Lisa Keefe New Editor at Meatingplace

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m a subscriber to Meatingplace.com and interested to see that we’ll now have content from a new contributing editor, Lisa Keefe. Veteran business writer and editor Lisa M. Keefe will join the Meatingplace franchise Jan. 14 as Editor of its flagship monthly magazine. As Editor, Keefe will determine editorial strategy, content and tone for the industry-leading print magazine, as well …

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Marketing MANA

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m really glad that Makhteshim Agan is using the name MANA Crop Protection since it’s a lot easier for me to say. They held a media breakfast last week that I attended and it provided an opportunity to get to know them better. I interviewed Dave Downing, Senior Product/Marketing Manager – Herbicides and now know a lot more about the …

Agribusiness, Audio, ZimmCast

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Melissa Sandfort

Land O’Lakes, Inc. recently announced a number of changes to the senior leadership team reporting to Land O’Lakes President and Chief Executive Officer Chris Policinski. JP Ruiz-Funes joined Land O’Lakes, effective Jan. 7 as senior vice president, Corporate Strategy and Business Development. Barry Wolfish has moved from his previous position in Corporate Strategy and Business Development to create the new …

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List of 8 for 2008

Laura McNamara

Cooking Light Magazine has announced its list of the ‘Top 8 foods to Love in 2008.’ I particularly like 1 and 6. Cooking Light, the world’s largest food and healthy lifestyle title, has named the top 8 must-eat foods as well as 8 super tips to help you live well. 1. Coffee: Caffeine consumption not only increases alertness and improves …

Food

Headlining a New Developments Session

Chuck Zimmerman

One of the New Developments From Industry sessions at Beltwide was done by Greg Stratman, BASF Technical Services Representative (left). Of course he talked about Headline. One of the questions he says he gets most often from growers is about the yield increase they can get by treating foliar diseases. He says that when it comes to the work they’ve …

Audio, BASF, Beltwide Cotton, Cotton

Sharing Nikon Storey’s

Chuck Zimmerman

Bill Storey is a broadcaster in Tennessee who stopped by the Beltwide Cotton Conferences. He works for the Tennessee Radio Network. He’s also a photographer so we shared Nikon stories. He says he takes a lot of event photos for Clear Channel that they put online. Bill says it’s almost impossible to take his picture with a flash and get …

Beltwide Cotton

Go With NewsGator and Keep Up

Chuck Zimmerman

How many of you are subscribing to news feeds? If you’re in agricultural communications and claim to be a professional on top of things then I hope all of you are. There are so many ways to do this today that excuses like, “It’s too complicated” or “I can’t keep up with all the information” just aren’t valid. If you’re …

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Mepkin Monks Stopping Egg Production

Chuck Zimmerman

The whackos at PETA must be loving the fact that they’ve shut down the livelihood for a group of peaceful monks. This is a good example of how dangerous these idiots are and why they shouldn’t be taken for granted. Basically, the monks at Mepkin Abbey supported themselves by selling eggs. However, after a serious amount of PETA harassment they’re …

Wackos

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Melissa Sandfort

U.S. Wheat Associates (USW), the wheat industry’s overseas market development organization, is moving its Washington, D.C., office to a new location in Arlington, Va., effective Jan. 12, 2008. The new office address for mail and shipping is 3103 10th Street, North, Suite 300, Arlington, VA, 22201. The general telephone number, (202) 463-0999, will not change, but there will be a …

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Melissa Sandfort

The American Feed Industry Association and the Poultry Protein & Fat Council will sponsor a Conference On Pet Food Ingredient Quality Jan. 22-23, 2008, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Ga. The topics to be discussed are: It’s a Small World: Global Perspective on the Pet Food Industry and Ingredient Training; Melamine: Catalyst to Focusing on Ingredient Quality …

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