If you’re not going to make it to this year’s NAMA Trends In Agriculture conference then don’t despair. Thanks to the folks at Quarry Integrated Communications I’ll be there with coverage right here on AgWired. In case you’re still wondering why the conference is in Minneapolis instead of Kansas City you can get the full story from a recent ZimmCast …
AAEA Has New Website
The American Agricultural Editors’ Association (AAEA) has a new website and it is a major improvement. “For our members and prospective members, it’s more reader-friendly, interactive and informative, with much of the same content that was in the previous site plus some additions,” said Den Gardner, AAEA executive director. “Behind the scenes, it is much more efficient for the AAEA …
National Potato Council Awards Scholarship
The National Potato Council has awarded their 2010-11 NPC Academic Scholarship to Yu Chen. Chen is a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and is conducting research towards controlling Potato Late Blight – a disease that affects potato production worldwide – while simultaneously reducing pesticide applications. NPC believes that her work will ultimately be a boon for the potato …
Osborn & Barr Adds 21
You know we like to post pictures here but sorry Osborn & Barr. 21 new employees?! Wow. Guess business is growing. If you’ve got photos of all of them we’ll link to your online photo album. LOL. O&B, a leading marketing and communications firm serving agricultural and rural markets, announces the addition of 21 new employees to assist with growing …
Reining Lesson Couresy of John Deere At WEG
Visitors to The John Deere Place at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games are treated to scheduled reining demonstrations each day. This week the media had their own opportunity that included being able to sign up to try it yourself. Although I do enjoy riding occasionally I stayed on the ground with my camera and took a picture of Sarah …
Full Line of John Deere Equipment on Display at WEG
You might think that an equipment company exhibiting at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games would only display equipment to use on horse farms. You might think wrong. In fact, WEG sponsor, John Deere, is displaying their full line of equipment from consumer to ag to commercial. Earlier this week I spoke with Barry Nelson, Manager, Media Relations, about what …
NAMA and ARC and Public Relations Content
The Agricultural Relations Council and the National Agri-Marketing Association just announced that they have entered into an informal partnership focused on developing enhanced public relations content for upcoming industry events. We’ll see the results of this at the Agri-Marketing Conference next April with the joint creation of PR-track content. As part of the agreement, an ARC board member – Mike …
Outsourcing Social Media
Hopefully the title grabbed some attention. I’ve been meaning to write a post about this for a while. But after seeing some examples this week, both good and bad, I thought it was time. So let’s get started. There is nothing wrong with outsourcing the management of your social media channels. I’m speaking directly to agribusinesses and farm groups. I’ve …
Alltech Café Citadelle Helping Haitians
If you’re a coffee lover and want to support a good cause then consider Alltech Café Citadelle. I bought two pounds at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games where Carlos Ronchi was pouring for attendees. Carlos says that a cooperative in Haiti is producing the coffee and they’re re-building after the devastating earthquake earlier this year. Attendees at the WEG …
Andre Pater and John Deere Support Race For Education
Polish born artist Andre Pater was on hand at the John Deere media reception at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games. He was signing prints of one of his four paintings that he produced for the Race For Education. You can purchase one of them online. I spoke with him about his work and support for the Race For Education. …