Why pack cases of flyers or brochures to stack in your trade show booth when you can just bring along an iPad to display more information in a multi-media format? Pioneer Hi-Bred used to bring along more than 50 different product brochures to trade shows. Now they bring an iPad with a company-branded app. Pioneer, along with GROWMARK, worked with …
Assistance Available To Attend 2012 IFAJ Congress
It’s not too early to look ahead to the 2012 International Federation of Agricultural Journalists Congress which will take place in Sweden. It’s on my calendar. If you need some assistance going, one option is for AAEA members to apply for a professional development stipend. Another is for young agricultural communicators to apply for an IFAJ-Alltech Young Leader Award. AAEA …
European Network Of Agricultural Journalists Formed
It looks like you have to be a member to log in to the new website but the EU has a new ag journalist organization. The European network of Agricultural Journalists (ENAJ), a new organisation representing agricultural journalists from the EU was officially launched today in Brussels. The Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos was presented with the working charter for …
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Bayer CropScience has created the Young Farmer Sustainability Award to acknowledge farmers under the age of 40 who are demonstrating sustainability in their operations. U.S. soybean farmers can now apply for the United Soybean Board’s free See for Yourself program, which will enable 10 U.S. soybean farmers this year to witness for themselves how the soybeans they grow are used …
BASF Invests in Cellulosic Sugar Company
Global chemical giant BASF has invested $30 million in a Pennsylvania-based company that has developed a process to produce cellulosic sugars for renewable chemicals and biofuels. BASF, through subsidiary BASF Biorenewable Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG led a $50 million financing round in the technology firm Renmatix Inc. Renmatix has developed the patented Plantrose™ platform whereby industrial sugar can be …
TOCA Offers Time Management Webinar
The Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association is offering a time management webinar to members and non-members. It will be held on January 26 at 2pm eastern time. As a non TOCA member, if you are interested in participating, please send us a $25 check payable to TOCA and send to: TOCA, 120 Main St. West, New Prague, MN 56071. Please …
National Farm Machinery Show App
Going to the National Farm Machinery Show? We are and we’ll have the new NFMS App on our iPhones! The first-ever mobile app, called “NFMS ’12,” for the National Farm Machinery Show is now available for free on smartphones (iPhone, Android and Blackberry) and features an interactive exhibitor map and listings, seminars and speakers, Championship Tractor Pull schedules, and Louisville …
Harvest is over
Harvest season is behind us yet last night as I looked out our front window, this harvest moon graced the night sky. I did a little research about it and once every four years, it occurs in October in the northern hemisphere. Currently, the latest possible harvest moon is on October 11. So I guess what I saw wasn’t a …
John Deere Can Combine Sets World Record
The John Deere Can-Do combine has officially set a world record. The John Deere “Can Do” project in November 2011 created a full-sized combine made entirely from food – 308,448 cans of food and 11,268 bags of food to be exact. According to Guinness® World Records, Project “Can Do” is by far the largest sculpture ever built from canned food, …
McCormick Company Opens Indy Office
McCormick Company, a fully integrated communications agency, has announced plans to open an office in the Indianapolis area to further enhance service to clients in Indiana and nearby states. Norm Cosand, a leader in the art and science of marketing strategy, has joined McCormick as a vice president/group director and will manage this new office. Cosand will continue to provide …