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Ag News Roundup – 11/11

November 11th, 2011 by Anna Agnew

What’s new in social media? In this blog feature, we’re rounding up the latest social media news that’s impacting the agriculture industry.

#AgChat – Agri-Tourism and Urban Ag: The latest #AgChat covered topics including 4-H and FFA’s push for more urban ag opportunities, fostering agri-tourism, and understanding state regulations and potential liabilities.

Virtual 2011 Corn Harvest: Over 200 blogs mentioned the words “corn harvest” during October – showcasing social media’s rise for not just connecting to the ag world, but getting a front row seat to the harvest Itself. Agriculture.com graphed those mentions across blogs, Facebook and Twitter.

A Day in Ag: AgWeb recently hosted “A Day in Ag” – connecting consumers with the farmers growing their food. The virtual event prompted 200 video submissions and over 600 #dayinag tweets – all providing a glimpse into the lives of farmers and ranchers across the U.S.

The Voice in the Cab: Monsanto’s recent blog post highlights what farm broadcasters mean to the ag industry and what makes farmers and industry professionals really appreciate them.

Tags: #agchat, 4-H, A Day in Ag, agri-tourism, AgWeb, corn harvest, Facebook, farm broadcasters, FFA, Monsanto, Twitter, urban ag
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Ag News Roundup – 7/22/11

July 22nd, 2011 by Anna Agnew

What’s new in social media? In this blog feature, we’re rounding up the latest social media news that’s impacting the agriculture industry.

#AgChat – Open Floor: A wide variety of topics were covered in last week’s #AgChat, spanning tips to keep livestock cool, the newest equipment technology, the accuracy of USDA reports and the most influential ag mentors. If you are interested in joining in on these weekly conversations, follow @AgChat on Twitter. Remember, anyone can submit topic ideas and new agvocates are always welcome.

Northeast Beginning Farmers Project: This project is funded by the USDA’s Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program and is packed with useful information for the next generation of the agriculture industry. Even though they target beginning farmers, this website has tools even the most experienced farming operations can benefit from. On their website you can see their guidebook to farming covering everything from zoning laws to taxes, watch mentors tell their stories on the “Voices of Experience” video, sign up for Cornell Cooperative Extension online courses and search for farming opportunities. Check out their website to take advantage of everything it has to offer.

The Mobile Farmer: This blog covers everything related to mobile technology. Blog post topics range from upgrading your mobile device to the best apps for farmers. You can check out all of their mobile device and app reviews as well as watch entertaining videos from their favorite guests, called AgNerds.

Indian Farmers Producing More, Conserving More and Improving Lives: In a recent blog post, Monsanto discussed the success of their project SHARE (Sustainable Harvest: Agriculture, Resources and Environment) developed through their partnership with the Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals. Project SHARE has advisory and extension services that work to communicate the importance of modern cultivation practices. The SHARE project’s main goal is to teach sustainability while increasing yields, ultimately increasing incomes for these farmers.

Tags: ag chat, agvocate, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Cornell University, farmers, Monsanto, SHARE, Social Media
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BASF Plant Science and Monsanto expand biotechnology collaboration

July 8th, 2010 by Karlie Justus

The world’s largest plant biotechnology collaboration just got larger. Yesterday, BASF and Monsanto announced they are expanding their joint efforts to develop higher-yielding and stress-tolerant crops to include a fifth crop, wheat. In addition, the companies are increasing their investments in the collaboration, reflecting the strong leads and commercial prospects in the collaboration’s early work.

The partnership was established in 2007 to focus on corn, soy, cotton and canola crops. In the original collaboration, the two companies dedicated a joint budget of potentially $1.5 billion; the new agreement will result in a potential additional investment of more than $1 billion by the companies over the life of the collaboration.

“BASF Plant Science is dedicated to discover genes for maximizing yield in crops that will be brought to farmers through partnerships. The collaboration with Monsanto was not only the first agreement that we entered, it also represents our most significant partnership, covering several large row crops,” said Peter Eckes, president of BASF Plant Science. “The expansion of our partnership reflects the fit between the two companies. The yield increases that we have achieved together in the field so far give us confidence that we can do more in our collaboration crops, which now include wheat.”

With regard to the addition of wheat to the collaboration, the partners will initially focus on developing biotech products for the North American and Australian markets. The first enhanced yielding wheat product is expected to reach the market after 2020. This product will be followed by successive generations of higher-yielding wheat varieties.

Wheat is the world’s second largest commodity crop after corn and demand is expected to grow as millions of people in developing countries such as China and India become more affluent and increasingly add bread to their traditional rice-based diets.

Read more about NutriDense’s relationship with BASF Plant Science in these previous blog posts:

BASF Plant Science Feed Project continues its work

Follow BASF and NutriDense on Twitter

Farm Journal article highlights BASF Plant Science and NutriDense

Tags: BASF, BASF Plant Science, biotech, Biotechnology, Monsanto, Peter Eckes
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