The Syngenta “Good Growth through Advanced Analytics” program has won the 2015 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences. The Dairy Business Association of Wisconsin has hired Jamie Mara, a news media veteran, as its new director of public relations. DTN/The Progressive Farmer has launched a new enterprise management platform called DTN Connect to …
NAMA Presidents Get Together
Each year the current NAMA president gets together with the executive committee and past presidents are invited to join for a dinner of fellowship and to remember good times. This year we went to Manny’s for the best margaritas in town and good food. Do you know who these past presidents are? Leave their names in comments. The man in …
Tweet Your New Holland Tractor – #TractorTweet120
Here’s Our Tractor of Perpetual Help at Mass this morning during the Agri-Marketing Conference. He’s providing you with early inspiration to get creative with the New Holland tractor in the registration bags for the conference. New Holland will pick one winner a day this week and a Most Creative winner with the prizes being new iPads! So, get started. Another …
FMC Corporation Joins Field to Market
FMC Corporation announced that it has joined Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, a multi-stakeholder initiative working to define, measure and advance the sustainability of food, fiber and fuel production in the United States. “Sustainability is central to the way we work at FMC, whether we are enhancing food production or influencing the responsible management of natural resources,” …
2015 Agri-Marketing Conference Underway
Hello from Kansas City, MO and the 2015 Agri-Marketing Conference. The ZimmComm Team is here and just getting started. Today the golfers golfed and the students arrived and are practicing their presentations for the start of the Student Marketing Competition tomorrow. Other meetings will be taking place tomorrow before things kick into high gear with the Best of NAMA Awards …
Agri-Pulse Open Mic with Mitch McConnell
Agri-Pulse Open Mic this week features U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Congressional leaders return to Washington this week with an agenda bordered by trade, appropriations and a pushback against overregulation. The Kentucky Republican sees opportunity to work with the Obama administration on Trade Promotion Authority and cyber-security legislation, but expects push back over regulations that GOP leaders will try …
RFD Radio Network Moves Frazer to Director Position
Illinois-based RFD Radio Network (RFDRN) moves Rita Frazer to Director of Network and Audio Services, as the company gets ready to say goodbye to a retiring Alan Jarand. This news release posted on AgriMarketing.com says Frazer will oversee all RFDRN operations, including programming and affiliate relations for the network and FarmWeekNow.com/RFDRN digital platforms that include its mobile app, daily e-newsletter, …
Elanco ‘HATCHes’ Egg Plan to Fight Hunger
Elanco has teamed up with the Kroger Co.’s Central Division, Rose Acre Farms, Gleaners Food Bank and Midwest Food Bank to help fight hunger by providing eggs to undernourished people of all ages. This company news release says HATCH is an innovative partnership of community leaders, government officials, association representatives and food shoppers that will provide one egg to a …
Soybean Associations Utilize DTN/The Progressive Farmer
DTN/The Progressive Farmer, agriculture’s trusted source for information and data solutions, has been selected by the board members of four state soybean associations to custom publish each group’s publication, effective immediately. The four associations partnering with DTN/The Progressive Farmer include the Illinois Soybean Growers, Ohio Soybean Association, Minnesota Soybean Growers Association and the South Dakota Soybean Association. Combined circulation of …
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DTN/The Progressive Farmer, agriculture’s trusted source for information and data solutions, has been selected by the board members of four state soybean associations to custom publish each group’s publication, effective immediately. Elanco, The Kroger Co.’s Central Division, Rose Acre Farms, Gleaners Food Bank and Midwest Food Bank introduced a way consumers, food stores and farmers can easily work together to …