FLEXing Boehringer Ingelheim’s Muscle

Chuck Zimmerman

One of the key people involved with the Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Seminar was Gary Robertson. He’s the brand manager for Ingelvac MycoFLEX. You can actually see him sitting in the back left part of this picture during the presentations. Gary says they’ve been very fortunate to obtain CircoFLEX in ’06, MycoFLEX in ’07 and just recently, Ingelvac CircoFLEX-MycoFLEX in …

Agribusiness, Animal Health, Audio, Boehringer Ingelheim, Swine

Protecting Against Mycoplasma with Ingelvac MycoFLEX

Chuck Zimmerman

Dr. John Kolb is a professional services veterinarian for Boehringer Ingelheim. He was on the program to talk about Ingelvac MycoFLEX. John says it’s a unique product designed to be a single dose member of the FLEX family. Because it’s part of the FLEX platform, he says it’s easy to combine with another product like CircoFLEX. This is due to …

Agribusiness, Animal Health, Audio, Boehringer Ingelheim, Swine

Tour of the Chortí Maya Agricultural Training Center

Laura McNamara

I made it to La Ceiba on the north coast of Honduras. The city is much more set up for tourists and I was able to wander into a local resort and get a good enough connection to load some more video. Finally! So, for those of you interested in getting a better look at the ag program Billy Collins …

Agribusiness, Farming, Food, International, Technology, Video

Moonlight On Carolina Beach

Chuck Zimmerman

Hundreds of people are gathered here in Carolina Beach, NC for the Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Swine Health Seminar. The program gets kicked off tomorrow morning. I’m hoping my photos will keep up with these swine producers since I’ve already run into one who was shooting fireworks on the beach from his tripod this evening. A few of mine are in …

Agribusiness, Boehringer Ingelheim

Ag Steward of the Chortí Maya

Laura McNamara

There is a group of indigenous people in Honduras that live off an average of $300 a year… less than one dollar a day. At least two months out of every year they starve. That’s the reality as Billy Collins sees it. Billy has been working with the Chortí Maya, the direct descendants of the Mayan Indians, for five years. …

Ag Groups, Agribusiness, Corn, Education, Environment, Farming, Food, Forestry, International, Precision Agriculture, Technology

Monsanto Mitigates Crop Stress

Chuck Zimmerman

Getting more corn yield per acre was the theme of an interview I did with Shannon Hauf, Monsanto Area Technology Development Manager for Minnesota and Iowa. Shannon was attending a Monsanto Technology Showcase Tour event in Elkhart, IA. I got to speak with her after listening to a field stop that was all about “stress mitigation.” Shannon says that about …

Agribusiness, Audio, Corn, Research

Live Blogging AgNite at the RNC

Chuck Zimmerman

I just found out that I’ll be live blogging AgNite during the Republican National Convention. This is going to be very cool and a lot of fun. There’s an impressive list of companies and organizations already supporting this opportunity to showcase American agriculture to a national audience. You can count on seeing some live video via AgWired Live TV and …

Ag Groups, Agribusiness, Farm Policy, ZimmComm Announcement

Agrotain Selects AdFarm

Chuck Zimmerman

AdFarm U. S. has been selected by Agrotain International, LLC as its marketing communications agency of record for U. S. ag business. The move represents a continued expansion of the Agrotain International business and an increased investment in customer communications. “Establishing this relationship with AdFarm is just one example of the continued expansion of our business,” said Jeff Whetstine, Vice …

Agencies, Agribusiness

Consistent Worldwide Numbering System

Chuck Zimmerman

There’s a lot of news coming out of John Deere this week. In fact, it’s 23 news releases worth! You can find links to all of them in their media center or on AgWired in my previous post. I thought the new numbering system was very interesting and called Barry Nelson, John Deere Public Relations Manager, just now. He’s dutifully …

Agribusiness, Audio, International, John Deere, Tractor

Dow AgroSciences to Acquire Dairyland Seed

Cindy Zimmerman

Dow AgroSciences announced today it is acquiring Dairyland Seed Company and affiliate Bio-Plant Research. According to a company release, the addition of Dairyland Seed will build upon Dow AgroSciences’ current seeds business and will expand its broad range of product offerings. The agreement includes all crop genetics, brands, plant breeding programs in hybrid corn, soybeans and alfalfa as well as …

Agribusiness, Seed