A few months agao, NutriDense Grain announced its renewed contracting agreement with Perdue AgriBusiness. This past week, we had the privilege of working together at the National Farm and Machinery Show in Louisville, Ky. Take a look at some of the pictures we snapped during the show!
Last month, NutriDense Grain announced a new contracting agreement between Heartland Co-op and Fieldale Farms. Heartland Co-op, a grain cooperative network with 52 locations and 5,300 members across Iowa, is committed to working with local farmers to enhance their profitability through NutriDense Grain contracting. The NutriDense Grain delivered to Heartland Co-op will then be utilized by Fieldale Farms, an independent, family-owned poultry producer with operations in northeast Georgia.
Growers in Des Moines, Iowa can learn more about these contract opportunities by contacting one of our seed partners or Heartland Co-op directly for more information:
For more information on premium contracting details with Heartland Co-op or if you have any other questions, contact Ryan Mallo with Heartland Co-op at 515-974-5205.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., January 10, 2011 – BASF Plant Science announced today a new contracting agreement for NutriDense® Grain between Heartland Co-op and Fieldale Farms. Heartland Co-op, a grain cooperative network with 52 locations and 5,300 members across Iowa, is committed to working with local farmers to enhance their profitability through NutriDense Grain contracting. The NutriDense Grain delivered to Heartland Co-op will then be utilized by Fieldale Farms, an independent, family-owned poultry producer with operations in northeast Georgia.
“Through this NutriDense Grain partnership with Fieldale Farms, our growers will have a premium contracting opportunity,” said Kent Jessen, Heartland Co-op director of merchandising. “We are constantly seeking innovative solutions to meet our customers’ needs, and are very interested in the optimal nutrition and enhanced animal feed performance NutriDense Grain offers.”
Corn growers in the Des Moines, Iowa area will have a strong local market for NutriDense Grain. Through Heartland Co-op’s convenient buyer’s call contracting, corn growers who plant NutriDense Grain during the 2011 season will receive acreage contracts with a premium of 25 cents per bushel. Delivery of NutriDense will be available to the Des Moines area Heartland Co-op elevators during the spring/summer of 2012.
“We are excited to help facilitate this arrangement between Heartland Co-op and Fieldale Farms, two strong brands within the poultry industry,” said Scott Friedlund, NutriDense Grain product manager. “This program will provide the opportunity for corn growers in the Heartland Co-op to enjoy the financial benefits of NutriDense Grain while the growers of Fieldale Farms experience the nutritional advantage.”
NutriDense Grain hybrids are available in Iowa through NutriDense licensed seed companies Kruger Seeds, Croplan Genetics and FS Seed. NutriDense Grain hybrids offer competitive yield and agronomics and are available with many popular input traits. Limited contracts are available, so corn growers should contact a NutriDense seed partner or Ryan Mallo at Heartland Co-op at (515) 974-5205 or rmallo@heartlandcoop.com to learn more about this offer.
NutriDense Grain is a nutritionally enhanced corn available in competitive yielding hybrids that provides a lower cost per pound of gain for poultry producers. This provides the animal producer with efficient production and allows the grain grower to share in a portion of that value through a grain premium.
To learn more about NutriDense, visit www.nutridense.com, follow on Twitter @NutriDense or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NutriDense.
About Heartland Co-op
Heartland Co-op, a grain cooperative based in Des Moines, Iowa, serves more than 5,300 members at 52 locations across Iowa. For more information, please call (515) 225-1334 or visit www.heartlandcoop.com.
About Fieldale Farms
Fieldale Farms is an independent, family-owned poultry processor with operations located in northeast Georgia. Founded over 50 years ago, Fieldale Farms offers a full array of products to its customers including all-natural whole birds, cut-up chicken parts and skinless, boneless chicken parts. Additionally, Fieldale Farms provides product packaging, fully cooked products and other specialty items to more than 50 countries around the world. For more information, visit www.fieldale.com.
About BASF Plant Science
BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics and performance products to agricultural products, fine chemicals as well as oil and gas. BASF Plant Science – a BASF group company – is one of the world’s leading companies providing innovative plant biotechnology solutions for agriculture. Today, more than 750 employees are helping farmers meet the growing demand for improved agricultural productivity and healthier nutrition for humans and animals. BASF Plant Science has developed an unparalleled gene discovery platform focusing on yield and quality traits in crops such as corn, soybean and rice. Jointly with leading partners in the seed industry BASF Plant Science is commercializing its products. Current projects include higher yielding row crops, nutritionally-enhanced corn for animal feed or higher content of Omega-3’s in oil crops for preventing cardiovascular diseases. To find out more about BASF Plant Science, please visit www.basf.com/plantscience.
About BASF
BASF – The Chemical Company.
BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has approximately 16,000 employees in North America, and had sales of $13 billion in 2009. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, or to sign up to receive news releases by e-mail, visit www.basf.com/usa.
BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics and performance products to agricultural products, fine chemicals and oil and gas. As a reliable partner, BASF creates chemistry to help its customers in virtually all industries to be more successful. With its high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF plays an important role in finding answers to global challenges, such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and mobility. BASF posted sales of more than €50 billion in 2009 and had approximately 105,000 employees as of the end of the year. Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.
NutriDense is a registered trademark of BASF Plant Science L.P.
It’s a new year, and we’re back with another installment of our agronomic podcast series with BASF Plant Science sales agronomist Mark Schultz. Recently on The Corn Feed, I spoke with Mark about the silage plot tours he took in the fall around the country.
Mark, along with NutriDense forage specialists and the hybrid development team, toured grain plots in these areas as well. Today on The Corn Feed, he talks about what he saw on these plot tours in terms of yield and quality.
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Have questions for Mark? Contact him at mark.schultz@basf.com.
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., November 23, 2010 – BASF Plant Science and Perdue AgriBusiness announced today that they have renewed their contracting agreement for NutriDense® Grain. Perdue AgriBusiness, a leading merchandiser, processor and exporter of grain, is committed to working with local farmers to enhance their profitability through NutriDense Grain contracting.
“Over the past year, we have seen competitive yield results and positive feeding trials with NutriDense Grain,” said John Ade, Perdue AgriBusiness vice president of grain sales and merchandising. “By accepting NutriDense Grain at our facilities, we are able to offer growers a premium contracting opportunity while providing optimal nutrition and enhancing animal feed performance.”
As a result of the agreement with BASF Plant Science, corn growers delivering to the Perdue feed mills in Washington, Ind.; Livermore, Ky.; Bridgeville, Del.; and Roberts, Md. areas will have a strong local market for NutriDense Grain. NutriDense Grain contracts are available in these regions for fall delivery and buyer’s call through Perdue AgriBusiness. Limited contract acres are available so corn growers should contact their nearest Perdue AgriBusiness location or a NutriDense seed partner, or visit www.nutridense.com/grain today to learn more about contracting opportunities. NutriDense Grain hybrids offer competitive yield and agronomics and are available from licensed seed partners with many popular input traits.
“Perdue AgriBusiness is a trusted name in agriculture with a rich history of supporting local communities,” said Scott Friedlund, NutriDense Grain product manager. “We appreciate the opportunity to add value to the local agricultural community through NutriDense Grain and look forward to a long, mutually beneficial relationship with Perdue.”
NutriDense Grain is a nutritionally enhanced corn available in competitive yielding hybrids that provides a lower cost per pound of gain for poultry producers. This provides the animal producer with efficient production and allows the grain grower to share in a portion of that value through a grain premium.
To learn more about NutriDense, visit www.nutridense.com, follow on Twitter @NutriDense or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/NutriDense.
About Perdue AgriBusiness
Perdue AgriBusiness is a wholly owned subsidiary of Perdue Incorporated. Ranked among the largest grain companies in the United States, Perdue AgriBusiness is a leading merchandiser, processor and exporter of agriculture products. Through its more than 40 elevator locations with more than 60 million bushels of storage, four transload facilities, three protein blend mills, three soybean crushing operations, an edible oil refinery and two rendering facilities, Perdue AgriBusiness serves agricultural markets across the United States and around the world. Visit www.perdueagribusiness.com for more information.
About BASF Plant Science
BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics and performance products to agricultural products, fine chemicals as well as oil and gas. BASF Plant Science – a BASF group company – is one of the world’s leading companies providing innovative plant biotechnology solutions for agriculture. Today, more than 750 employees are helping farmers meet the growing demand for improved agricultural productivity and healthier nutrition for humans and animals. BASF Plant Science has developed an unparalleled gene discovery platform focusing on yield and quality traits in crops such as corn, soybean and rice. Jointly with leading partners in the seed industry BASF Plant Science is commercializing its products. Current projects include higher yielding row crops, nutritionally-enhanced corn for animal feed or higher content of Omega-3’s in oil crops for preventing cardiovascular diseases. To find out more about BASF Plant Science, please visit www.basf.com/plantscience.
About BASF
BASF – The Chemical Company
BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF has approximately 16,000 employees in North America, and had sales of $13 billion in 2009. For more information about BASF’s North American operations, or to sign up to receive news releases by e-mail, visit www.basf.com/usa.
BASF is the world’s leading chemical company: The Chemical Company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics and performance products to agricultural products, fine chemicals and oil and gas. As a reliable partner, BASF creates chemistry to help its customers in virtually all industries to be more successful. With its high-value products and intelligent solutions, BASF plays an important role in finding answers to global challenges, such as climate protection, energy efficiency, nutrition and mobility. BASF posted sales of more than €50 billion in 2009 and had approximately 105,000 employees as of the end of the year. Further information on BASF is available on the Internet at www.basf.com.
NutriDense is a registered trademark of BASF Plant Science L.P.
With the Des Moines River close by, the city of Boone, Iowa has struggled with recent heavy downpours and, in turn, flooding. However, wet weather hasn’t slowed preparations for the 57th annual Farm Progress 2010 Show. Crops have been planted and, according to the Farm Progress Show website, harvest is right on schedule.
The show runs Tuesday, Aug. 31 through Thursday, Sept. 2, and anyone interested in attending can find tickets here.
Can’t make it? Follow along on Twitter @FPShow or on Facebook to stay on top of show news.
Each week, Corn and Soybean Digest asks its readers to answer a poll on topics ranging from planting season and corn yields to sustainability and seed decisions. The results, found here, are always interesting and sometimes surprising.
Here are a few of our favorites so far:
Be sure to stop by the Corn and Soybean Digest website each week to answer and view new poll questions and results.
Farmers are hard-working people, so it makes sense they should be rewarded. With that in mind, we created a new program called NutriDense Rewards.
Depending on the number of units of seeds containing NutriDense purchased, NutriDense will award farmers with a variety of prizes:
- 60-119 units: A Premium Series cooker/smoker from Cabella’s and a $50 gift card.
- 120-179 units: A new laptop.
- 180-239 units: A complete PC home makeover, including laptop, netbook, desktop with 20” LCD monitor, and wireless router.
- 240 or more units: A five-day, all-inclusive trip for two to the beaches of Costa Rica.
To qualify, place your NutriDense seed order with a NutriDense seed partner by Feb. 15, 2011. Want more details? Contact your seed rep, call 1-800-233-8942 or visit www.nutridense.com/rewards for all terms and conditions of this offer.
Two weeks ago, I chatted with Jerry Weigel, manager of nutrition and technical service at BASF Plant Science, about feed efficiency as it relates to poultry. We’re back this week to learn how NutriDense can improve this important factor for poultry producers.
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