There were a good number of agricultural journalists from Canada at the recent BASF Agricultural Solutions Media Summit in Chicago, which highlighted both the differences and the similarities in the crop protection market compared to the U.S. One of the breakout panels for Canadian agriculture journalists at the event featured Canadian farmer Wayne Black, director of the Ontario Federation of …
Record-Setting World Pork Expo
The 2012 World Pork Expo was another one for the record books. The Expo set records for the number of pigs in the Junior National show and the quantity of meals served at the Big Grill, and featured the creation of the world’s largest pork burger during its well-attended MusicFest. The WPX Junior National broke another record for the number …
Bailey Ballou 2012 LMA Champion Auctioneer
The 2012 Livestock Marketing Association’s (LMA) World Livestock Auctioneer Champion is Bailey Ballou of Elgin, OK. Bailey participated in a press conference call just now which I thought I’d share with you in case you couldn’t be on it or are interested in what Bailey had to say. The competition was held last Saturday in Turlock, CA. If you listen …
Southeast AgNet Announces AgNet West
Southeast AgNet introduces a new venture, AgNet West Media, LLC. The company has just announced the newly formed joint venture with California farm media personality Patrick Cavanaugh, Farm Director, and Laurie Greene, West Coast operations (pictured below). The company will operate AgNet West Radio Network, local farm radio network for stations and listeners in California and the western region. I …
GROWMARK Recognized for Communicators’ Works
We’ve had the pleasure of helping our friends at GROWMARK tell their story right here on this blog, and now, several of the company’s employees who also tell that story have been recognized by the Cooperative Communicators Association (CCA) Institute, recently held in Tucson, Arizona. This company press release has details. First place honors went to Cassie Becker, corporate communications …
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Swanson Russell announces the promotion of Chris Johnson and Laura Witte in the Omaha office and Robin Barrett, Ryan Holt, Venetia Reimnitz and Lynette Von Minden in the Lincoln office. The USDA has appointed James Wuerflein of Kremlin, Okla., to the United Sorghum Checkoff Board of Directors. Hoosier Ag Today has announced a partnership with Growers Edge to bring its …
New Holland “Race With the Winners” and Win
If you love NASCAR and are in the market for a new compact tractor or utility vehicle, New Holland has just the ticket. New Holland Agriculture has partnered with several of the race tracks hosting NASCAR events in 2012 to create the “Race with the Winners” program. Five finalists will be selected during pre-race activities for a chance to win …
Egg Amendment is Top Priority for NCBA
As the amendments to the 2012 Farm Bill are piling up in the Senate, one of the more than 240 stands out as causing the most concern to many agricultural organizations, including the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), and that is the rotten egg amendment. A “dangerous piece of legislation” is what NCBA calls amendment #2252, put forward by Senator …
BASF Stresses Doing More With Less
Sustainability is an overused term, according to Nevin McDougall, Senior VP for BASF Crop Protection, North America. “Getting more productivity, more efficiency, with less impact on our resources and our environment – that’s what it’s all about,” Nevin told me at the conclusion of the 2012 BASF Agricultural Solutions Media Summit in Chicago last week. Nevin was very pleased with …
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The “Stand and Be Heard Anthem Singing Contest” by FMC has a new deadline of July 15. An Israeli scientist who pioneered a radically innovative way of bringing water to crops in arid and dry-land regions was named the winner of the 2012 World Food Prize. Gibbs & Soell, Inc. has launched a new Business Consulting practice that will focus …