Redwood Falls, U.S.A. – When Minnesota Farmfest launched in 1981, cell phones were two years away from even being sold commercially. Technology has not only changed the way farmers grow and do business, it has enhanced the flow of information and many are taking full advantage of it. For this year’s Minnesota Farmfest, an iPad app was created to showcase new products, provide information on exhibitors and their booth location as well as provide a schedule of special events.

“Our digital team did a great job creating this iPad app,” says Raymond Bianchi, vice president and group show director of IDEAg. “Minnesota Farmfest’s GOLD and SILVER sponsors now have a unique and extremely attractive way to market their products to our audience.”

The iPad app was developed by the Cygnus Business Media Digital Group specifically for the event. To download the app, users can log onto itunes.com and search for Minnesota Farmfest.

Within the app is a new product showcase featuring these GOLD Sponsors and their product: Jamesway Farm Equipment’s PUMPELLER Hybrid Lagoon Pump, which is much more efficient to agitate tough lagoons; Novozymes Bioag Ratchet, a foliar applied LCO Promoter Technology that enhances plant growth and photosynthesis; and Ziegler Ag Equipment, showcasing the new Caterpillar MT700D Series tractor, a machine that lowers soil compaction and moves easily through mud.

Minnesota Farmfest SILVER Sponsors are also included in the iPad app: Mathews Company, manufacturers of high quality, innovative agricultural equipment, SFP’s More Than Manure, the first and only fertilizer manager proven to reduce nitrogen loss and phosphorus fixation in manure, and Ag Alternatives’ Y-Drop, a new system of fertilization that compliments any conventional management system.

Minnesota Farmfest kicks off Tuesday, August 7th at the Gilfillan Estate, seven miles southeast ofRedwood Falls, Minnesota.  In addition to political forums, issues affecting farmers will also be debated.

For more information, log onto http://www.ideaggroup.com/farmfest. Registration is sponsored by NAPA Auto Parts. Qualified attendees can register for free admission at www.IDEAgGroup.com/Farmfest.

Image Courtesy of   USDAgov

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AT&T announced on February 07, 2012 that its AT&T U-verse for iPad App, which makes it easy for users to connect their iPad to their TV for an even better viewing experience, is available on the App Store.

Recent studies indicate that the majority of tablet owners use their device simultaneously while watching TV, and with this app users can link their iPad to their choice of any U-verse TV receiver and access several great new features like:

• Extra content and information about the TV show you’re watching, including series overview, episode synopsis, photos, cast and crew information, related TV shows and more.
• A full-featured, intuitive U-verse remote control with channel, guide, DVR, interactive app and on-demand controls, eliminating the need for extra (or lost) remotes throughout the home.
• Advanced search functionality to help you find the content you want.
• Recommendations on what to watch with ratings and reviews.
• Ability to share information about what you are watching with friends on Facebook.

And while you’re on the go, you can:

• Watch hit TV shows and movies over any Wi-Fi connection. Choose from a library of popular content based on your U-verse TV package, including shows and movies from STARZ, ENCORE, TBS, TNT, truTV, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, with more choices added on an ongoing basis.
• Access the U-verse programming guide and DVR scheduling, similar to the functionality available on the U-verse app for iPhone and iPod touch.

You can view a video demo of the app here.

“Today, we are taking our best in class TV experience and taking it to a whole new level by joining two very powerful platforms: your TV and iPad,” said David Christopher, chief marketing officer, AT&T Mobility.

“With our new app, AT&T U-verse customers have access to incredible functionality to make the TV experience much richer, from superior search and control functionality, to fresh content that tells you more about what you’re watching, to the ability to share what you’re watching with your friends through social networks. And, when they leave the home, our customers can take the U-verse experience with them.”

Using the U-verse IP platform and in-home U-verse Wi-Fi network, customers can link the app to any U-verse TV receiver in their home. Using a simple one-time set up process for each U-verse receiver, customers just tune to channel 9301 and go through intuitive steps to name their U-verse receivers using a default name like “living room” or “bedroom,” or create a personalized name, to enable the functionality and features.

AT&T U-verse TV was the fastest growing TV service in the country in 2011 and is the only 100 percent Internet Protocol-based television (IPTV) service offered by a national service provider. AT&T U-verse TV ranked “Highest in Residential Television Service Satisfaction in the North Central, South and West Regions,” according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 Residential Television Service Provider Satisfaction Studies(SM).

The AT&T U-verse for iPad App is available for free from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore.

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