From the Cullers Family to 2000 Growers

Cindy Zimmerman

Cullers FamilyI have to give Michelle Cullers a lot of credit for the Kip Cullers’ Record Breaking Field Day event this week on the family farm. Her mother and sisters also helped out with the event, including making some absolutely delicious homemade ice cream for the BBQ.

Kip is blessed with a wonderful family – including sons Noah and Naamen, who were exceptionally well behaved. I’m sure it was an effort for everyone to host this event, which lasted three days this week. I am still waiting to hear the final numbers of those who attended – but it was somewhere over 2,000 – with visitors from as far away as Canada and Brazil!

Be sure to check out this AP story about Kip’s field day and expo. He even wowed the mainstream media!

Kip Cullers Record Breaking Field Day photo album

BASF, Farming

Consistent Worldwide Numbering System

Chuck Zimmerman

New John Deere Numbering SystemThere’s a lot of news coming out of John Deere this week. In fact, it’s 23 news releases worth! You can find links to all of them in their media center or on AgWired in my previous post.

I thought the new numbering system was very interesting and called Barry Nelson, John Deere Public Relations Manager, just now. He’s dutifully working until the end of the day on a Friday. Aren’t we all?

Barry explains that as the company has grown globally they were finding that products had different names and numbering depending on what country you’re in. So they got a group together to come up with one consistent name/number system which can be used worldwide.

You can listen to Barry explain the new system here: john-deere-numbering-nelson.mp3

Agribusiness, Audio, International, John Deere, Tractor

Download First NAMA Webinar

Chuck Zimmerman

NAMA WebinarsIt looks like NAMA’s first webinar was a success. It’s now available for download in case you weren’t able to participate.

PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST DOWNLOAD THE WEBEX PLAYER PRIOR TO DOWNLOADING THE DIRECT BRANDING WEBINAR. PLEASE VISIT HTTPS://NAMA.WEBEX.COM/CLIENT/T26L/ATRECPLY.MSI TO DOWNLOAD THE PLAYER FIRST.

You can download the webinar by visiting http://payment.nama.org/playback.htm. (If your link is not live, you may have to cut and paste the link in your web browser.)

Thank you and we hope you can join us for our upcoming Webinar, The Confluence of Social Networking and Mobile Marketing: The Value Proposition for Agribusiness, on October 9 at 1:00 p.m. (CENTRAL TIME). For all webinar information visit http://www.nama.org/programs/webinars.htm.

NAMA

Field Day Headliner

Cindy Zimmerman

Kip Culler’s Record Breaking Field Day photo album

Gary FellowsOne of the main secrets to Kip Cullers’ record breaking yields is BASF Headline fungicide and it was definitely one of the stars of the show this week at Kip’s Record Breaking Field Day in Southwest Missouri.

I spoke with Dr. Gary Fellows, Technical Service Manager for BASF, who says that Headline just fits with Kip’s goals for plant health and high yields. He was pleased that the field day that allowed growers from all over the United States and Canada to see what can be done on a real working farm and how that can be applied to their own operations.

Listen to my interview with Gary here: basf-kip-fellows.mp3

AmberHeadline has been such a great success story for BASF and growers of a huge variety of crops, not just corn and soybeans. I also talked with Technical Marketing Manager Amber Shirley who was on hand at the field day to discuss some of the many other crops the Headline has registration for, including sunflowers, potatoes, peanuts and cotton – as well as new registrations for oilseeds such as canola and planned registration for sorghum and alfalfa. Is there any crop Headline can’t help?

Listen to my interview with Amber here: basf-kip-amber.mp3

Audio, BASF, Farming

Dow AgroSciences to Acquire Dairyland Seed

Cindy Zimmerman

Dow AgroSciencesDow AgroSciences announced today it is acquiring Dairyland Seed Company and affiliate Bio-Plant Research.

Dairyland SeedAccording to a company release, the addition of Dairyland Seed will build upon Dow AgroSciences’ current seeds business and will expand its broad range of product offerings.

The agreement includes all crop genetics, brands, plant breeding programs in hybrid corn, soybeans and alfalfa as well as Dairyland’s research, processing and production locations. Dow AgroSciences will continue to independently market Dairyland Seeds under the Dairyland brand. Dairyland Seed will continue to be headquartered in West Bend, Wis.

Agribusiness, Seed

August ZimmNews

Chuck Zimmerman

August ZimmNewsThe latest edition of ZimmNews has now been pumped out into the world wide web.

In case you didn’t get it or just want to look at it online then you can find it here: August ZimmNews

Some highlights include:

I hope you enjoy it and thank you for reading.

ZimmNews

Fred Myers is For Ag Journalists

Chuck Zimmerman

Fred MyersIf you’re an AAEA member you probably know Fred Myers. If you’re not, then you can get to know him online via his new website, For Ag Journalists.

This website is the latest of many contributions I have made to agricultural journalism, much of it through the American Agricultural Editors’ Association (AAEA). Take a few minutes every month to look at what I have prepared. I hope you will enjoy the reading as much as I enjoy the writing.

But this isn’t only about me. It’s about all of us and about our profession and our lives. So I encourage you to share with me your thoughts, comments and any news you believe others should know. I will then post them. You can either be identified with them or contribute in anonymity. I will honor your choice.

ACN, Education, Internet

Farm Broadcast Fashion

Cindy Zimmerman

Janet AdkinsonJanet Adkinson of KMZU radio in Carrollton, Missouri models the latest haute couture accessory accent for the trendy farm broadcaster.

Note that the style is both fashionable and functional, not to mention adaptable for both male and female farm broadcasters. I expect to see this accessory trend showing up all over the farm broadcast world. Janet is a trend setter!

Janet was attending the Kip Cullers Record Breaking Field Day this week in southwest Missouri.

Kip Culler’s Record Breaking Field Day photo album

BASF, Media

Zimfo Bytes

Melissa Sandfort

    Zimfo Bytes

  • Dairy enthusiasts will now have easier access to the most up-to-date industry information with the Center for Dairy Excellence’s newly improved Web site. Producers, industry representatives, policy leaders, educators, consumers and the media will find the resources they need to help understand and make better decisions about Pennsylvania’s dairy industry. Other components of the new site are still being developed and will be rolled out during the next 12 months. To stay informed of new features and resources, subscribe to the center’s bi-weekly newsletter here, or e-mail info@centerfordairyexcellence.org.
  • Penton Media’s Farm Industry News was named as the winner of five regional awards at the American Society of Business Publication Editors’ regional awards banquet held in Chicago. The magazine received four editorial and one design award at the ceremony. Farm Industry News also won silver at the national awards.
  • The California Tree Fruit Agreement (CTFA) is pleased to announce the hire of Jeff Smutny as the new vice president of marketing. Smutny will join the CTFA team on Aug. 19, and will lead the marketing team in the strategic development and execution of marketing programs designed to expand the opportunities for our growers´ success.
  • Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association announced the appointment of Tim Niedecken as TSCRA’s executive director of association services. Niedecken comes to TSCRA from serving most recently as marketing manager for Micro Beef Technologies.
    Zimfo Bytes

    Complete List of AAEA Awards

    Chuck Zimmerman

    AAEAI’ve received several releases from companies that won AAEA Awards but there’s just too many to post easily. That’s why I was happy to receive a complete list yesterday.

    So if you’re wondering about all the awards presented at the Ag Media Summit for AAEA, you can see them for yourself: AAEA Awards (pdf).

    ACN