In an effort to convince more young people to consider agricultural lending as a career, the Nebraska Bankers Association (NBA) worked with the University of Nebraska to set up an Ag Lending major. NBA provides scholarships and internships to students, and according to the group’s president George Beattie, they’ve been pleased with the results of those efforts. Here’s our Husker Harvest Days interview with Beattie.
Hoegemeyer offers drought-tolerance, refuge in a bag
September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
When we stopped by the Hoegemeyer Hybrids tent at Husker Harvest Days, general manager Stephan Becerra filled us in on what’s new at Hoegemeyer, including their new drought-tolerant corn hybrids and refuge in a bag.
Sukup provides grain handling and storage solutions
September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Sukup Grain Handling and Storage Solutions line includes grain bins for both on-farm and commercial storage, grain dryers for on-farm and commercial operations, axial and centrifugal fans and heaters, stirring machines, unloading equipment, bin floors and supports, drive-over hoppers, grain spreaders and Airway Tubes. At the Sukup display at Husker Harvest Days, we visited with bin sales director John Hanig.
Add irrigated acres with Reinke’s swing arm corner system
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According to Pat McCarthy of Reinke Irrigation, their Swing Arm Corner System lets a farmer get more irrigated acres without buying more land or setting up a new water system—and the swing arm corner unit is also available with GPS guidance. We interviewed McCarthy at Husker Harvest Days.
Syngenta promotes Agrisure Viptera at HHD
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Syngenta’s Agrisure Viptera corn is good to go for 2012. That’s one of the messages conveyed by Syngenta Mike Leetch during an interview with Brownfield at Husker Harvest Days. Leetch also discussed Syngenta’s new business strategy, Goss’s Wilt in corn, and what’s new in soybeans.
Calmer Corn Heads offers trash reduction solutions
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At the Calmer Corn Heads display at Husker Harvest Days, we talked to CEO Marion Calmer about their custom built corn heads and trash reduction kits, including the new Calmer BT Chopper, which chops, crushes, and makes small “confetti-like” pieces out of those tough BT stalks. We also discussed Calmer’s own on-farm research program called CALMER Ag Research.
An update from the LG Seed sales agronomists
September 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Leonard Luebker and Matt Teply are sales agronomists with LG Seeds. Luebker covers eastern Nebraska and northeast Kansas. Teply’s territory includes western Nebraska as well as north-central and northwest Kansas. At Husker Harvest Days, they gave us an update on current crop conditions and talked about the LG corn hybrids that growers should consider for 2012.
Grain storage/handling systems are getting bigger, faster
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At the MFS/York/Stormor display at Husker Harvest Days, we talked with the company’s vice president of marketing Randy Van Langen. He says the demand for bigger and faster grain storage and handling systems continues to grow—and he says MFS/York/Stormor is well-equipped to meet the needs of today’s large farmer.
State Treasurer promotes unclaimed property at HHD
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Nebraska state treasurer Don Stenberg was at Husker Harvest Days, promoting unclaimed property and the state’s college savings plan. Stenberg tells Brownfield that, so far this year, his office has returned over five-million dollars in unclaimed property to nearly 12-thousand Nebraskans—but over 100-million dollars of property, belonging to some 350-thousand people, still remains unclaimed.
Channel focuses on ‘seedsmanship’
September 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Channel seed brand, launched two years ago, has grown to become the industry’s third largest corn seed brand and fourth largest soybean brand. According to Channel marketing manager Heather Gotto, Channel’s success is based on its unique “Seedsmanship” approach, which focuses on providing farmers with expert advice, customized service and industry-leading seed products, including an expanded lineup of Genuity corn trait products and Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans for 2012. Here’s our interview with Heather at Husker Harvest Days.
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