The Agronomics Vision 2014 conference got kicked off this morning with opening remarks from Karen Ross, California Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture. Karen is very proud of the agricultural industry in California as you’ll hear from her remarks. I also interviewed her afterward and will be sharing that interview soon. You can listen to Karen’s remarks here: …
New Holland Previews 2014 Marketing Campaign
New Holland published a video today that previews its 2014 marketing campaign which will be featuring customer stories and utilizing television, radio, print, online videos and social media. The campaign kicks off in January, 2014. We are proud to share an exclusive sneak preview of our 2014 marketing campaign featuring the individuals who work smarter than the average person: our …
Regional Best of NAMA Judging & Banquets
It looks like the Best of NAMA judging is in full swing. Here’s a photo of the regional judges in Kansas City from the NAMA Facebook page. Net up are the regional award banquets. Here’s information from the NAMA calendar: January 16, 2014 Region 2 Best Of NAMA Awards Banquet Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO January 21, 2014 Carolinas/Virginia …
New Sponsor for Great American Wheat Harvest
The Nebraska Wheat Board has become an executive sponsor of The Great American Wheat Harvest film documentary. Producer Conrad Weaver is now in post-production of the film which will be debuted next spring. Weaver is pictured with Caroline Brauer, NWB public information officer, and Royce Schaneman, NWB executive director. Weaver says NWB gave its endorsement early in the film project …
Do You Know Prince Agri Products
Prince Agri Products sponsored the Penn State Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop pre-conference symposium and I was invited in to cover it. To learn more about the company I spoke with Dave Calabotta (right), VP of Marketing and Business Development. Dave says that Prince Agri Products has been around for about 150 years and is part of Phibro Animal Health. Prince …
Let’s Give #FoodThanks this Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving let’s all give a little thanks for the food we have to eat. When it comes to food what are you thankful for? Let everyone know via your social media channels using the hashtag – #FoodThanks. I’ll start with this platter of surf and turf from my grill last weekend. Grilled T-bones, asparagus and Gulf Amberjack foil wrapped …
Register for 2014 Agri-Marketing Conference
Come on down to my territory next April. You’ll be glad you did. The Sunshine State will be waiting for you. It’s registration time for the 2014 Agri-Marketing Conference. Shed some new light on your agri-marketing career. NAMA is taking the conference to Jacksonville, Florida in 2014. Soak up the rays as well as the latest trends in ag communications, …
AgroNomics 2014
It’s time for some vision from the 2014 AgroNomics. This is just one of the places I’ll be this week while the rest of the ZimmComm team is in KC, MO for the NAFB convention. AgroNomics is a U.S. ag investment conference that is held in conjunction with the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers annual meeting and …
New Holland Perfect Combine Initiative
For New Holland the Perfect Combine is an initiative celebrating the production of the 50,000th TC New Holland. It happened in the Plock Poland plant in October. To celebrate the milestone the company is taking a look back through the history of the combine model with the use of a Facebook App. When users access this app, they will be …
Prince Agri Products Symposium
Next up on the AgriBlogging Highway for me is the pre-conference symposium at the Penn State Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop. The symposium is sponsored by Prince Agri Products and will focus on Mastitis Management and Transition Cow Health. Reducing the incidence of mastitis and enhancing transition cow health can have a significant impact on dairy cattle health, milk production and …