I can’t imagine any farmer not wanting $10,000. Now being deserving of it, that’s another matter. All the farmers I know are good stewards of the land so maybe they should all be nominated.
Meet The NAMA PDA Recipients
The National Agri-Marketing Association has named the recipients of its annual Professional Development Awards of Excellence. They will be honored at the upcoming Agribusiness Forum in Kansas City, MO.
Why I Post Paul’s Reports
You may wonder why I post stories from Paul McKellips. He’s the guy in Iraq reporting on agriculture and most importantly in my mind, the positive things our soldiers are doing that are changing people’s lives while helping protect us. Well, Paul has volunteered for a whole year in Iraq next year so I’m looking forward to a lot more to come.
He just sent out a letter to those of us who are using his reports and I’m going to share a few excerpts with you. Here’s why he’s doing it:
NCMA Will Be SSFPA
According to a story on Meatingplace.com, the National Meat Canners Association has changed its name to the Shelf-Stable Food Processors Association.
Be a Corn Leader
The National Corn Growers Association is looking for a few good leaders. Do you think you’ve got the right stuff? Know someone who does?
YouTubing It
It’s about time we got some agricultural video into YouTube don’t you think? I’m just getting started on this but thought you might enjoy my first upload. I actually posted this earlier this year at the CMA Music Festival but thought it might have some broad appeal in the YouTube universe. I guess we’ll find out. One thing I already learned is to save my raw video files and use them to upload since I’ve been converting them to pretty small Windows Movie Video files. They still work though. I think you can expect to see more video from us in the coming year!
Bader Rutter Promotes McLain
Bill McLain has been promoted to account executive at Bader Rutter & Associates. He’ll be in the agency’s Public Relations Group.
PRIME BioSolutions eMerging
This seems to make a lot of sense. Merge a cattle oriented technology company with an ethanol production company. They can go hand in hand in some interesting ways. That’s what eMerge Interactive is doing with PRIME BioSolutions.
2007 Ag Equipment Sales Forecast
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has come out with its annual industry forecast for the United States and Canada. These are 2007 Retail Sales Predictions (in units vs. 2006). If you can’t read this chart very well then go to their website and you’ll find a complete summary of their report in the Industry Trends section.
BCS Doing PR For John Deere
John Deere is spreading a little PR love around, specifically to Blasdel Cleaver Schwalbe Communications. They’ll be doing various public relations activities for the ag division.