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Tag Archives: DeKalb

DEKALB's "Big Reveal"

We usually talk about serious topics in this space. Today, we’re having a little fun.

Every day for the last 5 days, DEKALB has been posting a puzzle piece on Facebook, and today it pulled all of the puzzle pieces together to reveal the secret.

DEKALB has teamed up with Paul Jr. Designs of American Chopper to build a custom bike to celebrate 100 years of innovation and performance. The year 2012 will mark DEKALB’s 100th anniversary, and the “Chopper” is one way the anniversary is being promoted.

If you attend this year’s Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Ill. (Aug. … Full Article »

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Originally published
July 21, 2011 by Glynn Young

Corn Yield Contest: It's About Farmers

In late December, the National Corn Growers Association announced the winners in the U.S. national corn yield contest. It’s a closely watched competition, by both farmers and seed companies. Farmers look to see where average yields may be headed, and seed companies look for an opportunity to one-up the competition.

DeKalb and Hubner Seed customers and products did well in the contest. More precisely, they did outstandingly well, with five of eight first-place wins at the national level and 53 first-place wins at the state level. We’re proud of what our customers accomplished with DeKalb and Hubner corn … Full Article »

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Originally published
January 4, 2011 by Glynn Young

Oklahoma Territory Agronomy Advisor and Katie's coworker, Michael Marlow, speaking at a field day in Blackwell, OK to a group of growers about Asgrow varieties in one of her soybean plots.

Where’s the sales pitch? It’s in the yield, it’s in the field!

By Katie

If you would have asked me 10 years ago what I wanted to be when I grow up, sales probably would have been one of the last things to come to mind. In fact, when I tell people now that I am involved in sales I feel like I need to explain exactly what I do so that they don’t think that I go door to door begging people to buy seed. I sell soybeans, corn, cotton, grain sorghum, winter canola and alfalfa and I love it. I only wish I would have known earlier what exactly it … Full Article »

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Originally published
September 15, 2010 by Monsantoco

Barn at Sunset

Representing Monsanto, Representing the Farmer

By Katie

I was driving back to my hotel one night a few weeks ago after a meeting I had with some growers in the northern part of my territory. I got back to my hotel about 10:15 p.m. and opened up my computer to catch up on some emails and get ready for my meetings the next morning. After I got some work done and got settled into my bed at about midnight, I set my alarm for 5:30 a.m. to get an early start and realized that I am not completely unlike the farmers that I had just … Full Article »

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Originally published
August 10, 2010 by Monsantoco

Bruce Drager: Serving Farmers as a Technical Resource

On Dec. 2, I talked with farmer/dealer Dave Morris about his farming operations in southeastern Minnesota. Since then, I’ve been talking with Monsanto people who support what Dave does on his farm. Some help from more than a thousand miles away; others, like Bruce Drager, are somewhat closer.

Bruce is Monsanto’s Technology Development Representative (TDR) for southern Minnesota, and his responsibilities include working closely with Dave Morris. “I’m a technical resource for Dave,” Bruce says, “and I provide support for both his seed dealership and farming operations.” Dave is one of Bruce’s “cooperators,” meaning that he provides a testing area … Full Article »

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Originally published
January 20, 2010 by Glynn Young

Keeping Farming in the Family

I called Dave Morris to learn about his farm and dealer operations. He returned my phone call from his tractor. This season, the weather won’t wait. If you get a few good days, you grab them and hit the fields – a story that’s still being repeated all over the Midwest and central plains in the U.S.

Dave and his family live in southeastern Minnesota, farming corn and soybeans. His two brothers and two nephews farm as well. And Dave is a second-generation DeKalb dealer.

“My dad Gene started the dealership in 1988,” he says. “He called it Morris & … Full Article »

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Originally published
December 2, 2009 by Glynn Young