH, via our Canadian freelancer Trudy Forsythe. So, it's a busy time! Our newest ZimmPoll focuses on a controversial topic, "When do you think medicinal marijuana will become a major cash crop?" As more states are considering legalization - what do you think?Here are some interviews from this week you might have missed: Now for some news from the ZimmComm News Network:
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 AgWired Canadian Farm Writers Conference Preview
This week on the ZimmCast we are previewing the upcoming Canadian Farm Writers Federation 2014 conference in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island October 2-5. That's just a week from now, but if you have ever wanted to learn more about eastern Canadian agriculture, this would be the event to do it - and they would be happy to welcome more attendees! MORE
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New Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture
The inaugural meeting of the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture was held this week in conjunction with the UN Climate Summit in New York City. MORE
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Farm and Legs Relay
Twelve runners represented agriculture this past weekend on a more than 200 mile run through California wine country in the annual Ragnar Napa Valley relay. MORE
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 Domestic Fuel
DOE Supports Taller Wind Turbine Tower Development
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $2 million to support the development of technologies to harness stronger winds available at higher heights. The goal is to increase the amount of wind energy produced. The projects will take place in Iowa and Massachusetts and are aimed at reducing the cost of wind energy as well as expand the areas where wind energy can be successfully harnessed. MORE
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Researchers Discover Cellulose Making Enzyme Structure
Researchers from Purdue University have discovered the structure of the enzyme that makes cellulose. They believe this finding could lead to easier ways of breaking down plant materials to make biofuels and other products and materials. In addition the researchers say the findings provide a more detailed glimpse of the complicated process by which cellulose is produced. Cellulose is the foundation of the plant cell wall and can be converted to bioproducts such as biofuels and biochemicals. The research findings were published in The Plant Cell. MORE
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$8B Green Energy Plan Proposed for LA
Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy, Magnum Energy, Dresser-Rand and Duke-American Transmission have jointly proposed a $8 billion green energy plan that would bring large amounts of renewable power to the Los Angeles, California area by 2023. The companies will formerly submit their proposal to the Southern California Public Power Authority by early 2015. MORE
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Precision
Hick Chick Chat: Unilever, ADM, and Sustainability
Last month at the 2014 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa I attended the ADM press conference regarding their involvement with Unilever's movement to become more sustainable by the year 2020. MORE
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Deere to Review Strategic Options for Crop Insurance
Deere & Company announced today it will review strategic options for its crop insurance business, which underwrites policies through John Deere Insurance Company, a business unit within John Deere Financial. MORE
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N-Watch Program Growing
Two years ago, GROWMARK started a pilot program in the state of Illinois called N-Watch to help farmers determine the concentration, form and location of plant-available nitrogen. It started with about 45 sites in Illinois and it has grown quite a bit since then. MORE
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USDA Unveils New Risk Management Programs
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today unveiled the new programs included in the 2014 Farm Bill to help farmers better manage risk. The new programs, Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC), represent the end of direct payments by offering farmers protection when market forces cause substantial drops in crop prices and/or revenues. Producers will have through early spring of 2015 to select which program works best for their businesses. MORE
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Iteris Launches ClearPath Ag Select
Iteris, Inc. (NYSE MKT: ITI), a leader in providing intelligent traffic management and weather information solutions, has released ClearPath Ag™ Select, an expanded Application Programming Interface (API) for iOS, Android and other computing platforms that provides access to high-resolution weather information and mapping visualization for real-time decision support. MORE
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Start the Conversation: Let's Talk About Animal Agriculture
"Start the Conversation: Let's Talk About Animal Agriculture" is the first in a new series of resources the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture is launching to foster discussion on questions consumers have about food production and agriculture. MORE
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NMPF Provides Tool for Farmers on Use of New Dairy Safety Net
The National Milk Producers Federation has posted a slide presentation on YouTube to help dairy farmers understand the new federal dairy safety net, known as the Margin Protection Program (MPP), as part of its ongoing effort to educate farmers about the new program. MORE
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NCBA's 2015 Record Books Available for Purchase
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association, the largest and oldest national organization representing U.S. cattle producers, has published the 2015 Integrated Resource Management Redbooks. The books provide an effective way for cattle ranchers to record their production records in order to enhance profitability of their operations. MORE
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