American Farmland Trust has appointed J. Michael Baise its Midwest Director of Illinois, Iowa and Indiana. Pfizer will provide more than $1 million in sponsorships of National FFA Organization programs, local chapters and more this year. FMC Corporation announced the appointment of Kenneth A. Gedaka as vice president, Corporate Communications. The National Corn Growers Association launched the next-generation of its …
Did Santa arrive on time?
I know I said I’d only post about holiday ornaments and decorations before Christmas but what’s two extra days after? I hope all of you had a blessed, safe holiday. Our son was thrilled when he saw Santa had eaten the cookie we left out and that the commercials he’d seen weren’t true – there was still room in the …
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Osborn & Barr is strengthening its digital and creative teams with five new additions: Julia Edwards, Matthew Tornetto, Ekkachai Danwanichakul, Britton Clapp and Jim McWilliams. Swanson Russell announces the promotion of Jason Schmaderer to vice president/account supervisor. With the promotion, Schmaderer becomes an officer of Swanson Russell. Syngenta announced that the EPA has granted registration approval for Zemax herbicide. Swanson …
What happened to the Mrs.?
Growing up, we always had a Santa and Mrs. Claus sitting on the coffee table. They were handmade out of fan-folded painted newspaper, felt strips and cotton balls. Thinking back, I’m glad we had the happy couple – Santa does all the hard work delivering the presents but who do you think keeps Santa jolly the rest of the year? …
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The 2nd Annual Beginning Farmer and Rancher Conference will take place Feb. 18-20, 2012, in Grand Rapids, Mich. BRANDT announced they are returning to Turner Motorsports as the primary sponsor of the No. 31 BRANDT Chevrolet driven by championship contender Justin Allgaier. An arbitration panel has ruled in favor of DuPont in a dispute filed by Monsanto where they alleged …
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The members of the Dairy Business Association recently held an election for three positions on their board of directors. Broadhead is proud to announce it has recently received Platinum and Gold Awards in the 2011 MarCom Awards competition, as well as an IABC Silver Quill Award of Excellence. The National FFA Foundation announces it raised a record $16 million through …
Leading up to Christmas
The countdown has begun and I’m trying to continue all the holiday traditions for my son that I had when I was growing up. We have the calendar hanging downstairs and we pin a little ornament to it every day; the tree was up at Thanksgiving. To celebrate the fast-approaching Christmas season, I decided to do a series of posts …
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The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has released the annual business “outlook” survey. As the United Soybean Board launches into the next 20 years, new U.S. soybean farmer-leaders take the reins and plan to continue the focus on creating profit opportunities for all U.S. soybean farmers. Osborn & Barr recently welcomed four new employees to its media services and internal support …
Mush! Giddy-up! Haw!
Oh, that’s right, there are no horses in front of this wagon – it’s just for decoration. Every year, my Grandparents pull this wagon out of the shed and into their front yard for Christmas and decorate it with running white lights on the wheels. Horse-drawn wagons such as this were used to transport anything and everything on the farm. …
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Novariant announced the closing of a $10 million debt facility from BlueCrest Capital Finance, L.P. Results are in for World Ag Expo’s Top-10 New Products competition. The winners will be showcased February 14-16, 2012 during the 45th annual World Ag Expo. Two staff members have been hired for NAJ subsidiary, Jersey Marketing Service: Jason Robinson and Erica Davis. The Fulbright …