Boehringer Ingelheim is holding an ag media day to provide an overview of changes in the company and its product line due to the recent acquisition of a portion of the Ft. Dodge Animal Health products. As an example, in the opening presentation on cattle products, Colin Meyers told us that the new products “complete their cattle vaccine and pharmaceutical …
Pfizer Animal Health Awards U.S. Cattle Business to Bader Rutter
Pfizer Animal Health has announced today that it selected Bader Rutter, a full service agency based in Milwaukee, Wis. to service its U.S. cattle business. The agency will begin work on the account in January 2010. In other recent news, Pfizer Animal Health unveiled a new look in October after its acquisition of Wyeth, including its subsidiary Fort Dodge Animal …
Boehringer Ingelheim Closes Fort Dodge Deal
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Inc. (BIVI) has closed a deal with Pfizer to acquire a significant portion of the Fort Dodge Animal Health business. The acquisition, which includes products in the U.S., Australia, Canada and South Africa, as well as two manufacturing and research facilities located in Fort Dodge, Iowa, significantly increases the size of Boehringer Ingelheim’s companion animal and cattle …
Phase II Alpharma Student Video Contest
Phase II of the Alpharma Student Video Contest is now underway. This final phase of the contest ends November 23, so get your entries in asap. It’s your chance to win $5,000. You can find the contest rules here. Thanks to those of you who submitted clips during Phase I of the Alpharma Student Video Contest. A total of 146 …
Dr. Pearse Lyons Describes Future For Dairy Industry
Providing the first remarks on the program for the Global Dairy 500 Conference was Dr. Pearse Lyons, founder and President, Alltech. The theme of his opening remarks was to answer the question, “Is there a future for dairy in these turbulent times?” Dr. Lyons addressed the real challenges in the dairy business internationally. The Conference has attendees from all over …
Ohioans For Livestock Care Launch Campaign
It looks like the battle is on in Ohio and hopefully we won’t see another fiasco like Prop 2 in California. Advocating for an ample supply of safe, affordable, Ohio-raised food and excellent care of the state’s livestock and poultry, leaders of Ohioans for Livestock Care today announced the first phase of the statewide outreach campaign in support of passage …
Should Your Pet Be A Vegetarian?
Coming from Texas A&M University, this article from the Veterinary Department, “Should Your Pet Be A Vegetarian?” kind of surprised me. It came out in their newsletter, and the article discussed planning a well-balanced vegetarian diet for pets. Why? What is this world coming to anyway? Since when do pets have to stand for a cause? Why can’t they just …
Boehringer Ingelheim to Get Some of Ft. Dodge Animal Health
Later this year, Pfizer is merging with Wyeth Pharmaceutical, which owns Fort Dodge Animal Health. After the merger, Boehringer Ingelheim will acquire some of the Ft. Dodge assets from Pfizer. That’s the short version. According to the official announcement, Boehringer Ingelheim has entered into an agreement with Pfizer “to acquire certain assets of Wyeth Pharmaceutical’s Fort Dodge Animal Health business …
Pioneer Hi-Bred Takes The Long Look
The man who got us started here at the Pioneer Hi-Bred Forage Media Day is Robin Newell. Cindy spoke to him about the “long look.” He says the Pioneer long look has four components that include: “We strive to create the best products;” “We deal honestly and fairly with our constituents;” “We represent our products vigorously;” “We help our customers …
Novus International To Research at Green Acres
Green Acres was the place to be yesterday. That’s the name of the Novus International research farm near Montgomery City, MO. Our media group piled into a van piloted by Captain Jeremy Lutgen and off we went to see how the project is coming along. Novus purchased the 15 acre farm and has been constructing new buildings while renovating existing …