It’s almost time for the International Poultry Expo. The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association is working with the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau to help name their eggman logo for the upcoming trade show. So Atlanta community and beyond. Want to help come up with a creative name and maybe win a cool prize (iPad)? On-line name submissions open at …
Lunch Meat Company Launches Musical Promotion
Here’s a promotional campaign with a lot of meat. Maybe you’re not ready for that Idol show yet? Try the “Be a Star on Broadway” contest courtesy of Land O’Frost and Camp Broadway. Land O’Frost, the nation’s largest family-owned packaged lunch meat company, wants homes across America to be “alive with the sound of music” by offering young performers a …
Make Learning Mobile With Float
In this week’s program we’re going to use the M word, as in Mobile, as in Float Mobile Learning. I just had a conversation with Chad Udell, Managing Director, about mobile learning technology and what that means for today’s agribusiness customers. Float Mobile’s parent company is the Iona Group. Chad says the company has a deep history working with agribusiness …
Social Media is a Great Tool for Cooperatives
It has never been easier for cooperatives to reach out to members and potential members than it is these days with social media. One cooperative that has taken the social media plunge and found it very worth their while is Frontier FS, which covers the area around Jefferson, Wisconsin – right between Madison and Milwaukee. I talked with Becky Wiedenhoeft, …
Reliv Launches LunaRich Soy Powder
Government working with private industry can make things happen. The Missouri Plant Science Center would be a good example. Reliv International, Inc. (NASDAQ:RELV), and Soy Labs LLC today announced the creation of LunaRich™, an exclusive soy powder developed at the Missouri Plant Science Center (MPSC). Reliv is adding LunaRich to one of its nutritional supplements and will reveal that product …
BASF Wins No-Till Awards Again
No-Till Farmer’s readers selected their products of the year which were presented at the recent National No-Till Conference and BASF was a big winner again. Headline® fungicide and Headline AMP™ fungicide were named top no-till products of 2011 for disease control during the 20th Annual National No-Tillage Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. This marks the sixth consecutive year that Headline …
Zimfo Bytes
Cattle-Exchange.com, a new website connecting cattle buyers and sellers, was launched by Beef Today magazine. Unverferth Manufacturing Co., Inc., manufacturer of Brent Grain Carts, announces the “Why Do You Choose Brent?” video contest finalists. The finalist’s fellow farmers and general public can view and vote for their favorite video here. BASF has unveiled a video highlighting how American farmers are …
Evening Colors
Learning your directions – is it innate or is it something you can truly learn. Some people just aren’t born with a good sense of direction. To highlight this, I have to tell a story of my mother, who on family vacation, was reading the AAA Trip Tick and said we’d be at the ocean in 20 minutes. Forty minutes …
Gov’t. Agencies Say LightSquared System Can’t Work With GPS
Things are looking bleak for the proposed LightSquared LTE network according to a story in PC World. A key federal agency involved in testing the proposed LightSquared LTE network has concluded that there is no practical way to solve interference between that network and GPS, possibly dealing a crippling blow to the startup carrier’s hopes for a terrestrial mobile network. …
BASF Announces Armezon Herbicide
BASF Crop Protection has announced the addition of Armezon™ herbicide to help corn growers deal with resistant weeds and take advantage of strong commodity prices with more complete, comprehensive weed management solutions. According to BASF, Armezon helps growers maximize their yields by controlling tough, yield-robbing weeds while being safe to all corn types. A post-emerge herbicide solution for corn, Armezon …