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Illinois Aerial Applicator Had Good Season
During the National Agricultural Aviation Association convention I met Don Younglove, R&R Flight Services (not pictured), during the trade show. He’s got three planes and the business is located in Mendota, IL. He’s a big proponent of BASF products by the way! I asked Don how business was this season and he says that it was good. It was a …
A Mid-Winter’s Tale From Syngenta
One of the Syngenta Seeds bloggers (Rich Lee) has written a holiday poem that ties in the delivery of seed. Here’s an excerpt. You’ll need to go to Dirt on Seeds to read the whole thing. It was the season before spring work; all is covered in snow, ‘tis the time we are frozen, when nothing will go. The tractors …
BRANDT to Sponsor NASCAR Driver
An Illinois-based crop technology company is getting on track with NASCAR. BRANDT is pleased to announce a partnership with Turner Motorsports and will serve as primary sponsor of the No. 31 Chevrolet Impala, driven by NASCAR Nationwide Series (NNS) championship contender, Justin Allgaier during the 2011 racing season. Allgaier, who finished the 2010 season fourth in the NNS championship points …
Working The Booth At NAAA
At the NAAA convention, BASF held a drawing for some custom airplane nose art. The winner is Terry Harchenko of Salem, OR. Hey, Terry, send us a photo of your plane with the new artwork if you get a chance. Sometimes the unsung heroes of a trade show booth are the company sales representatives who work in shifts and answer …
Christmas Comes Early for Iowa City Woman
Christmas came last Friday for an Iowa City woman who won free food and fuel for a year from the Iowa Corn Growers Association. Katie Ortmann was the winner of the Iowa Corn Fed GameDay GiveAway campaign when her name was called during halftime of the Iowa State versus Iowa men’s basketball game held on December 10, 2010 in Iowa …
FMC Appoints Swanson Russell Agency of Record For Crop Business
FMC Corporation has just announced that Swanson Russell will be their communications agency of record for their North American crop business. Effective immediately, Swanson Russell will work with FMC to provide public relations, strategic marketing, media planning, interactive and advertising support for FMC herbicide, insecticide and fungicide crop protection products. FMC recently added Swanson Russell as an advertising agency to …
Hoping For His Own Aerial Applicators Business
The sponsor for one of the National Agricultural Aviation Association/BASF Scholarship winners this year is Waylon Woods, Wood’s Aviation. He’s pictured here (right) with scholarship recipient Matt Kollars. I visited with them during the NAAA convention to find out why Waylon sponsored Matt and what Matt plans to do with his scholarship. Waylon says that he worked with Matt during …
Grocers Join Opposition Against Farmers
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to interview retired farmer Merle Anderson for my Between the Lines blog (Three Pieces of Advice From the Father of Ethanol). For those who truly know, love and respect Merle, he is none other than the “Father of Ethanol”. Thirty four years ago, Merle got a group of farmers together in Minnesota (he …
Who Is Novus International
Who is Novus International? Well, loyal AgWired fans know and at the recent NAFB convention Trade Talk session a lot more people found out. Pictured are (l-r) Jared Hux, Wendell Knehans and Tracy Barfield. I spoke with Wendell about this question of just who Novus is. He says Novus is the company that puts together the micro ingredients for a …