As the name implies, the International Poultry Expo is a global event that attracts poultry industry professionals from around the world. I had the pleasure of meeting Jorge Bedoya, president of the Columbian Poultry Industry Association, at the U.S. Soybean Export Council booth and got to talk with him about how soybean producers in this country have helped grow the …
Beef Ambassadors Ready To Rock
Once again I’ve had the opportunity to meet our latest Beef Ambassador team. This is a picture of them with Carol Abrahamzon, Project Manager for ANCW at the opening general session. Due to budget constraints they had to go home early today but at least they got to spend some time here at the national convention with members of the …
Lou Brock Steals Hearts at Poultry Expo
A man best known for stealing bases during his stellar career was stealing hearts today at the Novus booth during the International Poultry Expo. Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Brock, an all-star for the St. Louis Cardinals in his day, really hit a home run for Novus at the expo. He spent two hours signing autographs and taking pictures with …
LPC Holds Lunch Meeting at CIC
A little ditty about Rick and Diane . . . sounds like a song. Actually it’s Rick Coyle, Northern Ag Network and Diane Johnson,
Poultry Industry Outlook
2008 was a year the poultry industry would rather forget, but the outlook for 2009 is brighter, according to Tom Hensley, president of Fieldale Farms in Baldwin, Georgia. He presented “The Industry Outlook: An Executive Management Perspective” at the International Poultry Expo this morning. Hensley is optimistic about this year. “You can’t be in the chicken business unless you’re an …
Coaching the Novus Team
The key to a winning baseball team is a good coach and if Novus International was a baseball team, executive vice president of marketing and sales Giovanni Gasperoni would be that coach. “Novus was born in 1991, so we celebrate our 18th anniversary this year,” Gio told me in an interview today. “When I came to the states in 1995, …
Headline Receives Plant Health Label
BASF announced today that Headline® fungicide is the first fungicide to have EPA approved Plant Health claims on its label. State approvals are currently pending. “We believe this is a new precedent for the agricultural community,” said Nevin McDougall, Group Vice President, North America, BASF. “Agriculture must rely on innovative products such as Headline to meet the increasing global demand …
ZimmKids
Are these kids cute or what? These are the ZimmKids – our Georgia nieces and nephews that I had a chance to spend some quality time with on my first night here in Atlanta. They surprised me by wearing the AgWired t-shirts we sent to them last year. So they’re a little large for them – that just makes it …
Internet In The WildBlue Yonder
The NCBA Trade Show kicked off with an opening reception this evening at the Cattle Industry Convention. I’m planning on spending some time there during the next couple days. It looks like the first session went well judging by all the traffic as I wandered around. I took a few photos which have been added to the photo album but …
Seventh Inning Stretch
It could be, it might be – it was a home run for Novus International’s Jeremy Lutgen and Michael Whitmer, shown here playing an interactive video baseball game during the Novus reception at the International Poultry Expo. It was a great seventh inning stretch after a long day in the trade show trenches for everyone. Tomorrow will be the big …