About 180 million eggs are purchased each year in the United States for Easter, and this year they are a little less pricey than normal. According to an American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) analysis, the typical seasonal bump in retail egg prices that normally occurs just prior to Easter did not not happen this year because an increase in the …
NAMA Gavel Passes from Seger to McClure
Sheri Seger, DTN/Progressive Farmer, passed the gavel of National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) president on to Scott McClure, Brighton Agency, at the Agri-Marketing Conference last week in Kansas City. Scott has been active with NAMA for many years at both local and national levels. He has served as a Best of NAMA judge for five years, he was the Agri-Marketing Conference …
AMVAC® Cotton Industry Advancement Scholarship
AMVAC Chemical Corporation is now accepting applications for its 2019 Cotton Industry Advancement Scholarship. Seven $2,000 scholarships will be awarded. Applicants must be nominated by a practicing cotton consultant, have worked for a cotton consultant at some point between 2017 and 2019 and be either a senior in high school or currently enrolled full-time in an undergrad or graduate-level agricultural …
Best of NAMA Stars Shine
The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) presented its annual Best of NAMA Awards for excellence in agri-marketing at its annual conference last week in Kansas City. Wyffels Hybrids/O&H Brand Design took home the Grand Champion award, with top category awards as follows: Advertising: Wyffels Hybrids/O&H Brand Design Public Relations: Cytozome/Archer>Malmo Digital: Bayer/HLK Consumer: Land O’Lakes/Colle McVoy Specialty: Boehringer Ingelheim/Sullivan Higdon Sink …
Professional Agri-Marketers Honored
The three highest individual awards from the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) were presented last week at the annual Agri-Marketing Conference. Congratulations to Lynn Huston, John Deere Financial, who was named Agribusiness Leader of the Year. This award, which is NAMA’s highest honor, recognizes outstanding leadership in private, public or academic service and is conferred each year to a senior agribusiness …
NDSU Bison Win Student NAMA Competition
Congrats to the North Dakota State University Bison team for their first place win in the Student NAMA Competition at the Agri-Marketing Conference in Kansas City this week. Team President Thomas Konetschka says it was the greatest experience of his collegiate career. “We’ve been close a lot of years, been in the finals a lot, so this is for all …
Register for Ag Media Summit/IFAJ Congress
Join us for the 21st annual Agricultural Media Summit in Minneapolis/Bloomington, Minnesota. This is the largest gathering of agricultural writers, editors, photographers, publishers and communication specialists in the U.S. This year’s event will take place in conjunction with the International Federation of Ag Journalists (IFAJ) Congress, with over 150 international ag communications colleagues expected to attend. The dates are July …
Pork Producers Talk Trade and Animal Disease
National Pork Producers Council officials held a press conference Thursday, the day after announcing World Pork Expo is cancelled this year due to concerns about African swine fever. More than 100 pork producers from around the country were in Washington D.C. this week for the Spring Legislative Action Conference to meet with their representatives in Congress to discuss issues such …
#NAMA19 is Onward and Upward
The 2019 Agri-Marketing Conference is officially underway in Kansas City with the theme “Onward Upward.” The annual event is a meeting of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA), the nation’s largest association for professionals in marketing and agribusiness. Last night was the Best of NAMA awards celebration and today will honor the NAMA Marketer of the Year, Agribusiness Leader of the …
FMC’s Kasper to Retire, Coen Named Successor
FMC has announced that U.S. Commercial Director, John Kasper, is retiring in June and Christina Coen, currently North America marketing director, will assume the role effective May 1. “We thank John for his years of service. He built key strategic relationships that drove outstanding results for the region. John has also been a mentor to many and set the bar …