The National Agri-Marketing Association has announced award winners. 2011 Agribusiness Leader of the Year NAMA has named Jeff Simmons, President, Elanco Animal Health, as the 2011 Agribusiness Leader of the Year. This award, which is NAMA’s highest honor, will be presented at the Opening General Session of the 2011 Agri-Marketing Conference, “Harvesting Ideas,” April 14, 2011, in Kansas City, Missouri. …
Agribusiness Educational Foundation Has Vision2020
The NAMA Agribusiness Educational Foundation is moving forward on advancing its core mission of supporting and developing future Agribusiness leaders. Named ‘Vision2020,’ the new initiative seeks to raise up to $4 million over the next 10 years for college student scholarships, student and young professional development programs, and support of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) Student Program. Funding may also …
Secretary Tom Vilsack, Chairman Frank Lucas to Speak at Commodity Classic
USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack is returning to the Commodity Classic and will be joined this year by U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture Chairman Frank Lucas. The two will deliver keynote addresses during the General Session on March 4th in Tampa, Florida. “We are honored to welcome two of the most respected and influential men in Washington on agriculture …
ZimmPoll Says All Biofuel Feedstocks In Play
It’s hard to believe we’ve been conducting a weekly poll for agrimarketers and everyone involved in the agribusiness industry, farmers included, for almost 3 months now! We’re always looking for question ideas so please feel free to use comments here to suggest one or just email me. These polls are all archived so that you can easily review them anytime …
Zimfo Bytes
Select Sires is offering for the first time a Select Sires photo contest. Select Sires is looking for new, exciting photos of Select-sired offspring and customers to use in promotions such as calendars, posters, brochures, on the website and much more. Kevin Moffitt, president and CEO of Pear Bureau Northwest, has been named president of the World Apple and Pear …
FMC Exerts Some Authority
FMC has just announced an addition to the Authority line and at the National Farm Machinery Show I learned more about it from Darrin Kert. FMC Corporation announces the introduction of Authority® XL herbicide, part of the Authority® herbicide line of products for soybeans. This new product offers best-in-class pre-emerge and burndown chemistries to control a broad spectrum of summer …
New Holland Precision
There was a lot of precision ag on display at this year’s National Farm Machinery Show. Bruce Ristau, Precision Farming Sales Mgr., New Holland, took time to tell me what the company is doing in this sector. Bruce says their displays are the high point of the latest products they’re showcasing at winter shows like NFMS. New Holland works closely …
Ethanol Sunset in Arizona
At the National Ethanol Conference here in Phoenix, AZ last night we were blessed with one of the famous desert sunsets. We have been covering the 16th annual conference, which also marks the 30th anniversary of the Renewable Fuels Association, on our sister website energy.agwired.com. This is the fifth year we have covered the conference and we enjoy it more …
LPC Contest and Critique Entry Time
It’s time for entries for this year’s Livestock Publications Council contest and critiques. Here’s what the difference is: LPC Contest: · This is the standard contest the LPC has conducted for years. The only difference: No critiques are provided. · This is your opportunity to compete against other LPC members for awards in 54 categories. · These awards will be …
John Deere Launches 1 Series Subcompact Utility Tractors
At the National Farm Machinery Show John Deere unveiled a new line of subcompact tractors – the 1 Series Subcompact Utility tractors. The media got a preview before the show opened one morning. You can see the presentation by Kevin Branstetter, John Deere Product Manager, in the video clip below. I also interviewed Kevin. Kevin says their are two models, …