The semi-annual BASF Ag Media Summit is being held this year in the home state of the crop protection division, North Carolina.
We are in the beautiful Raleigh-Durham metro area near the campus of Duke University and the opening reception and dinner was held at a venue celebrating the Tar Heel State’s farming heritage in the tobacco industry. Bay 7 at American Tobacco is part of a cluster of former tobacco warehouses that has been redeveloped for commercial, residential and office use. While tobacco is no longer as popular as it once was, it is nice to see that they do appreciate the fact that the crop literally made Raleigh-Durham what it is today.
Welcoming us to the media summit was Nevin McDougall, BASF Senior Vice President for the North America Crop Protection business, who invited us to raise our glasses as he offered the official North Carolina State Toast.
Here’s to the land of the long leaf pine,
The summer land where the sun doth shine,
Where the weak grow strong and the strong grow great,
Here’s to “Down Home,” the Old North State!
Looking forward to hearing the latest on what BASF is doing to help farmers get the most out of every acre. Cheers!