I have spent a great afternoon visiting with my friends at Ag Leader Technology, Ames, IA, sponsors of Precision Pays.com. It is the 20 year anniversary of the founding of the company by Al Myers. In fact, I’ll have a conversation with Al to share with you soon. He’s got a fascinating story. Precision agriculture is an expanding business as …
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Beck’s Hybrids purchases 150-acres in Henderson, Ky. Plans for the property include building a distribution center, conducting Practical Farm Research studies, operating the southern Choice Trials program, as well as providing farmers with education and agronomic support. The State of Vermont, the Vermont Agriculture and Culinary Tourism Council and Vermont Fresh Network debuts DigInVT.com. The site connects vistors and Vermonters …
Tyson Foods to Host AgCareers HR Roundtable
Tyson Foods is excited to be hosting AgCareer’s 2012 North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable at their headquarters in Springdale, Ar. The event is right around the corner on Aug. 7-9, but it’s not too late to add it to your calendar. Rashad Delph, Director of Recruiting with Tyson Foods, was able to talk with Cindy about their involvement …
Chocolate Lovers Unite
Chocolate lovers make plans to attend The National Chocolate Show and Chicago Fine Chocolate Show Nov. 16-18 at Chicago’s Navy Pier. These shows will premiere as the preeminent chocolate event and the only dual consumer and trade shows dedicated to the chocolate industry in the country. The National Chocolate Show and Chicago Fine Chocolate Show were created to address both …
Where Ag Media Summit People Are Coming From
Wondering where people are coming from to attend the 2012 Agricultural Media Summit? You can find out on a map. Click on the photo for the link. Thanks to John Blue, Truffle Media Networks, for the map. Looking forward to it!
Senators Celebrate “Meat Mondays”
The offices of U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today celebrated ‘Meat Monday’ with barbeque beef brisket, ribs, and sausage from Hill Country BBQ restaurant. For the senators from beef producing states, it was a response to last week’s USDA employee newsletter promoting “Meatless Mondays” that was accidentally approved and put on line, and subsequently removed but …
Corn and Ethanol Groups Respond to RFS Waiver Request
Corn growers would rather see a waiver request than attempts to eliminate the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) but the ethanol industry thinks it will still be denied by EPA. In response to the request for a waiver announced this morning by livestock and poultry groups, National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) President Garry Niemeyer of Illinois called it “premature to ask …
New Dupont Pioneer PR Team Members
Welcome Amy Herman and Melissa Norby (below) to the Dupont Pioneer public relations team. The Ogilvy public relations team is up and running from The Lacek Group office in Minneapolis. Amy Herman and Melissa Norby will serve as the main agency contacts alongside Jerry Harrington with all DuPont Pioneer agricultural trade media contacts and inquiries. For all you ag journalist …
2012 North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable
The 2012 North American Ag & Food HR Roundtable is right around the corner and everyone at AgCareers.com is excited to be celebrating 10 years of this event. Cindy was able to take a few minutes and talk with Erika Osmundson, Marketing and Communications Manager for AgCareers.com. Erika was eager to share what they have in-store for their 10 year …
New Swiss Agricultural Journalists Board
The Swiss Agricultural Journalists (SAJ) recently elected Roland Wyss president during their general meeting in Geneva. Here’s a photo of the board including, Alain Douard, President Roland Wyss, David Eppenberger, Clair Muller, and Adrian Krebs. Thank you Marcus Rediger for the photo! Outgoing SAJ president, Adrian Krebs, said, “The past nine years in no small part thanks to the agricultural …