Lessing-Flynn announces that Claire Celsi has joined the company as Director of Public Relations. This newly created position was added due to the steady growth and expansion of the agency. Celsi previously owned and operated her business, The Public Relations Project, LLC, which she founded in 2009. With category experience in agriculture, biofuels, construction, economic development, financial services, higher education, …
Pesticide Guy Resource
I’ve been meaning to bring Leonard Gianessi, the Pesticide Guy, to your attention for a while now. Leonard is the Director of the Crop Protection Research Institute. Here’s what he’s doing with the Pesticide Guy blog. For the past thirty years, I have been collecting articles and reports on the benefits of using pesticides in crop production. I have integrated …
Christmas Wishes From Corn Growers
Here’s a holiday greeting from the National Corn Growers Association. We wish you the merriest Christmas and the happiest New Year.
Social Media/Mobile Tech Webinars for Farm Biz
University of Nebraska Extension is partnering with Ohio State Extension and Penn State Extension to offer a Social Media & Mobile Technology for Ag Businesses webinar series. The series is designed to help small business owners understand how to integrate social media and mobile applications into the company’s marketing plan. Seems like a good idea to me! As more and …
2013 AAEA Summer Internship Apps Being Accepted
Applications are now being accepted by the American Agricultural Editors Association for the organization’s 2013 Summer Internships. One undergraduate college student in agricultural communications will be chosen to work as an Editorial Intern for High Plains Journal in Dodge City, Kan., and the AAEA Marketing Communications Intern will work with Morgan & Myers and the Progressive Agriculture Foundation in its …
Christmas Recipes
Looking for some holiday recipes? How about these 12 Recipes of Christmas (and all the holidays being celebrated this season) from CHARLESTON|ORWIG? “Here’s to the Fig in your pudding, the Cream in your coffee, the Mint in your candy cane, the Sugar in your cookie, the Honey on your ham, the Spice in your pumpkin pie, the Fruit in your …
Seasons Greetings Time
It’s that time of the year. Christmas holiday time. The seasons greetings are coming in and I’ll try to share them as we receive them. Here’s one from our good friend Jerry Harrington, Dupont Pioneer who says, “May the holidays bring you time with the people who bring you joy.” Yes, it’s a great time to slow down and enjoy …
BASF Support of Aerial Application Industry
The BASF team was looking good this week at the National Agricultural Aviation Association Convention. Here they are just as the trade show started. During the show I visited with a couple of the representatives on hand starting with our good friend Dr. Gary Fellows, Technical Marketing Manager. Gary presented the NAAA/BASF Scholarship awards and was available to talk about …
Forge Some New Frontiers With NAMA
While you’re updating your 2013 calendar, please make sure you’ve got the NAMA Agri-Marketing Conference on it. It will be held April 17-19, 2013. Online registration is open now. Register early and save your pennies! Once again, NAMA is bringing you the leaders of the pack. The big thinkers who aren’t afraid to shake things up a little. The 2013 …
AgriTalk Now Owned by Farm Journal Media
Here are two of the AgriTalk dudes working at the NAFB convention last month. John Herath, Producer (left) and show host Mike Adams. They now work for a new company. John has a smart phone held up to his ear. Yeah, he’s an agnerd like me. Yesterday Farm Journal Media announced that they’ve acquired AgriTalk from Vance Publishing. AgriTalk is …