The St. Louis Agribusiness Club has gone through a number of changes since it was started many years ago. To learn how things are going with this unique organization I spoke with the current leadership. Here’s Molly Cline, President and Wendell Knehans, Vice President. We visited at last week’s regular club meeting. Molly says this is the 30th year for …
BASF Sponsors ASA Educational Podcasts
BASF is sponsoring a series of educational podcasts for the American Soybean Association. Here are three currently in the list that you might be interested in: This podcast recaps the 2011 soybean growing season with BASF Technical Market Manager, Nick Fassler. Developed by the American Soybean Association, this educational podcast is designed to provide growers with the latest information about …
Seasons Greetings From U.S. Wheat Associates
Here’s a multi-lingual greeting from our friends at U.S. Wheat Associates.
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The members of the Dairy Business Association recently held an election for three positions on their board of directors. Broadhead is proud to announce it has recently received Platinum and Gold Awards in the 2011 MarCom Awards competition, as well as an IABC Silver Quill Award of Excellence. The National FFA Foundation announces it raised a record $16 million through …
Leading up to Christmas
The countdown has begun and I’m trying to continue all the holiday traditions for my son that I had when I was growing up. We have the calendar hanging downstairs and we pin a little ornament to it every day; the tree was up at Thanksgiving. To celebrate the fast-approaching Christmas season, I decided to do a series of posts …
ZimmComm On The Beach
Yeah. It sounds like a specialty adult beverage I know. Maybe Cindy and I will invent one while we’re here! It’s sand and surf in the sunshine state. Time for a little R&R. The way we look at it, we’re guaranteed a white Christmas! But that doesn’t mean you’ll be missing anything on AgWired during the holidays. Far from it …
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The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has released the annual business “outlook” survey. As the United Soybean Board launches into the next 20 years, new U.S. soybean farmer-leaders take the reins and plan to continue the focus on creating profit opportunities for all U.S. soybean farmers. Osborn & Barr recently welcomed four new employees to its media services and internal support …
Patrick Delaney Joins ASA As Communications Director
Here is Patrick Delaney in action prior to joining the American Soybean Association as Communications Director. Patrick will be based in ASA’s Washington Policy Representative Office of Gordley Associates in Washington, DC. “ASA is pleased to welcome Patrick to our team,” Censky said. “His experience in ag policy communications will serve him well in his role with ASA, where he …
Mush! Giddy-up! Haw!
Oh, that’s right, there are no horses in front of this wagon – it’s just for decoration. Every year, my Grandparents pull this wagon out of the shed and into their front yard for Christmas and decorate it with running white lights on the wheels. Horse-drawn wagons such as this were used to transport anything and everything on the farm. …
Alltech Holiday Greetings
Okay folks. This holiday greeting might be hard to beat. It’s a personalized greeting that includes a link to world class opera seasonal music which I just finished listening to. Here’s the message and link: Season’s Greetings from Alltech Dear Chuck and Cindy, We thank you for your support in 2011 and wish you and your family the very best …