The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) presented its three highest honors Thursday for Agribusiness Leader of the Year, Marketer of the Year, and Ag Association Leader of the Year. Todd Frazier, Vice President of U.S. Marketing for Corteva Agriscience, is the 2024 Agribusiness Leader of the Year. Frazier credits his success to a listening first approach, using each day as an …
Grounded in Ag Training Platform Introduced
Communications and training firm Grounded Communications LLC is launching Grounded in AgTM, a new online training platform to address the agricultural knowledge gap for organizations. The platform is designed to meet the needs of anyone seeking a better understanding of agriculture starting with foundational topics, according to Janice Person, founder of Grounded in Ag and CEO of parent company Grounded …
Spencer Chase Moves to Corn Refiners Association
Spencer Chase has spent the last decade helping farmers and ranchers better understand the policy process as one of the lead journalists with Agri-Pulse Communications. Now he is moving on to a new challenge as Senior Director of Communications for the Corn Refiners Association (CRA). In his new position, Chase will also lead the external communications and media relations efforts …
Huma® CEO Named Chair of TFI Biostimulant Council
Huma® CEO Lyndon Smith was recently named chairman of The Fertilizer Institute’s Biostimulant Council. Smith has been involved in the humic space and with TFI since the mid-90s. “Huma®’s long-standing participation with TFI has provided me an opportunity to understand the intricacies, challenges, and untapped potentials of the fertilizer and biostimulant industry. It’s a unique privilege to be part of …
Big Names Confirmed for Agri-Pulse Summit
Agri-Pulse has confirmed that USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and Senate Agriculture Committee leaders are scheduled to appear at next week’s Agri-Pulse Ag & Food Policy Summit March 18 in Washington DC. With a farm bill yet to be passed, Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Ranking Member John Boozman (R-AR) will be able to provide the latest insight …
Commodity #Classic24 Was a Record Breaker
The 2024 Commodity Classic blasted off into a new galaxy last week in Houston with the largest attendance ever at 11,500 attendees, smashing the previous record of 10,400 last year in Orlando. There were more than 4,600 farmers at the February 28-March 2 event this year along with exhibitors, industry stakeholders, and ag media. This year’s event featured more than …
Virtual Newsrooms in Early 2024
2024 has been a busy one for the ZimmComm Team. So far we’ve worked at six conferences and they each have a virtual ag newsroom available for all ag journalists out there. Just in case you have missed any of them and are looking for interviews and photos then look no further than these on a variety of different parts …
Preview of CattleCon 2024
Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. This week we’re going to get a preview of the new CattleCon. I love that name. It is new and perfect for the Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show. In fact, CattleCon is the official new name. To learn all about what’s new and different with CattleCon I talked with Kristin Torres, Executive …
ZimmCast 718 – Opening of the Ag Innovation Campus
Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. Last week the Ag Innovation Campus held its grand opening in Crookston, MN. You can see lots of photos and interviews in the virtual newsroom I published on AgNewsWire.com. I’m going to share some of those interviews in the episode. Before getting to the AIC facility I met a group of farmers and other …
NAMA 2023 Professional Development Awards of Excellence
The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) is pleased to announce three marketing and agricultural leaders as winners of the 2023 Professional Development Awards of Excellence. The NAMA Professional Development Awards of Excellence honor members of the organization based on outstanding achievement in each of the Professional Development Areas. The awards will be presented in conjunction with the NAMA Fall Conference, October …