Yesterday I had lunch with 5000 head of cattle – and about 60 people. It was the season kick-off of Missouri’s Lunch and Learn program, a summer series sponsored by all the ag groups in the state where they invite local community leaders to visit agricultural operations. The first event for this summer was held at Circle A Ranch in …
Lee McCoy Arrangements – Updated
Funeral arrangements have been announced for our friend and fellow farm broadcaster Lee McCoy. Saturday, May 24 there will be a Memorial Service at 3:00 p.m. at: Crossroads Church 2564 Sharpsburg McCollum Rd. Newnan, GA 30265. Then on Tuesday May 27 there will be a graveside service at: Georgia National Cemetery 2025 Mount Carmel Church Lane Canton, GA 30114 This …
Peace Be With Lee McCoy and Family
Our friend and colleague Lee McCoy passed away early this morning in the arms of his sweet and courageous wife Aurora. She wrote us this morning to say that Lee “rode away on Chariots and White horses to meet the Morning Star.” As many of you know, Lee has fought a tough battle with cancer for the past two years, …
Go Gator NAMA!
We already told you about the University of Florida Gator NAMA team winning the student NAMA Marketing Competition, but we’re so proud of them (being Gator alums ourselves) that here’s a little more about it. The team was so happy to win after three consecutive years of making it to the finals and not winning, especially team captain Alicia Taylor …
Sticky Notes
The first general session at the National Agri-Marketing Association conference featured Dan Heath, the co-author of “Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die.” Heath told attendees some of his theories on ideas that “stick” and methods for making ideas stickier, such as violating schemas, using the Velcro Theory of Memory, and creating “curiosity gaps.” He also explained …
NAMA Marketer of the Year
A 32-year veteran of Monsanto was honored with the NAMA Marketer of the Year award on Thursday in Kansas City. Dave Rhylander was presented with the award, sponsored by AgriMarketing Magazine, for being “a visionary leader and highly innovative marketer not only within the ranks of his own company but also throughout the agribusiness industry.” He currently serves as Monsanto’s …
NAMA Honors NCGA CEO
Congratulations from AgWired to the CEO of the National Corn Growers Association, who received the Agribusiness Leader of the Year award at the National Agri-Marketing Association conference in Kansas City on Thursday. Rick Tolman has been in charge of NCGA for almost eight years, during a time of dramatic changes, new challenges and the highest prices in history for corn …
Pioneer Forage Forum Podcast
Pioneer Hi-Bred International is now on its third year of podcasting the Forage Forum on World Dairy Diary and the Pioneer Growing Point website. We just posted podcast number 30 on the websites today. Forage Forum features “news and information important to dairy professionals working for successful animal nutrition.” It’s kind of interesting that a seed company provides this kind …
BASF Bids Best Wishes to Dan Muys
Here at ZimmComm, it is very true that our clients are our friends and we hate to see them move on. So, it is with mixed emotions and fond memories that we say goodbye to our friend Dan Muys with Quarry and wish him the very best as he moves across the country of Canada for personal reasons. I found …
Kip and the Bean Stalk
A sample from Kip Cullers’ world record soybean yield was on display in a trophy case at Pioneer’s Commodity Classic trade show booth and it certainly received a lot of well-deserved attention. Kip’s record in 2007, you may recall, was an astonishing 154 bushels per acre. Pioneer and BASF are two of the companies Kip credits with helping him break …