Saving the Oasis and Feeding the Hungry

In Education, Environmental, Farming, Food by Cindy

Syngenta recently launched a new website called “Saving the Oasis” featuring three short documentaries that tell the story of how Atrazine helps farmers protect the environment and produce more food, and is one of the safest crop protection tools in the world. “We wanted to correct some misinformation out there with the public on Atrazine,” said Ann Bryan with Syngenta. …

Join the Friendly Farm Faces on Capitol Hill This Summer

In Corny News, Education, Farm Bill, Farming, General, government, Media, Politics, Regulations, State Groups by Cathryn

Have you ever heard about the Corn Farmers Coalition and wondered who actually sees this stuff? Sure, the ads catch attention from a mile away.  Sure, the beaming family farmers, on their real farms, convey powerful, impactful messages about today’s farm.  Sure, these ads appear to be something that would draw any normal reader into a short ag literacy lesson. …

Video Spreads Farmers Fight Message

In Education, General, Social Media, Video by Cindy

The newest advocate video for agriculture features a young African-American woman in an urban setting encouraging everyone involved in the industry to “Stand Up” and fight for farmers. Jasmine Dillon, a Texas A&M University graduate student in Animal Breeding, stars in the video which was part of the “Farmers Fight Agvocacy Day” effort by TAMU on April 12. Among those …

Want Cutting-Edge Technology in Your Workplace? Farmers Do Too

In Biotechnology, Conservation, Education, Environmental, Farming, Food, General, Production, Sustainability by Cathryn

Imagine how differently a day at the office might have been in 1961.  A secretarial pool takes the place of word processing software.  Googling a subject might take hours and physical labor sifting through back editions of the paper or encyclopedias and still yield limited results.  Email communications require a phone call, paper memo or even a written letter sent …

Soda Bans Have Limited Impact

In Blogroll, Current News, Education, General, HFCS by Mark

The longest of journeys begins with a first step and perhaps the national idiocy over the evils of corn sugar (HFCS) may be about to subside. In the “Well Blog” in today’s New York Times they pronounce that soda bans in schools have limited impact. I know business professionals aren’t supposed to say “Duh” but this is a blog and …

Ethanol Education & Promotion at Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

In Audio, Education, Ethanol, State Groups by Chuck

It’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally time and bikers are getting a continuing education about ethanol as a fuel option. With the theme, “Ethanol, Fueled with Pride” educational materials and promotional t-shirts are being distributed during the event at the Buffalo Chip Campground which is the hub of the activities and concerts that make up the event schedule. The event is sponsored …

Giving Time Now Builds the Foundation for a Brighter Tomorrow

In Activism, Education by Cathryn

During the whirlwind that is a week working in agriculture, building in time to help cultivate tomorrow’s ag journalists, agronomists, economists and agri-business leaders often is prioritized directly below milling through old files to see what forgotten facts might lie within.  For the vast majority of those in the field, it is unimaginable that college students might not fully understand …

Who Wasn’t Paying Attention in High School English Class?

In Activism, Current News, Education, Ethanol, HFCS, Legislation, Policy, Politics, Social Media by Cathryn

As high school English teachers hand out research paper assignments to eye rolls and sighs, they must know that their students feel nearly certain that the knowledge gained in carefully sourcing their final assignment will never serve them later in life.  This attitude remains pervasive into adulthood it seems as many legislators, food elitists and a broad array of anti-ag …

Future Corn Industry Leaders

In Audio, Commodity Classic, Education by Cindy

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA)and BASF Crop Protection announced the winners of six scholarships during the 2011 Commodity Classic on in Tampa. This is the fourth year for the NCGA Academic Excellence in Agriculture Scholarship Program which awards five $1,000 scholarships to college students pursuing a degree in an agriculture-related field. The winners are Hayley Bunselmeyer, a junior at …

New Congress Provides Educational Opportunity

In Activism, Education, government by Janice

The historic 112th Congress convenes today in Washington.  Not only are we seeing a new wave of freshmen, including 87 Republicans and nine Democrats, we are also witnessing a change of power from a previously Democratically controlled House of Representatives to Republican.  While there will be a bit of organized chaos in the nation’s capital as they settle into new …