Charleston|Orwig Gets Social At World Dairy Expo

Chuck Zimmerman

Let’s meet the President of Charleston|Orwig, Mark Gale. In this week’s program you’ll hear a conversation that Cindy had with Mark at the recent World Dairy Expo. Charleston|Orwig, along with several of their clients were sponsors of our coverage of the annual dairy extravaganza once again. Mark told Cindy that the agency business has made some dramatic changes in the …

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Farm Policy Outlook For 2011

Chuck Zimmerman

Straight from the NAMA Trends in Agriculture conference is a video with one of the presenters produced by Paulsen Marketing. The 2010 Trends in Agriculture conference wrapped up with a Washington update: what to expect in 2011. Jim Wiesemeyer, senior vice president of policy and trade issues for Informa Economics Inc.’s Washington office, says the next few years could be …

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Engaging Agricultural Communities

Chuck Zimmerman

Straight from the NAMA Trends in Agriculture conference is a video with one of the presenters produced by Paulsen Marketing. How do agrimarketing firms find and engage agriculture communities and consumers? Joseph Rueter, a partner in Curation Station in Minneapolis, shared his insights with the Trends in Agriculture conference.

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Macro Food Trends

Chuck Zimmerman

Straight from the NAMA Trends in Agriculture conference is a video with panel participants produced by Paulsen Marketing. The second day of NAMA’s Trends in Agriculture kicked off with a panel discussion on “Macro Food Trends.” Dan Halstrom is the Senior Vice President of marketing and communication for the U.S. Meat Export Federation. He emphasized a focus on global trade …

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Dr. Jay Lehr Discusses Communicating Ag’s Story To Consumers

Chuck Zimmerman

Straight from the NAMA Trends in Agriculture conference is a video with one of the presenters produced by Paulsen Marketing. Dr. Jay Lehr capped off the first day of NAMA’s Trends in Agriculture in Minneapolis. Dr. Lehr, an economist and futurist, talked about the challenges agrimarketers have in communicating agriculture’s story to consumers.

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NAMA Trends In Agriculture Via Paulsen Marketing

Chuck Zimmerman

Once again this year I’m sharing a series of videos from the NAMA Trends in Agriculture conference that have been produced by Paulsen Marketing. Here is the first installment. The kick-off session got underway with Mark Pearson of Market to Market, talking about “Agriculture in a Globally Local World.” Pearson says the shift in how we’re connected with the rest …

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DDGS Business Conference Featured On AgriTalk

Chuck Zimmerman

Just because the sponsor of my coverage here at the Export Exchange 2010 DDGS conference is the Renewable Fuels Association, and just because RFA VP Research, Geoff Cooper (right) was being interviewed, I am posting the often seen and purely voluntary AgriTalk post. Host Mike Adams and Producer John Herath are also pictured. I’m just saying that it’s a nice …

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Connecting International Buyers With U.S. Producers

Chuck Zimmerman

After leaving the NAMA Trends in Agriculture conference I headed on down the agriblogging highway to another conference of importance to U.S. grain producers. This is the Export Exchange 2010 which got off to an official and social start this evening with welcoming remarks from U.S. Grains Council President/CEO Tom Dorr (left) and Renewable Fuels Association President/CEO Bob Dinneen. The …

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Tell Good Stories

Chuck Zimmerman

Joseph Rueter, Curation Station, talked to the NAMA Trends in Agriculture conference about effective digital brand communities. Actually, our scheduled presenter could not make it and Joseph was called in at the last minute. One of the things he did to prepare included tweeting his followers for their input for what he should tell this group of agrimarketers. How many …

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Key Consumer Trends

Chuck Zimmerman

The leader for the trends team within the consumer insights strategy group at General Mills is Carol Bagnoli. Carol was part of the Macro Food Trends Panel Discussion at the National Agri-Marketing Trends In Agriculture conference. She looks at consumer trends and how they’re shifting including consumer values, behavior shifts outside of food, food trends, health trends, sustainability and demographic …

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