Welcome to the Portland Hilton & Executive Tower. This is going to be the scene of the next several days as we attend the Agricultural Media Summit. I say “we” because we’ll be doing it together.
Brownfield Open Phones
Brownfield, Ag News and Indiana Pork are teaming up for another teleconference coming up July 26.
Beef Babes At MBIC Party
We had a great going-away party for Steve Taylor today in Columbia, MO. Stevie “Wonder” is going off into the sunset to Moscow, ID. He’s leaving behind the Beef Babes, current and future.
Cow Got Arthritis?
I’ve been in a lot of airports lately. Take today as an example. We got out of Raleigh okay and then had to circle St. Louis for a while. Then we got to sit on the tarmac for a while until the plane at our gate got out of the way. Then it only took 45 minutes for baggage to show up.
Jeske Interim President of Meyocks Group
Ahh, the “Interim” position. Hopefully in Doug Jeske’s case it will become permanent. That would be cool Doug. Doug is the Interim President of The Meyocks Group since:
Rich Keller Does a 360
Congratulations to my good buddy Rich Keller. Rich is now the Editor for AgProfessional and AgLender publications. He previously contributed to Vance publications as a freelance writer.
Interview With Mary-Dell Chilton
I thought it would be appropriate to make my last post from Syngenta Media Day include an interview with Mary-Dell Chilton. Mary says she’s way past retirement age but still gets in early each day to get to work. Why? Because she thinks it’s exciting and important.
Scientific Communications Manager
Besides the work that Gibbs & Soell did in putting together today’s Syngenta Media Day it also takes some work inside the company. The person doing that is Jane Bachmann, Scientific Communications Manager.
Biotechnology Discovery Engine
Roger Kemble is head of crop genetics research for Syngenta. Here he’s being interviewed by AgDay TV.
Learning About Syngenta Seed
The final stage of our media day at Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. was an opportunity for interviews. A couple of the guys escaped me but I have several for you.