Today we honored Mick Sibbel for his years of service to the Agri-Business Education Foundation. Mick got ABEF started and has led the organization since 1991. On stage at the opening session of the 2013 Agri-Marketing Conference NAMA members thanked Mick. Mick is one of the people responsible for me being in this business still today. He may not know …
Connecting at Agri-Marketing Conf Trade Show
The trade show at the Agri-Marketing Conference is called the Connection Point and for good reason. It’s a very easy place to find and connect with each other and I personally think the ZimmComm booth is where you should start. Here’s Cindy with the Novus International team during our opening Connection Point session. We’ll be seeing and hearing more from …
2012 NAMA Best of Show Awards
We had a great Best of NAMA Celebration here at the Agri-Marketing Conference. Congratulations to all the winners. We especially want to congratulate our Best of Show winners. First up is PR Best of Show which was awarded to the Minnesota Pork Producers and Weber Shandwick for their entry “Oink Outings.” Accepting were Pam Voelkel and Emily Negrin. Next up …
Highest NAMA Conference Attendance Since 2000
It was a chilly day to be out golfing yesterday but the ABEF golf tournament still went on. First place golfers included Les Kahl, AdFarm; Roger Reierson, AdFarm; and Bill Vaughn, Merck. We’ve got 1,248 agrimarketers and students from across the country forging new frontiers within the agricultural industry. This is the highest attended conference since 2000! 2013 Agri-Marketing Conference …
Name the NAMA Past Presidents
A number of past presidents of the National Agri-Marketing Association attended a dinner last night with the current president and executive committee. This is a fine looking group of NAMA royalty that includes our current President isn’t it? Know who they are? The first person to correctly identify them will win a prize from the ZimmComm stash of stuff. Just …
Pre Agri-Marketing Conference Activities
There are already a number of events taking place here in Kansas City, MO in advance of the 2013 Agri-Marketing Conference. Student NAMA members are hard at work practicing their marketing competition presentations and industry related organizations like AAEA are holding meetings. I’m in the National Agri-Marketing Association Executive Committee mtg. right now. We’ve heard the good news that NAMA …
Earth Day Skeptic Says Get Positive
My “Face of Climate Change” says, “Why all the hysteria?” At least that’s what I would be thinking if you took a picture of me after mentioning the theme of this year’s Earth Day. I’m a skeptic when it comes to man made global warming or that man can and should try to change it. I’m not a skeptic of …
Best in Agricultural Marketing
It’s time for the best in the agricultural marketing world – the 2013 Agri-Marketing Conference. It is quite literally the best since this is where you’ll see the Best of NAMA awards. ZimmComm will be there and you’ll find lots of information being posted right here on AgWired. In this week’s program we get a preview of some of what …
Get Your FarmOn
Hey folks let’s FarmOn! Now, I know that’s not real easy these days, especially for young people who want to get started. Here’s an organization that’s trying to help. The FarmOn Foundation is compiling a number of online resources while also conducting social media awareness campaigns like #FARMVOICES. We’ll learn all about it in this week’s program. I had a …
The Blogging Beef Board CEO
The CEO of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board, Polly Ruhland, is blogging during her 2013 Eisenhower Fellowship for International Leaders which is taking her to Japan and Taiwan. The blog is, pencilplow. “Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from a cornfield.” ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower Here’s an excerpt her most recent post …