Professor Jenks Britt, D.V.M., D.A.B.V.P. from Western Kentucky University Department of Agriculture, received the Mentor of the Year Award from the American Association of Bovine Practitioners and Merck Animal Health. Osborn & Barr has expanded its team of communication professionals to include seven individuals who will support the agency’s growth in account service, public relations, media, production and network administration. …
I Hope They Don’t Mind…
My neighbors up the road, that is. Since my family planted soybeans across the highway this year, I had to go to the adjacent field to cut down some corn for my outside decorations. I hope they don’t mind. It was only about 8 stalks. And I picked ones that had fewer ears so the squirrels weren’t climbing our overhang …
John Deere Opens Olathe, Kansas Facility
John Deere officially opened a sparkling new LEED-certified sales and marketing center in Olathe, Kansas on Friday with the help of employees, government officials, and other special guests. “This 126,000 square foot facility has been laid out to enhance the work environment for employees and has the most up-to-date technology so we can communicate and train work groups around the …
It’s World Dairy Expo Time
This week the ZimmComm team goes dairy as in World Dairy Expo. Most of our coverage will be found on World Dairy Diary starting on Tuesday. You can find the daily schedule here. You can also follow what’s going on at Expo with the official Twitter hashtag, #WDE11. Use that in your tweets so we can see what you’ve got …
National Beef Ambassador Program Competition
The National Beef Ambassador Program (NBAP) competition is taking place this weekend. Sure wish I was in Wooster, OH! But I’m judging remotely and really enjoying the tweets and pics I’ve seen. Here’s one courtesy of Sarah Bohnenkamp, Program Manager. NCBA President, Bill Donald, is interacting with a NBAP contestant during the consumer portion of the event. You can find …
Zimfo Bytes
Monsanto Company announced it has acquired Beeologics, which researches and develops biological tools to provide targeted control of pests and diseases. Syngenta consolidates U.S. Communications with Martin Williams Advertising, Gibbs & Soell. FFA New Horizons relaunched in September to rave reviews from the magazine’s sponsor, the National FFA Organization, and its more than 500,000 members. Osborn & Barr has added …