Dr. Jay Lehr has the title of Science Director for an organization called The Heartland Institute, which is a national nonprofit research and education organization with the goal to “discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems.” He is also an entertaining and passionate speaker who believes in spreading the good news about agriculture to places that …
Preview of AG CONNECT
A preview of the new generation of ag show – AG CONNECT 2010 – was offered to ag executives meeting Thursday in St. Louis. Sara Truesdale Mooney has the job of show manager for this ambitious new ag show being organized by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers and she says they have taken a very deliberate approach in developing AG …
John Deere Kicks Off Drive Green Event
We’re getting ready to “Drive Green” here in Sarasota, FL. Dozens of media representatives are gathered here to ride and drive some new John Deere tractors. The company announced their new line of utility tractors in the 5 and 6 Series. I’ll have pictures and video after we go out there later today. This morning at the registration table I …
Driving Green Down South
This week I’ll be driving Green while Cindy will be in St. Louis with the executives attending the Association of Equipment Manufacturers, AgExecutive Forum. I’m sure you’ll be seeing more from her about that. Meanwhile I’ll be in Sarasota learning about the latest that John Deere has to offer in the way of small tractors, compact tractors, utility vehicles and …
Successful Farming/John Deere Win min
Successful Farming magazine and John Deere have received some recognition for their integration of web based communications content from the min magazine Integrated Marketing Awards. Successful Farming magazine and John Deere have been awarded the min Integrated Marketing Awards First Place honor in Web/Online Bundling for their partner program, CropTechTour. min’s Integrated Marketing Awards salute the campaigns, ongoing programs and …
AgJobNetwork Wants to be Disruptive
It looks like the AgJobNetwork, started by Aggie-Lance founder, Mark Jewell, is off and running. Yes, there are companies still trying to figure out this “new media” thing. Rooted in New Media – the AgJobNetwork has grown at an astounding rate from no registered users to more than 1,500 in North America in less than 30 days. And, word’s spreading …
GEA Farm Technology Brand Launched
I am now comfortably located in cool and brisk Madison, WI at World Dairy Expo. The media room is active and a number of us attended a breakfast time press conference given by WestfaliaSurge, now part of GEA Farm Technologies. The CEO and President of GEA Farm Technologies is Vern Foster. He gave us a comprehensive presentation this morning (media …
Stephanie Gable Joins Novus International
Past NAMA President, Stephanie Gable, has a new job. She’s now working for Novus International as Ruminant Marketing Manager. That means she’ll be responsible for developing global marketing plans for Novus’s dairy and beef programs and products. Stephanie is pictured participating in a NAMA Executive Committee Meeting last year. Ms. Gable joins Novus from Fort Dodge Animal Health in Kansas …
Ag Job Network Launches Friday
It looks like the Ag Job Network social networking site is about to launch according to their latest Twitter feed. Today is including a lot of preparation for tomorrow’s initial screening of the AgJobNetwork. Its going to be fun. Here’s The Story: AgJobNetwork started as a facebook group in August of 2008 as a way to help connect people with …
Global Marketing on the River
“Rolling on the River” was the theme of the grand opening event this week in St. Louis of AGROTAIN International/Lange-Stegmann’s new stabilized nitrogen production facility and urea storage center. To drive that home, they even had a Tina Turner look-alike to kick off the celebration, which also featured a riverboat themed luncheon. This company is most definitely on a roll …