You know that any company with national sales/technical support services looks at their folks as all “on the team.” According to Doug Nold (left), Boehringer Ingelheim has been team building. Doug has 32 years experience in agribusiness and joined the BI team recently. One of the reasons he says is because he likes their commitment to the industry which he …
Protecting Against Mycoplasma with Ingelvac MycoFLEX
Dr. John Kolb is a professional services veterinarian for Boehringer Ingelheim. He was on the program to talk about Ingelvac MycoFLEX. John says it’s a unique product designed to be a single dose member of the FLEX family. Because it’s part of the FLEX platform, he says it’s easy to combine with another product like CircoFLEX. This is due to …
Tropical Storm Fay Messing Cancels With Citrus Expo
Tropical Storm Fay has certainly changed my plans this week. Instead of being in a plane on my way to Ft. Myers, FL for the Florida Citrus Expo, I’m staying home. The final word on the status of the event is pending the next forecast this morning but it doesn’t look good. I spoke with Gary Cooper, President, Southeast AgNet, …
Cool Interactive New Media
I’m seeing new media presentations on more and more programs these days and last week’s NAMA Boot Camp was no exception. Erin Holt, Media Supervisor, Martin Williams, was on the program with a presentation titled, “Cool Interactive Ideas.” So I sat down with her to learn about her ideas when it comes to using new media for her clients. Erin …
Stick To Your Management Plan
In addition to pork producers, a number of veterinarians attended the Boehringer Ingelheim Swine Health Seminar. I spoke with Dr. Randy Jones who has been in practice in eastern North Carolina for 23 years. I first asked him if he thought his local BI Rep, Dan Johnson, was doing a good job and he said “He does a great job.” …
Risk Management is Name of the Game in Swine
The numbers man on our program at the Boehringer Ingelheim Swine Health Seminar was Dennis DiPietre. He specializes in consulting with the swine industry and is a “headliner” for SwineCast. Dennis was here to look at trends that are developing like the shifting global marketplace. He sees changes happening in the advantages producers have had in both the low cost …
Saturday Morning With BI
Participants in the Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Swine Health Seminar had options today to play golf, go fishing or a couple of others. I chose fishing. Early this morning our first stop was netting some live bait before heading out off the beaches of Carolina Beach. We fished for several kinds of fish but what we caught in our boat was …
Extracurricular Activities at Swine Health Seminar
The Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Swine Health Seminar is about over for the day. We’re getting ready to break after all the presentations. I’ll have more of them in the coming days. As I mentioned earlier, this is a real family affair. One of the activities available was manicures and pedicures. I walked by the rooms where these were set up …
Producer Feedback Important
I know that the folks at Boehringer Ingelheim feel like they get as much from the opportunity to interact with their customers here at the Swine Health Seminar as they hope their customers get from them. Several on the BI staff have made that comment. So, I’ve made sure to interview a few of them, like Bill Van Staaldvinen (left) …
Mike Gustafson Retirement
I couldn’t be there for my good friend, Mike Gustafson’s retirement party but that doesn’t mean there aren’t pictures! Mike is retiring from John Deere and I’m betting it was a great party. I’m not sure what the whole ribbon on the name badge thing is all about. Could someone enlighten us? Just post a comment. If you would like …