Bayer’s “I Farm to Feed the World” effort
Bayer CropScience is asking farmers at the Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa to pledge to increase their yields and improve crop quality. To honor that commitment, Bayer CropScience Regional Development and Market Support Manager Mark Wrucke says the company will donate money to several local food banks in the area. Farmers can sign up at the Bayer CropScience Tent here at the show. AUDIO: Mark Wrucke (4 min. MP3)
Channel Field Check-ups
For 57 years, farmers have been coming to this show to see what is new in farm equipment, technology, crop inputs and just about everything else you need or want to use on your farm. Stacy Markovich, Channel Brand Manager is busy talking to farmers at the show about Channel Field Check-up series. This is a process where Channel seedsmen go out into the customers fields throughout the year to look for and understand risks. Channel is the third largest seed corn company in the United States. Audio: Stacy Markovich
2010 Farm Progress Show
The 2010 Farm Progress Show will be held August 31 - September 2, near Boone, Iowa. Visitors to the event will have the opportunity to see the latest equipment, seed, crop chemicals, field demonstrations, livestock handling and equine events, Ride ‘n Drive, rural life programs and entertainment, arts and crafts, and more. The first Farm Progress Show took place on October 2, 1953 on the Earl Bass farm near Armstrong, Illinois, with more than 75,000 people in attendance. Over the years, the show evolved to include seed test plots and field demonstrations. The 2005 show marked the first show at its ...
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Farm Progress Show attendance, exhibits upIt’s day three of the 2010 Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa and the attendance, so far, is ahead of 2008, the last time the show was held here. Farm Progress Events Manager Matt Jungmann says the rain here and there has not dampened the crowd. Jungmann... Read More...
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