Ken Wurdeman has just joined Ervin Group, an agency in Omaha as Director of Public Relations. A former broadcast journalist, Wurdeman is a native of Nebraska and brings more than 25 years of experience in agricultural, insurance and healthcare marketing communications to Ervin Group. Wurdeman previously worked at Swanson Russell in Omaha, serving as public relations counsel for agricultural and …
AdFarm Hires Angie Skochdopole
Congratulations to Angie Skochdopole for her new gig. AdFarm has hired Angie Skochdopole, veteran ag media specialist, as Director, Media. She comes to AdFarm from her previous role as VP Media Services for Quarry Communications, where she worked on BASF US and BASF Canada, and Novartis Animal Health. Skochdopole also brings a wealth of additional agricultural media experience, including …
Field Assignment: Support Large Animal Vets
Here’s a call to help out with the vet shortage via Charleston|Orwig. All you have to do is post a comment on the latest post on Field Assignment. We’ve blogged about the large animal vet shortage before. But now we really want to ramp up the conversation in an impactful way. In fact, we’re so eager to start a dialogue, …
Vicki Henrickson Joins BCS Communications
Vicki Henrickson is pictured on the right here along with Rhonda Ludwig and Anita Vanderwert at this year’s Farm Progress Show. It’s the first picture I found in the ZimmComm archives when looking for one to use with this news from BCS Communications. Blasdel Cleaver Schwalbe Communications, LLC, announces that Vicki Henrickson has joined the company as media director / …
CFWF Farm Tour
Here’s some more information courtesy of Dan Danford, AdFarm, from the Canadian Farm Writer’s Federation conference. These are some pictures from Friday’s farm tour at the Canadian Farm Writer’s Federation Conference. Our first stop was Fanny Bay Oysters. They grow, process, market and distribute their own farmed shellfish. It was very interesting to learn how they actually seed the bay …
AdFarm at CFCW
Thanks to Dan Danford, AdFarm, I’ve got more pictures from the Canadian Farm Writer’s Federation conference. I think this photo is the AdFarm folks who attended the CFCW Conference. Last night CFWF 2008 wrapped up with closing ceremonies and their annual awards banquet. It was very interesting to see the similarities and differences between the CFWF Conference and Ag Media …
Rainy Weather at CFWF Conference
Seeing this picture sent in by Dan Danford, AdFarm, makes me wish I was able to attend the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation meeting. This picture was actually taken prior to the CFWF meeting. Dan was kind though to send me a couple of pictures and let me know what’s going on with our brethren in the great white north. The …
Lori Hallowell is Bader Rutter Vice President
Congratulations to Lori Hallowell. Lori Hallowell has been promoted to vice president at Bader Rutter in the agency’s account management and public relations groups. Hallowell joined the agency in 1994 as an account executive. Her energy and passion for the business have been key in the growth of Merial, the agency’s animal health client. A native of Palmyra, Neb., Hallowell …
Woodward Has Two Rivers
This week’s ZimmCast is being sponsored by DTN and The Progressive Farmer. “DTN and The Progressive Farmer deliver the right content to the right audience across multiple media platforms—it all adds up to you moving the needle with producers now.” In this week’s program we’ll learn about the Woodward Communications acquisition of Two Rivers Marketing. I spoke with Greg Ehm, …
Small Company Formed
You’ve know Sylvia Small as the VP, Communications for the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association and the International Poultry Expo. Well she has formed Sylvia Small Communications & Marketing. She will provide a full range of communications and marketing services to companies, organizations and associations. For larger clients and projects, she will partner with other senior level professionals to provide …