The President/CEO of Novus International is Thad Simons, seen here addressing the audience for the company’s 20th Anniversary Celebration at the headquarters in St. Louis, MO. Thad says that 20 years “seems like yesterday.” Many of the original founders and Novus team were on hand. He says this celebration provides an opportunity to take a look back and see “where …
Congratulating Novus International On Twenty Years
We had a fantastic lineup of speakers for the Novus International 20th Anniversary Celebration. They all lined up at the conclusion of the festivities. I have captured remarks and interviews with a couple of them to share with you and will have a couple more later. Missouri’s Director of Agriculture, Dr. Jon Hagler, was on the program. Jon says that …
Novus Developing Innovation With Integrity
I’m on location for the big Novus 20th Anniversary Celebration. This Platinum Leed Certified building has continued to be developed, including the landscape. I’ve got some other views of the facility in the online photo album I’ve started. To kick off my coverage I just met with Francois Fraudeau, President, Specialty Business. Francois is moving to the headquarters in St. …
Novus International Celebrates 20 Years
Novus International is having a birthday party today and I will be there. Actually Novus is having birthday parties all over the world this year in celebration of 20 years. The company will host more than 500 people from more than 30 countries this week at its headquarters facility in Missouri Research Park. Confirmed to speak at the Novus 20th …
Brownfield Announces Charter Ohio Affiliates
Brownfield Ag News announced the charter affiliates for its Ohio network today. Local ag coverage will be handled by Dave Russell. Meanwhile, new Brownfield farm broadcaster Meghan Grebner is getting some in-studio training at the company headquarters in Jefferson City, MO. Cindy and I had dinner with Meghan earlier this week and we look forward to her continued contributions to …
Increasing Pork Producer Profitability
The master carver working on a freshly roasted pig, pictured on the right, is Scott Moore, National Sales Manager, Pork, Novus International. Scott is from North Carolina. That was some very fine roasted pork he was preparing for us at World Pork Expo last week! In his area Scott says that although the challenges producers have in his area aren’t …
Beef Rules ZimmPoll
We’ve got some beef eaters in this community! In answer to our question, “What’s your favorite meat?” an overwhelming majority said Beef at 39%. Here’s how the other choices fared in order. Fish, 15%; Chicken, 12%; Pork, 10%; All of the above, 10%; Lamb, 5%; Venison, 5% and Other, 4%. I’ve spoken with some AgWired community members who voted that …
Novus Sees Growth In Enzyme Use
Novus International has seen a big growth in the use of enzymes and the outlook is for that growth to continue. I learned this while speaking with Gary Hayen at last week’s World Pork Expo. Gary is the global product business manager for the enzyme and fermentation products business area. I asked him to provide an overview of how important …
Agvocacy 2.0 Conference Registration Deadline Nearing
Don’t forget to register by June 24 for the AgChat Foundation Agvocacy 2.0 Conference which will be held August 22-23 in Nashville, TN. If you are passionate about agriculture and want to learn more about how you can use social media to “tell your story” then this conference is for you. The conference is open to 75 people (production ag, …
Give Chatterbarn Feedback and Sign Up
Are you ready to Chatter? If so, then Chatterbarn is looking for some feedback during their beta test before going fully “live.” So go ahead and register for your launch day invitation. Feel free to post your comments and thoughts here too and we’ll pass them along. What do you think about the idea and need for this type of …