Future agrimarketers? This is the Mizzou NAMA Chapter agrimarketing competition team. They’ll be facing off against about 40 other college teams from around the country in April at the NAMA convention in Phoenix. Today they gave a preliminary presentation to the sponsoring professional chapter in St. Louis to be critiqued and get ideas and suggestions. They did a good job …
New Ag Media Combination In The Sunshine State
Congratulations Gary & Robin! Once upon a time Cindy and I were partners with Gary Cooper in a Florida communications company called SunStar Telecom, Inc. We started and operated several divisions including Southeast Agrinet, WTMC-AM, SunStar Network, AgStar Advertising and were doing pretty good until the government took over the savings and loan company that was financing us. That’s a …
Positive Press For AgriMarketing Pros
It’s nice to see that what you’re doing is noticed. Especially when you can learn from it. Since we started this blog site we’ve been critiqued and many of the changes for the better have come from people who notice and care. For example, Robert French, who teaches at Auburn University and has a great blog of his own at …
New Client – AGCO
I’d like to welcome AGCO to the list of companies that are using Talking News Releases! We just sent out the first in a series of releases for them. You can see the first one here: Spray Guide Release We’re working with AGCO through a great agency located in MN – Broadhead + Co. Thank you Dean Broadhead!
Have You Read Your AgriMarketing?
The March issue is out and it’s all about “Connecting To Rural America.” I wrote an article on blogging in it which you can read online if you don’t get the magazine. There are other good articles as usual. You’ll notice a reference to the fact that Becky Rasmussen has moved on. I know she’ll be missed at the magazine …
The Difference Between TNR’s and NAFB’s NFBS
What’s the Difference Between TNR’s and NAFB’s NFBS?This is one of the questions we are asked most often by ag related agencies and companies, right after “can we track who uses our releases?” I’ve been meaning to write about it for a while as a way to help answer the question. TNR’s are our Talking News Releases, which are basically …
A Blogging Broadcaster
I’m proud to point you to a great farm broadcaster who’s embraced the blogosphere. She’s Cyndi Young and she’s the Farm Director of the Brownfield Network. Cyndi just went on the Valley World Tour with another former farm broadcaster and good friend Kim Lang who is now the Valmont Irrigation Communications Director. Cyndi not only sent in reports for Brownfield …
Blogging Articles To Read
Probably many of you already subscribe to AgriMarketing Magazine. In case you don’t they have a good website and online versions of the magazine. In a bit of shameless self-promotion you might want to read this article in the March Edition. I kind of like the author. There are other good articles including one written by my good buddy Steve …
Missouri Agricultural Leaders Luncheon
The Missouri Agricultural Leaders Luncheon is an ad hoc group. That means no membership or staff. Just your handy volunteers which this year are Cindy and myself. We coordinate a meeting monthly that rotates between Jefferson City and Columbia. At our March meeting our new Director of Ag, Fred Ferrell, spoke to over 75 people at Summit Lake Winery.
New MO Ag Director Spoke to Ag Leaders Luncheon
New Missouri Director of Agriculture, Fred Ferrell. He spoke at a packed luncheon last week. There were over 75 in attendance, a larger than normal crowd. They all wanted to hear from our new Director of Ag and he gave a great speech!