I haven’t finished posting everything I’ve got from the National Agri-Marketing Conference & Trade Show so expect some more to show up in time. I just thought I’d take a moment to say thanks to everyone I met this week. This was probably the busiest convention I’ve ever had. I wish I could have spent more time just visiting with …
AdFarm Acquires Consulting Division of Issues Ink
I’m trying to catch up on some of my posts from the past week but you might need to give me a couple days. Here’s a story that came in late last week about AdFarm acquiring the consulting division of Issues Ink, an international consulting and publishing firm based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The acquisition will accelerate the expansion of AdFarm’s …
Lee McCoy Rides for Cancer
This is Lee McCoy, Southeast AgNet, taking part once again in a ride for cancer research. I know that a lot of people in the AgWired audience know Lee and have supported him in his efforts. Hallelujah and Praise the Lord. You all did it. Thank you so much for your generosity. As I am writing this e-mail you have …
DTN Launches DTNAg.com
This announcement came out earlier this week during NAMA. It looks like a very comprehensive DTN website. There’s even a section of blogs. Who would have ever thought that farmers would read blogs? It looks like DTN thinks so. DTN, the leading provider of real-time market, news and weather information services for agriculture, today announced the launch of DTNAg.com, an …
Cheri Johnson Moves to Broadhead+Co
It seems like I have to go places to find out who the latest hires are at Broadhead+Co. No, not all three of these people. Just Cheri Johnson on the right. She’s now an account supervisor in the Minneapolis office. Broadhead just keeps getting broader. I’m sure the official news release is forthcoming but if you’re AgWired you know these …
That Man’s Wearing Salmon
I don’t know how many NAMA conventions I’ve attended since the early 1980’s and as several of us discussed one night this week, “we really don’t want to know.” One of the things we all agreed on was how important it is to show up and see friends and clients. Like me here with my friends (and client) Pat Morrow, …
Brownfield Party Rocks
The Brownfield party was a “good one.” I’ve been to quite a few and this one gets good marks. I went over thinking I’d just do a walk through and head back to the hotel. That’s not what happened. It’s tough to leave a good party. Clyde Lear and his pink-shirted crew treated us very well. We got to listen …
NAMA Bombers Made It
The NAMA Bombers made it to the convention and posed with the autographed movie poster they donated to the ABEF Silent Auction. I know there was good bidding activity on the poster. From what I understand they drove through some nasty weather and got in a few hours late but safe and sound. I hope they left early today since …
Surprise Eldon Reception
We had a surprise reception for Eldon White last night. Kyle Bauer, KFRM, was outside the door for some reason and supposed to let Eldon in when he stopped by the president’s suite. The problem was the key he had didn’t work. So all of the sudden there was violent pounding on the door which we definitely weren’t expecting. Then …
The Armadillo Whisperer
I’m really not sure if Bob Brunker, J. L. Farmakis, is praying or just what but you’re welcome to speculate in the comments. He couldn’t afford to pay me enough not to post this. We had armadillo races in the NAMA Connection Point and Bob was a racer. He lost by the way if I remember right. The think I …