I don’t know about you but I never get tired of sunrises and sunsets. Here’s one to hopefully brighten your Monday morning. This is a view as I was crossing the Missouri River bridge coming out of Jefferson City this morning using my Blackberry Curve. Pretty cool scene. I don’t know how many of you are on holiday today. I’ve …
Hallowell Promoted at Bader Rutter
Lori Hallowell is now a group leader at Bader Rutter. She’ll be in the agency’s account management group. Hallowell joined the agency in 1994. Her hard work and passion for the business have been instrumental in the growth of Merial, the agency’s animal health client. Originally from Palmyra, Neb., Hallowell earned a bachelor of science degree in agricultural journalism from …
ABM Agri Council Recommends Ag Media Mix
I just got my latest quarterly Agri Council Intelligence Report and thought you’d be interested in a couple of things that caught my eye. Here’s one of the latest ads from the ABM Agri Council. They’re running a schedule in Agrimarketing Magazine (a member of the Council) and have plans for a new round coming soon. In an effort to …
Getting igenity Right
Merial sponsored the media room once again at this year’s Cattle Industry Convention. Thanks to Wendy Mayo, Bader Rutter, for helping make us comfortable and setting me up with an interview with Kevin DeHaan, igenity. In case you’ve wondered about igenity then you can hear Kevin explain it. I’ve always found it to sound complicated but I think in this …
Cat Products Get Official With NCBA
At the Cattle Industry Convention Caterpillar and NCBA held a press conference to announce that the Cat Skid Steer Loader and Cat Wheel Loader are official products of the NCBA. “Caterpillar has a rich heritage of engineering and manufacturing high quality equipment that delivers the performance and reliability farmers and ranchers demand,” said Andy Groseta, 2008 NCBA President. “This partnership …
The Beef Backer Awards
The annual Beef Backer awards were presented at this year’s convention by then Vice Chairman, Dave Bateman (now The Chairman) along with representatives of the various state beef councils that nominated them. The Beef Backer Award recognizes chain and independent restaurant operators who excel in menuing and marketing beef. The Checkoff also announced the winners of the first annual national …
Give John Deere Credit For Helping
You know it would take a big bank account to write a check for a new John Deere combine and not too many farmers can do that. So to help them out they’ve got John Deere Credit. I spoke with Scotty Shipp, pictured on the right, at the National Farm Machinery Show about what the company offers to assist producers. …
World Ag Expo Wrap-Up
Here’s a wrap-up report on World Ag Expo from Gary Schulz. Maybe next year will be the year I get to go. I’ve got to go out there in a couple weeks but just couldn’t get that coordinated to coincide with the Show. Thank you very much Gary for taking the time to provide us with your updates. A lot …
Illinois Sunset
This was today’s sunset on the way home from the National Farm Machinery Show. This is right off I-64 in Illinois about an hour south of St. Louis. Very cool scene. I just thought I’d share it with you. The ride home was a lot more enjoyable than the one to the show. I won’t be heading out again until …
FIN TV Star
The media world sure is changing these days. Here’s Greg Lamp doing FIN TV. He’s a tv star. He’s a writer. He takes pictures. That’s media today. And this media is happening here at the National Farm Machinery Show. I spoke with someone today who’s trying to figure out how to write a job description for the person they need …