The 2025 Agri-Marketing Conference is underway. I have started some photo albums on the NAMA Flickr account. There’s one for student competition photos and one for the overall conference. 2025 Agri-Marketing Conference Photo Album 2025 Agri-Marketing Conference – Student Photo Album Today we have meetings of the NAMA Board, Chapter Leaders, a workshop, and then the party begins. We’ll have …
Registration Open for 2025 Ag Media Summit
Registration opened today for the Agricultural Media Summit, July 27-30, 2025 in Rogers, AR. You can find it here. Got questions? Here are some FAQs for you. Stay at the Embassy Suite Northwest Arkansas Hotel, Spa & Convention Center. THE AGRICULTURAL MEDIA SUMMIT began in 1999, and is the largest gathering of the agriculture industry’s top writers, editors, photographers, publishers …
2025 Agri-Marketing Conference Preview
It’s almost time for the 2025 Agri-Marketing Conference. To get a preview of all the activities I spoke with Carrie Isaacson, Broadhead, Chair for this year’s conference. You can listen to my conversation with Carrie here: (11:06) FUEL YOUR FUTURE AT NAMAPALOOZA Get ready for the 2025 Agri-Marketing Conference — your front-row seat to the future of agri-marketing! This high-energy …
Passing of Gene Hemphill
Cindy and I are very sad about the passing of Gene Hemphill. He was a great man who smiled a lot and always wanted to help anyone. He was also a very good friend. I don’t know how many hours or days we worked together, especially some unique projects like a trip to Jay Leno’s garage where we ate pizza …
ZimmCast 735 – Preview of 2024 NAMA Fall Conference
Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. It’s time for the 2024 NAMA Fall Conference which will be held in Minneapolis, MN, October 14-16. The theme is “Fall Back” and you’ll hear why in my interview with Laura Rustmann, Director of Marketing and Sales, J.L. Farmakis, Inc. and Chair of the committee that is organizing the conference. BTW. You can register …
broadhead Acquires Filament
broadhead has acquired Filament which makes it one of the nation’s largest agencies serving industry-leading food and agriculture clients. broadhead, an employee-owned, data-driven, creative agency powering brands that transform how we eat, move and live, has acquired Filament, a Madison, Wisconsin-based agency specializing in production and recreational agriculture. With a segment-leading client portfolio, Filament has a strong history in helping …
2023 NAMA Fall Conference
The 2023 NAMA Fall Conference is off to a great start with an ag tour of some very diversified farmers. You can find the schedule online. In our virtual ag newsroom on AgNewsWire you will find award winner remarks and interviews. 2023 NAMA Fall Conference Ag Tour Photo Album 2023 NAMA Fall Conference Photo Album
NAMA 2023 Professional Development Awards of Excellence
The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) is pleased to announce three marketing and agricultural leaders as winners of the 2023 Professional Development Awards of Excellence. The NAMA Professional Development Awards of Excellence honor members of the organization based on outstanding achievement in each of the Professional Development Areas. The awards will be presented in conjunction with the NAMA Fall Conference, October …
Agricultural Relations Council Golden ARC Awards
The Agricultural Relations Council met last week in Des Moines and (ARC) inducted two members into the Agricultural Public Relations Hall of Fame during the Golden ARC Awards Banquet. The new members are Janice Person, Grounded Communications CEO/founder and Deron Johnson, Curious Plot executive vice president, chief brand & culture officer. This award is given to agricultural public relations professionals …
#NAMA23 Wrap Up
The 2023 Agri-Marketing Conference in St. Louis last week was a great success with nearly 900 attending and about 200 of those first timers. The Student Marketing Competition had 25 student chapters competing with the final winner being the New Mexico State University student chapter. More than 50 Best of NAMA awards were presented this year, including: Best of Show …