The Agricultural Relations Council/C.O.nxt Scholarship Program has received a very generous donation. Lyle Orwig, founder of Charleston|Orwig, now rebranded as C.O.nxt, has generously fully funded the Agricultural Relations Council/C.O.nxt Scholarship Program with a recent contribution of $75,000. It is part of an endowment established within the ARC Foundation a couple years ago. A long-time champion of agricultural public relations/public affairs, …
2020 – A Pivotal Year for ZimmComm
You could say that 2020 was a pivotal year for ZimmComm. Sorry about using the “P” word. But as crazy as the year was and all the challenges that have been presented, we’ve come through it by virtually using all the tools we have been using for years and some new ones. Sorry about using the “V” word. Let’s summarize …
ZimmCast 663 – AWIS Helping America Grow for 25 Years
Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast, a podcast started in 2004 to focus on agricultural marketing and what is new in the world of agribusiness. Happy New Year to y’all. Here at ZimmComm we’ve been living in the virtual world of communications for almost 17 years. We started out distributing news releases with pre-recorded sound bites and interviews before jumping …
Merry Christmas 2020 & Happy New Year from NCGA
The National Corn Growers Association has a video for you as we get ready for Christmas and the New Year.
Season’s Greetings from Alltech
We wish you and your family a healthy, happy holiday season. Please enjoy this musical gift, featuring winners of the Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition performing Christmas classics. May the new year bring you peace, joy and all that makes your heart sing! Click here for some world class holiday music. Since 2006, the Alltech Celebration of Song, along with Dr. …
Holiday Greetings from IFAJ
Here are a couple of excerpts from International Federation of Agricultural Journalists President, Lena Johansson. She shares the news that the Denmark IFAJ Congress 2021 will be virtual like this year and we all hope we can meet in person in 2022! Here’s the caption from the photo: “Winter in Sweden: Rudolph with friends, no doubt on their way to …
Happy Holidays – Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute
Happy holidays from all of us at the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute! As we come to the end of 2020, we reflect on an unprecedented year in many ways — with a new set of challenges, but also some unexpected opportunities. With the help of our board, staff, faculty fellows, students and partners, we saw measurable progress in …
Happy Holidays from NAMA
The NAMA staff wishes you a safe and happy holiday season! Thank you for being part of the NAMA community. In the coming year we will continue to connect you to the people, tools and programs you need to position yourself and your organization for success. Please note the NAMA office is closed and will re-open on January 4. We …
Merry Christmas from the Livestock Publications Council
As we approach the end of 2020, we wish you and your a blessed Christmas holiday! We appreciate your continued support of the Livestock Publications Council and its programs, and we are looking forward to reaching new heights in livestock communications next year. May you be happy, healthy and prosperous in 2021!
NAMA Moves 2021 Agri-Marketing Conference to July
The National Agri-Marketing Association has announced that the 2021 Agri-Marketing Conference will be rescheduled for July 20-22, 2021. “This decision was made after much discussion with leadership and our host hotel,” said Jenny Pickett, CEO, National Agri-Marketing Association. “We feel this is the best option to host the conference safely.” The conference will include the usual NAMA favorites, including top-notch …