Ag Equipment and Technology

Archive for January, 2010

Ag Equipment and Technology

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

AgChat session 1/26/2010

Question 1:

Guidance/autosteer has seen significant adoption in #agriculture, what’s been your experience? Any drawbacks?

Question 2:

What new planting/seeding specific technologies do you feel have made biggest impact on your #farm?

Question 3:

Row crop equipment seems to be getting bigger, larger, faster. Is this a good trend? Think it will continue?

Question 4:

Seen farmers trying #solar power tractors. Logical or just another #eco practice that will > #food costs?

Question 5:

What is the single most ‘game-changing’ #technology you have adopted in your operation in the last 5 years?

Question 6:

What is the single most ‘game-changing’ #technology you have adopted in your operation in the last 5 years?

Question 7:

We often think of new techs as tractors/combines/etc. What #livestock or #dairy tech have U found beneficial?

Question 8:

What equip could be brought to 3rd world 2 help small farmers there? new tech? old ones they still cant get?

Question 9:

What are some of the equipment advances in #EU, #Asia, etc. that need to be incorporated in USA products?

Question 10:

What is the one executable idea you will act upon as a result of our conversation tonight?

Thanks to Truffle Media for archiving this
week’s chat

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People often ask me where my passion for agriculture originates. After seeing me gladly stand up against pundits pointing fingers at farmers, many likely think it’s the anti-ag groups that fuel my fire. While it’s true that each piece of misinformation fans the flame, it’s really the people behind the food plate that give me the greatest inspiration. Read More »

Tags: Advocacy, Agriculture, Consumer Trust, Facebook, Farmer, Food, inspiration, leadership, mom, rancher, Twitter
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Food Myths and Legends

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Foodchat session 1/19/2010

Question 1:

What resources can help identify healthy foods?

Question 2:

What are some of the myths and legends about organic food?

Question 3:

How accurate are food healing myths/legends like chicken soup and ginger ale for a stomach ache?

Question 4:

How can we dispel the food myth to teens that eating ANY kind of fat is bad?

Question 5:

Should there be regulations on dollars spent to market/advertise food products to fight obesity?

Question 6:

What specific food myths or legends concern you most?

Question 7:

How does food labeling perpetuate or dispel food myths?

Question 8:

How can agriculture overcome food myths spread by marketing in the food industry?

Question 9:

What are you going to do differently or better as a result of being on #foodchat tonight?

Thanks to Truffle Media for archiving this
week’s chat

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Cooking Up the Right SM Recipe

Monday, January 18th, 2010

What’s the perfect recipe for chili? Some like it with corn, others put in chickpeas, yet others crave spaghetti noodles in it. Personally I add herb cornbread biscuits on top of my chili. Different recipes fit different tastes. The same is true for social media; some will love the spice and fast pace of Twitter, while others enjoy the sweetness of Facebook. Yet others find YouTube to be the special sauce – and even go so far as to shoot video from the tractor and upload from their phone since they have no high speed internet. Read More »

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