Howdy ZimmComm Fans:
Happy Friday.
ZimmComm Team members Cindy and Taylor took Chicago by storm this week at the annual ASTA CSS 2015 and Seed Expo Thank you BASF and ASTA for brining us in once again to spread the news about what is happening in the industry. You can find lots of photos online in addition to stories on AgWired and Precision.AgWired.com.
In light of the huge amount of noise being made by gun control advocates after the tragedy in San Bernardino our new ZimmPoll asks the question, "Do we need any more gun control laws?" Well, do we, punk?
Here's some audio from this week you might have missed:
And there is a lot more!
Now for some news from the ZimmComm News Network:
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 AgWired Wrap-up of #ARA2015 by President/CEO
Palm Desert, CA is a place you really have to want to go to. It is beautiful but can take some effort to travel to. But apparently a lot of Agricultural Retailers Association members really wanted to attend their annual conference. According to Daren Coppock, ARA President/CEO, attendance was strong. Much stronger than they even hoped for. MOREZimmCast
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#ASTACSS Economic Outlook from Dan Basse
Back by popular demand for the fifth year, AgResource Company president Dan Basse presented his economic outlook for agriculture at the opening general session of the ASTA CSS 2015 and Seed Expo on Tuesday. MOREPodcast
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AgGateway Launches New Logo for eBusiness Resources
A new logo is now available for member companies of AgGateway to use in promoting their eBusiness products and services. The logo, a checkmark proclaiming "Enabled by AgGateway eAgriculture Resources," will allow companies to brand their business as being actively involved in promoting AgGateway's industry-wide eAgriculture resources. MORE
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 Domestic Fuel
Biodico Westside Bioenergy Facility Begins Production
The Biodico Westside bioenergy facility is now in production in San Joaquin Valley, California. Biodico President and Rounder Russ Teall says the 20 million gallon-per-year biodiesel facility is the first world's first fully sustainable liquid biofuel facility. MORE
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EDF EN Commissions Mont-Rothery Wind Project
The Mont-Rothery wind project has been commissioned. The 74 MW wind farm is sited on public lands in the MRC of Haute-Gasp�sie and MRC of C�te-de-Gasp�. Construction of the project, owned by EDF EN Canada Inc., began in 2014 and features 37 turbines of 2 MW each supplied by Senvion. The electricity will be delivered to Hydro-Quebec Distribution under a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement. MORE
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U.S. & Britain Partner to Power Up Africa
Bringing reliable, renewable power to Africans has been an ongoing conversation around the climate talks in Paris this month. Both the U.S. and the UK have programs with goals to do just this. Going forward, however, the programs will be power amplified with the new collaboration between the two countries. The partnership was announced during COP21 by UK International Development Minister Nick Hurd and Associate Administrator of USAID Eric Postel. MORE
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Precision
New Draper Platforms for John Deere Windrowers
The new John Deere 500 Series Draper Platforms are the perfect addition to the W235 and W260 Self-Propelled Windrowers. The combination offers growers improved operational control, constant header speed and best-in-class cutting performance, even in challenging conditions. The 500 series is offered in three models, ranging from 25 to 36 feet. MORE
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Making Big Data Work for Retailers
Greg Bright, Chief Data Officer and Principle Architect at Leap Media Solutions recently gave a presentation at the Agriculture Retailers Association Conference. Entitled, "Using Data to Find New Business," Bright's message transferred the information being used by many businesses to obtain new customers to the precision data agriculture retailers have access to today. MOREPodcast
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FarmLink Introduces Discovery Platform
As growers prepare for the 2016 season they can now use FarmLink's data analytics platform to look back on the decisions they made in 2015. Discovery by FarmLink offers analytics based on millions of acres of quality assured yield data. Some of the information for corn and soybean fields is available to visitors for free. Subscribers can get access to insights at zone level for corn, soybeans and wheat. MORE
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United Soybean Board Conference Call
The United Soybean Board is holding it's board meeting in St. Louis, MO and held a press conference call this morning. You can listen in below if you'd like. MORE
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2015 North American PRRS Symposium
Chicago hosted the 2015 North American PRRS Symposium December 5-6 and Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. hosted a session on "Combatting the Latest PRRS Cycle." Learn about the new emerging strains of PRRS, field experiences in control and management, epidemiology at the regional level and hear from Area Regional coordinators. MORE
Listen to audio here.
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Windy City Welcomes #ASTACSS Conference
Seed industry representatives from around the globe are gathered in the Windy City this week for the 70th Corn and Sorghum Seed Research Conference, 45th Soybean Seed Research Conference, and Seed Expo 2015 - better known at CSS 2015 and Seed Expo. The event is taking place December 7-11, 2015 with more than 2,900 diverse people from across the globe at the event, coming together to look at what the American seed industry is doing. MORE
Listen to audio here.
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Private Property Rights Threatened by White House
The White House issued a statement threatening a veto of Rep. Mac Thornberry's (R-Texas) bill, H.R. 2130, the Red River Private Property Protection Act. National Cattlemen's Beef Association President Philip Ellis called the veto threat another example of egregious federal overreach. MORE
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Merck Animal Health Focuses on Feedlot Stockmanship
Merck Animal Health is committed to supporting cattlemen in their efforts to make continuous improvements through its CreatingConnections™ Educational Series. The second module is now available and features leading cattle-handling experts who provide valuable insights on achieving excellent feedlot stockmanship. MORE
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National Pork Board Names New CIO
The National Pork Board announced the promotion of Chuck Cozad to Chief Information Officer. Cozad was previously assistant vice president, information technology, having joined the Pork Checkoff in 1998. MORE
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