This week’s ZimmCast features an interview with Cathy Soanes, Marketing Services Manager for the NK Brand (Syngenta Seeds, Inc.). I spoke with Cathy at the NAFB meeting in Kansas City recently. Cathy thought we’d talk about products I think but I asked her more questions about marketing their products, including internationally. She said that of all the interviews she’d done so far that day no one had asked her the questions I had. Interesting. I hope you enjoy it.
New Look For Pioneer GrowingPoint Website
Pioneer has upgraded and changed its GrowingPoint website beginning Monday (probably by the time you read this). Actually I think it’s already live. It works for me. Most changes of this magnitude seem to result in a better website. It’s something that just has to be done periodically.
WTO – Hong Kong & Gone
Well what do you think? Did our USTR, Robert Portman and his team do a good job? There’s an agreed upon declaration which is more progress than I think most thought would happen. You can see what the WTO website calls the “draft ministerial text.” I don’t know if it’s the final approved one or not.
President Bush And His iPod
I thought I was done for the day but I thought you might get a kick out of this. Thanks to Micro Persuasion for the link.
Valley Cams Tracker SP Remote Controlled Irrigation
Here’s news from Valmont Irrigation about a new component of their remote controlled irrigation systems. I think it’s interesting because farmers need to be pretty savvy adopters of technology to use these things and they certainly do. For example, if there’s a problem with the system:
Too Many Personalized Search Engines To Choose From
Just when I finally got my personalized Google and MyYahoo pages set up now there’s Windows Live (beta).
Reading Life After The 30-Second Spot
I promised Joe Jaffe that I’d review his book, “Life After The 30-Second Spot,” so I’m getting started. I am not going to sit down and read it cover to cover. I think I’ll take it a little at a time and comment here when I see something you might be interested in.
I just found out that TGIF All You Agrimarketing Professionals
On the road again. Heading back from Des Moines so you won’t see much until this evening or this weekend.
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