Charleston|Orwig announces the promotion of five team members within the agency’s integrated marketing practice area. A first-of-its kind global learning initiative is providing Syngenta employees working in plant breeding and related disciplines with ongoing access to knowledge and programs to enhance their life-long professional development. Syngenta announced that it will acquire Sunfield Seeds. The new Kleckner Scholarship will be utilized …
New Beginnings at Ag Leader Academy
Ag Leader Academy had an extremely successful year in 2012. It housed nearly 140 Dealer Trainings this year covering 13 different courses! Dealers came from around the world to learn more about Ag Leader products so they could provide their customers the best support possible. Ag Leaders addition of Hydraulic Down Force and Intellislope has opened up new opportunities at …
Have a Sweet Thanksgiving!
Of the many foods we have to be thankful for in this nation, I’ll bet there are lots of people who are thankful every day for the gift of chocolate! Oh yeah! This is an image of our sweet Thanksgiving greetings sent this year to some of our clients. Hopefully most received them before leaving for the holiday, but if …
What’s on your wish list?
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, ” What’s your favorite Thanksgiving food?” Our poll results: Thirty-three percent said turkey; twenty-five percent said other; twenty-one percent said pumpkin pie; fifteen percent said sweet potatoes/yams; and six percent said Cranberry sauce/relish. Our new ZimmPoll is now live and asks the question, “What gadget is on your Christmas wish list?” Are you hoping …
FMC Talks New Product Lines
FMC Corporation shared new product lines during the recent National Association of Farm Broadcasting’s Trade Talks. Chuck talked with Bentley Curry, FMC Representative, about herbicides and harvest aids farmers can take advantage of in the fields. “This year we had the Authority line of products in combination with Authority XL, Authority MTZ. Probably the product that was best fitted for …
SMS Basic/Advanced v12.5 and SMS Mobile v6.5 released!
Ag Leader is pleased to announce the release of SMS Basic/Advanced v12.5 and SMS Mobile v6.5. With this new release, SMS Basic, SMS Advanced, and SMS Mobile PC now support Windows 8 and gesture control for touchscreens running Windows 7 and 8. We have also added enhanced support for the following precision ag companies: Ag Leader Technology, CNH, Gradient, John …
OMG GMO!
One of the positive outcomes of the 2012 election was that Californians actually voted against Proposition 37, which would have required the labeling of foods containing genetically-modified organisms (GMOs). However, those opposed to GMOs continue to attack the technology that increases safe, affordable and abundant food by stepping up their scare tactics. GMOinside, for example, is urging people to “Celebrate …
Zimfo Bytes
Mark Clarke, General Manager of World Dairy Expo, has submitted his resignation to the WDE Executive Committee. Paradowski Creative and Monsanto received a first place Silver Inkwell Award from the International Association of Business Communicators DC Metro chapter for Monsanto’s sustainable agriculture campaign. DuPont Pioneer and the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation announced a donation from the business to …
Giving #FoodThanks Time
This week marks the third annual AgChat #Foodthanks celebration, a time to reflect on the blessing of all the food choices we have in this nation. Farmers, ranchers, processors, butchers, bakers, chefs, grocers, truckers and more all make it possible for us to have healthy food on plates. Today and tomorrow in particular, AgChat encourages you to show your #Foodthanks …
Pork Checkoff – Promotes & Educates
Pork Checkoff dollars were hard at work during the National Association of Farm Broadcasting’s Trade Talk. I met up with Conley Nelson, President of the National Pork Board, and he expressed his concern with the rising cost of feed and other impacts to the pork industry due to the drought. But more importantly he shared how the National Pork Board …