The definition of the word “Novus” is new – and that describes Novus International‘s cutting edge approach to animal health as well as the company’s involvement with NAMA this year. Novus was one of our two NAMA coverage sponsors this year and we were happy to see Stephanie Gable and Jeremy Lutgen when they stopped by our trade show booth. …
NAMA Honors Leaders
Highlights of this morning’s general session at NAMA 2009 included the presentation of the annual Agribusiness Leader and Marketer of the Year awards. CHS Energy Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Leon Westbrock was named the 2009 NAMA Agribusiness Leader of the Year. Leon is responsible for refineries, pipelines, refined fuels sales, marketing and distribution, lubricants and propane. He …
NAMA Pre-Conference Session Helps Chart Course
The pre-conference workshop for NAMA 2009 on Wednesday was tailor-made for today’s challenging economic climate. Kevin Ochsner of Adayana Agri Business Group was captain of the ship for “Charting Your Course in Uncharted Waters – Strategic Decision Making in Uncertain Times,” which focused on gaining insight into the key principals of scenario-planning. “Now, more than ever, we have to both …
Money Farm on MGEX Commentary Call
Every time the USDA issues an important crop report, the Minneapolis Grain Exchange hosts a conference call for reporters with a market commentator. We have been responsible for recording and uploading that call to their server for the past couple of years now. Today the call focused on the April Supply Demand report and the commentator was Mike Krueger from …
Vilsack’s Busy Day
Tuesday was a busy day for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. He started the day by attending the National Agriculture Statistics Service lock up briefing prior to the prospective plantings report release first thing in the morning. Then, he testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture about the Administration’s plans to bring reform to USDA and discussed how the President’s …
AgCareer Spotter Specializes in Ag Jobs
A new website is helping to spot the latest job opportunities in agribusiness. AgCareerSpotter.com is an industry specific on-line career center targeting the agriculture industry to “make the job search, recruitment and hiring process simpler, faster and more cost effective.” AgCareerSpotter is part of the larger Careerspotter.com, which was created by recruiters and agricultural online business veterans with over 30 …
Chasing Tractors
I’ve heard of storm chasers, but this is the first I ever heard of “tractor chasers.” Agwired was alerted to these so-called “Tractor Chasers” who are endeavoring to get a glimpse of the new John Deere 8RT Tractor that’s scheduled for release this August. They even have their own website and YouTube videos and everything. Hmmmm…. Check out the first …
O&B Staff Members Show Their “AgNess”
The staff of Osborn and Barr were encouraged to “Show Your AgNess” during a photo competition in honor of National Ag Week. O&B serves as the agency of record for several agricultural clients, including the United Soybean Board and the Propane Education and Research Council, so it was a good way to help the staff get back to their ag …
Support for AG CONNECT is Growing
Support is growing for the new global agriculture trade show set to debut January 2010 in Orlando. AG CONNECT Expo 2010 made several announcements this week about support for the show. For starters, the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) will co-locate its annual Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference (AETC) with the new international agriculture exhibition. It will also …
Novus Sponsors World Ag Forum Roundtable
Novus International was a primary sponsor of the first World Agricultural Forum (WAF) Asia Roundtable held last week in Phuket, Thailand. “At Novus, our corporate mission is to help feed the world affordable, wholesome food.” Novus president and CEO Thad Simons, pictured here (right) at the conference talking with Bangaran Saragih, Former Minister of Agriculture Indonesia. “Novus has a thriving …