Recording the Kickin' Tires podcast is never, ever any fun.
FarmTech 2015 in Pictures
by Debra Murphy
It was a hectic week at FarmTech, with the RealAg crew filming all kinds of video for “Behind the Scenes” summaries of how an audio-visual crew sets up for an event of that calibre, and how the chefs manage to feed over 1700 people every day (stay tuned). As I was behind the camera for a lot of the event filming video, I wasn’t able to capture as much through still shots as I would have liked. Even so, I found the time for a few…
A Mess of Cords — Really, a summary of our week untangling and moving equipment from booth to dark corner to media room.Shaun Haney co-hosting an upcoming Kickin’ Tires machinery podcast.Tom Wolf, spray application specialist, rigged up for a on-location recording.Jim Hale, farmer and co-host of Kickin’ Tires.Our very own @realagvideoguy, filming chefs preparing breakfast on Day 1 of FarmTecMichael Ammeter, central Alberta farmer and chair of Alberta Barley, introducing the last keynote speaker.Peter Mansbridge, anchor of The National, speaking to a captive audience after the last meal of the 2015 FarmTech Conference.
Farmers are increasingly weighing quality of life alongside profitability when adopting new technologies, says Dr. Terry Griffin, ag economist at Kansas State University. Speaking with RealAgriculture’s Shaun Haney at the AdFarm Farm Voice event held this week in Kansas City, Griffin explains that technologies like cab-equipped tractors and automated guidance systems may not immediately raise…