Phil Gayter has joined Nicholson Kovac, Inc., as Director of Creative Services. You know Phil, it is a good thing to be philosophically in agreement with the company you work for! “With a solid career built on creative and management positions at Leo Burnett in London and Chicago and Euro RSCG McConnaughy Tatham in Chicago, Phil’s creative leadership is perfect …
Rural Lifestyle Research From NAFB
There’s some new research out from the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB). It’s the “first comprehensive national survey of “rural lifestyle residents,” identifying that a substantial portion of rural households starting at only 3-plus acres raise companion horses and additional livestock, own tractors, and are active buyers of country-living products and services.” The NAFB study measures this still-emerging consumer …
Athenix Relocates
I was not aware of Athenix until this afternoon. Well they’re moving and I guess that’s due to business being very, very good. Following a year of significant growth, Athenix Corp. is moving its operations from Durham to Research Triangle Park today. The move is the latest indicator of success at Athenix, a leading biotechnology company that develops novel products …
John Deere Introduces PrecisionPays.com
John Deere announces a new blog on precision agriculture, which you can find at PrecisionPays.com. The new site was designed and developed by BCS Communicatons, working with ZimmComm New Media (that’s us). So John Deere is jumping into the new media world. Welcome to PrecisionPays.com, a site specifically designed to bring you the latest information and resources on guidance and …
BASF Plant Health Scientists at Symposium
I’d like to announce BASF as one of the companies that is sponsoring AgWired coverage of this year’s Commodity Classic. Thank you very much. This is going to be fun since the first activity I’ll be participating in at Classic will be the BASF “The Science Behind Plant Health” Symposium on Wednesday afternoon. It’s going to be a chance to …
CommodityClassicCast Podcast
I got to thinking this weekend that with all the interviews and audio we’ll be posting this week from Commodity Classic we ought to podcast it. It just makes it easier for a lot of people to go ahead and subscribe so they can listen when/where they want. So that’s why I’m announcing the CommodityClassicCast. Yep, a new podcast from …
New Holland’s New Logo
A new logo and a new tractor, that’s the news from New Holland. Before we go into that any further let me thank New Holland in advance for their sponsorship of AgWired coverage of the Commodity Classic once again this year. They won’t be my only sponsor but it’ll be tomorrow before I announce more. At the National Farm Machinery …
Comic Festival Podcasts
What? A post about a comic book show in New York? Why Chuck? I’ll tell you why. Because the show organizers are using new media to not only promote the show but “as a way to build up an online community surrounding the show.” Imagine if we had a Commodity Classic blog and podcast. What kinds of interviews would we …
Zimfo Bites
Some tidbits you might enjoy: New D&PL Soybeans Combine STS and Roundup Ready Trait Technology (pdf) – Midsouth soybean producers will be able to better manage herbicide resistance while setting the stage for high yield potential with the new Roundup Ready/STS stacked-trait soybean varieties from Delta and Pine Land Company. Cottage Hill Farm Receives USPOULTRY’s Family Farm Environmental Excellence Award …
The Monsanto Pipeline Details
I just received a link to Monsanto’s annual pipeline technology update “Putting technology to work in the field: 2007 R&D pipeline at a glance.” (PDF) The invite says: I think you will find it is a useful reference guide for the ways Monsanto is investing in beneficial ag technologies and the pipeline progress of important projects. It also contains information …