- New Holland has been honored with five prestigious AE50 Awards by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers for the most innovative product ideas to enter the market in 2008.
- Lessing-Flynn Advertising was honored with two “Best of Category” awards at the American Marketing Association’s 4th Annual NOVA Awards. Recognition was for the 60th Anniversary Celebration of Vermeer Corporation and Crow’s Hybrids tradeshow work.
- Deere & Company announced that its board of directors has elected Samuel R. Allen, 55, president, chief operating officer, and a member of the board of directors effective June 1, and chief executive officer effective August 1.
- Social media is big and getting bigger, providing marketers with a combination of reach, relationships and relevance. The Interactive Advertising Bureau has released Best Practices that illustrate, inform, and facilitate greater adoption of the medium by defining creative components, data usage, consumer control, and privacy guidelines and by providing social advertising examples.
