Producer’s Choice is pleased to announce that Doug Bastian has been appointed to the new position of general manager with the company effective March 30, 2009. Farmers around the world utilizing biotechnology are growing more crops in a more environmentally sustainable manner, according to a report from the United Kingdom-based PG Economics. The PG Economics annual Global Impact Study quantifies …
AgChat Summary
After missing it the last couple weeks I got to participate in tonight’s AgChat session on animal ag via Twitter. Here’s the questions posed. Q1: Should we have a #farmfact and/or #foodfact day each week? Which day & which tag best for educating non-ag? Q2: Should NAIS be voluntary or mandatory? Why? Q3: Is it possible to be for MCOOL …
Farm Foundation to Sponsor Commodity Markets Workshop
Our friends at Farm Foundation have teamed up with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) to put together a workshop on contract design in commodity markets. The workshop, scheduled to run June 9-10, will bring together leading professionals and academic researchers, looking at the effects of futures contracts and how they affect futures prices …
Off to World Pork Expo
I am packing my bags and getting ready to head off to Des Moines for World Pork Expo 2009. Once again this year, Novus International will be our primary sponsor for coverage of WPX on Agwired. We are also pleased to have the support of Boehringer-Ingelheim for part of our coverage as well. We sincerely appreciate our sponsors and hope …
The Hand That Feeds U.S.
Have you heard of The Hand That Feeds U.S. program? This is an educational resource for urban media on the importance of U.S. agriculture to the security and future of our country. The project provides information relevant to our nation’s farming industry, while also seeking to combat the current misinformation campaigns about food prices and renewable fuels. Columnist Jerry Lackey …
Reminder About 2009 CCA Institute
Here’s a reminder about the 2009 CCA Institute. It’s not too late to register according to Terri Breon. Tickets are still available to attend the Friday night “Fun Night” at the ball park. Join fellow CCA’ers as the Kansas City Royals take on the Cincinnati Reds at the newly renovated Kauffman Stadium! As a bonus, the night ends with fireworks …
Quarry Partnering With Eloqua
The latest news from Quarry Integrated Communications is about their joining “a select group of communications agencies worldwide in being recognized as a Certified Agency Partner by Eloqua, the category-defining marketing automation leader. Quarry is the first communications agency serving agrimarketers in North America to achieve this distinction.” “Eloqua’s award-winning marketing automation platform, in concert with our own trademarked Relationship …
Search Bing
We’re all pretty comfortable making statements like “Did you Google for it?” Do you think we could start saying “Did you Bing for it?” Just doesn’t seem to have the same ring to it. Microsoft unveiled it’s new search engine over the weekend – Bing. So, have you tried it? What do you think?