People told me why they go to the Brownfield Party at the Agri-Marketing Conference. Now let’s hear why Brownfield puts on the party. I spoke with Anita Vanderwert, National Sales Director, pictured on the left. Anita says the party allows them to get together to have a good time and celebrate working in this great industry of agriculture. She says …
Novus Partnership With Missouri Colleges Fund
A partnership between Novus International and the Missouri Colleges Fund has helped some interested students see “Science in Action” for the past three years now. The mission of the Missouri Colleges Fund is to acquire resources to help educate students at 16 member private liberal arts colleges in the state. President Mike Backer says they do that mainly through donations …
Zimfo Bytes
Genuity SmartStax RIB Complete by Monsanto Company has received registration from the EPA. The Makhteshim Agan Group announced that it will acquire DuPont Crop Protection’s global non-mixture diuron business. O&B Kansas City names Peter Cook as associate creative director; Brian Howard joins as account supervisor on a variety of animal-focused accounts; Tyler Bowser joins the Kansas City team as public …
Grabbing A Pancake Stack Courtesy Rhea+Kaiser
So, what did you do after the Brownfield Party? Hopefully you stopped in to the After-Party hosted by Rhea+Kaiser. Midnight in the Hyatt Lobby was where it was at. After donning your After-Party hat you just headed up the escalator to the restaurant where hot, steaming and syrupy, sticky pancakes awaited. I made it and was really glad since I …
Brownfield Party Rocks NAMA
What’s the best party at the Agri-Marketing Conference? The Brownfield Party! I know, I’m biased. I was the host for a number of years once upon a time and Brownfield Ag News is my sponsor this week here at the event. Well, last night we had a big time at PBR Big Sky. There are a lot of photos in …
ZimmComm iPod touch Winners
And ZimmComm Google Juice was enjoyed by all. It was one of the best NAMA Connection Point shows ever. At least in my opinion. Thanks to all of you who stopped by to say hi and visit a while. We’ll be doing it again next year. We held a drawing for two 32GB iPod touches and the winners are: Professional: …
Cal Poly Wins NAMA Student Marketing Competition
It was a loud and exciting time during the NAMA student awards at the Agri-Marketing Conference. There are just too many to keep track and list them all here. So I’ll just make note of the fact that the Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo chapter won the Student Marketing Competition. To get an idea of how they felt about it check …
Best of NAMA
The 2011 Best of NAMA Awards were awarded during the Agri-Marketing Conference. You can find a full listing by AgriMarketing Magazine. Winning Best of Show were: Advertising: Winfield Solutions; agency: Colle+McVoy (pictured at the top) The Best of session was standing room only. Public Relations: RISE (Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment); agency: Fleishman-Hillard I want to thank Denny Eilers, …
Reierson Honored as NAMA Marketer of the Year
The 2011 NAMA Marketer of the Year was awarded to Roger Reierson, AdFarm. Roger was very surprised to receive the award and says it does not mean it’s “the end.” There’s lots more to come from this man. I spoke with Roger afterward. He says he feels humbled and honored. He’s says the ag industry is a big family and …
Novus Sponsors Student Science Day
Students from private colleges around Missouri are having a chance to check out what kinds of career opportunities await someone with a background in science and a passion for agriculture at the third “Science in Action: A Foundation for Dynamic Careers” sponsored by Novus International and the Missouri Colleges Fund. About 20 students, teachers and advisors gathered for a little …