Category Archives: Pfizer

Writing From Pfizer Media Event

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Pfizer ResearcherIt’s Monday morning and I’m in Michigan getting ready for a couple of days with Pfizer Animal Health. We’re going to hear an announcement from the company here in just about an hour and I should be able to post that by midday if all goes well.

This is a Pfizer researcher at work and later today we’ll be in the lab but I won’t be taking photos. We’ll be supplied with stock images like this one which is fine with me. No cameras in the facility. However I will have some from the news conference this morning here at our hotel facility which is Brook Lodge btw. Very nice.

So over the next day or so we’re going to learn a lot about what’s going on with Pfizer since I’ll be conducting one on one interviews and posting them here. The event has the title, “Delivering Solutions Through Research and Innovation.”

The Next Agriblogging Destinations

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Pfizer Richland FacilityThe traveling agriblogger is going to take most of the next day and a half off before hitting the road again so you may not see much new from me until the end of the weekend. But then it’s off to new places.

The first stop next week is Richland, MI for an event with Pfizer Animal Health titled, “Delivering Solutions Through Research and Innovation.” I’ll be part of a media group that will be learning all about the company’s veterinary medicine research and development (VMRD). We’ll get to talk with researchers and company leadership and I’ll be posting interviews right here on AgWired. This is an aerial shot of the facility in Richland.

ACEAfter that it’s off to Minneapolis, MN and the American Coalition for Ethanol annual conference. I’m sure there will be talk about food vs. fuel. Man, aren’t you tired of hearing that phrase? There is no food vs. fuel but the whackos and that includes whacko media just can’t leave well enough alone can they. So I’m going to focus on the positive messages at ACE because there’s a lot of good going on and I’m committed to making it public here and on Domestic Fuel.

So, I hope you’re all having a happy Friday, especially those of you recovering from acute AMS syndrome.

It’s Time For The Pfizer Pfeud

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Pfizer PfeudThe Pfizer Pfeud sounds like a family affair. However, it’s really a battle of wits with a $10,000 prize to the winning team. Pictured left to right are Dr. Gary Neubauer, Pfizer Animal Health, Dr. Bill Thatcher, University of Florida, Dennis E. VonRoekel, Dan Maynard, Will Szoszorek and Lorin Berge

It was a battle of East versus West during the Pfizer Pfeud game-show-style educational competition at the Western Dairy Management Conference held recently in Reno. Sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health, two teams of five dairy producers and veterinarians put their Dairy Wellness Plan knowledge to the test. The winning team earned the right to direct a combined $10,000 in university scholarship contributions to the schools of their choice.

“This is the first time the conference has included an event with scholarship dollars associated,” said John Smith, event co-chairman from Kansas State University and captain of the West team. “The event was a lot of fun, there were a lot of spectators enjoying the action, and ultimately, the activity benefits students who will lead the dairy industry in the future.”

When the competition ended, the East team posted the winning score. Team members included:

Team Captain: Bill Thatcher, D.V.M., Gainesville, Fla., contributing to the University of Florida Department of Animal Science; Will Szoszorek, Green Valley, Wisc., playing for the University of Wisconsin – Platteville; Dennis E. VonRoekel, Baldwin, Wisc., supporting Iowa State University; Lorin Berge, Valders, Wisc., contributing her winnings to the University of Wisconsin – Madison;
and Dan Maynard, Chazy, N.Y., directing his winnings to the University of Vermont.