This Babe Partners With Pioneer

Chuck Zimmerman

This guy sounds like a person I can get along with. Babe Winkelman has partnered up with Pioneer Hi-Bred to provide more forage for Minnesota’s wildlife. “We’re planting seeds for all types of wildlife – deer, turkey, pheasants, ducks, geese, bear,” says Babe Winkelman, host of “Good Fishing” and “Outdoor Secrets.” “It’s far beyond a small plot that offers food …

Agribusiness

Demanding Fruits & Vegetables

Chuck Zimmerman

Actually the produce isn’t demanding but the Produce For Better Health Foundation wants you to demand more of them. And now BASF is helping them out by partnering up. It’s part of their support for the fruit and vegeatable industry. As part of this partnership, BASF recently committed to a five-year $100,000 sponsorship to help fund the foundation’s research. BASF …

Ag Groups, Agribusiness, Food

D&PL Boll Box/AVICTA Complete Pak Giveaway

Chuck Zimmerman

In this picture Harvey Hancock (center) is awarded his Boll Box of treated seed from Wes Joost, D&PL district salesman (left), and Robbie Long, Syngenta Seed Care Sales representative (right). That’s his prize from a D&PL seed treatment promotion. Cotton seed costs for Harvey Hancock of Slaton, Texas will be slightly lower this planting season after winning a Delta and …

Agribusiness

Carl Moberg Joins EMD Crop Bioscience

Chuck Zimmerman

EMD Crop Bioscience has added Carl Moberg to their marketing team. As one of EMD Crop BioScience’s North American Marketing Managers, Moberg will concentrate on areas of expansion, specifically new, foliar-applied LCO Promoter Technology and other technologies for a variety of crops. As new crop onputs are introduced, Moberg will lead marketing efforts to get the yield and plant health-enhancing …

Agribusiness

Caterpillar Says Eat My Dust

Chuck Zimmerman

This looks like a very creative way to engage your client and to help them generate some sales while having a lot of fun. Apparently, car dealers aren’t alone in finding creative ways to set up test drives. Now construction equipment dealers are joining the fun. Winners of the recent “Eat My Dust” Sweepstakes, sponsored by Caterpillar dealers in the …

Agencies, Agribusiness

FMC Hero Dollars

Chuck Zimmerman

We sure need some new heroes in our society today. And a good comic book to go with it. I just noticed how FMC is marketing their Hero Insecticide using a “Hero.” It looks like their Commodity Classic donation promotion went over well. As part of its ongoing “Be a Hero, Support a Hero” promotion, FMC Corporation will donate more …

Agribusiness

McCormick Gets Rodney Miller

Chuck Zimmerman

It looks like McCormick is going to increase their marketing efforts, especially in the area of compact tractors with this announcement. McCormick International USA, a division of ARGO Tractors and part of ARGO S.p.A., based in Italy, announces the appointment of Rodney Miller as vice president of sales and marketing for new products and communication effective June 1, 2007. Miller …

Agribusiness, Tractor

Pioneer Sponsoring Team Ethanol

Chuck Zimmerman

The Ethanol Promotion and Information Council has a new team member. Pioneer Hi-Bred is now working with the group to educate consumers about the benefits of ethanol-enriched fuel. The effort includes funding for ethanol promotion and education programs. “Ethanol is a factor in the effort to reduce our nation’s reliance on petroleum,” says Dean Oestreich, Pioneer president and DuPont vice …

Agribusiness, Pioneer

Is Blue Better

Chuck Zimmerman

I was looking through my latest issue of Living The Country Life and saw an ad for New Holland. It features a blue cow out in front of a red, green and a sort of off-white cow. All it says is “Looking for a new tractor? whyblueisbetter.com.” That leads you to a website showing off some tractors. You can listen …

Agribusiness, Internet, New Holland, Tractor