The 47th Wisconsin Public Service Farm Show is coming up in just a couple weeks. The show will be held on the EAA Grounds in Oshkosh, WI on March 27, 28 and 29. “For more than four decades, the Wisconsin Public Service Farm Show has provided an opportunity for the agricultural community to check out the latest farming equipment, machinery, …
Osborn & Barr AOR for ICL Performance Products LP
Osborn & Barr Communications has been named agency of record for ICL Performance Products LP which manufactures and markets specialty phosphates. “We hired Osborn & Barr for the agency’s expertise in public relations and the company’s reputation for delivering measurable results,” said Dick Kennedy, president and chief executive officer of ICL Performance Products LP. “We look forward to developing a …
Meyocks Group Agency for Valent BioSciences
The Meyocks Group is named as agency of record for marcomm work for Valent BioSciences Corporation. The agency will continue to handle corporate communications responsibilities for the company. Valent BioSciences is a worldwide leader in the research, development and commercialization of low risk, environmentally compatible technologies and products for the agricultural, public health, forestry and household insecticide markets. “As a …
Podcasting About Commodity Classic
It’s Commodity Classic week so why not have a ZimmCast about that? This week you’ll hear from Pat Morrow, BASF and Gene Hemphill, New Holland. They’re my sponsors for all the coverage you’re going to see and hear right here. Let me remind you about another podcast, the CommodityClassicCast. I’m going to try to post all the interviews and other …
Athenix Relocates
I was not aware of Athenix until this afternoon. Well they’re moving and I guess that’s due to business being very, very good. Following a year of significant growth, Athenix Corp. is moving its operations from Durham to Research Triangle Park today. The move is the latest indicator of success at Athenix, a leading biotechnology company that develops novel products …
John Deere Introduces PrecisionPays.com
John Deere announces a new blog on precision agriculture, which you can find at PrecisionPays.com. The new site was designed and developed by BCS Communicatons, working with ZimmComm New Media (that’s us). So John Deere is jumping into the new media world. Welcome to PrecisionPays.com, a site specifically designed to bring you the latest information and resources on guidance and …
New Holland’s New Logo
A new logo and a new tractor, that’s the news from New Holland. Before we go into that any further let me thank New Holland in advance for their sponsorship of AgWired coverage of the Commodity Classic once again this year. They won’t be my only sponsor but it’ll be tomorrow before I announce more. At the National Farm Machinery …
The Monsanto Pipeline Details
I just received a link to Monsanto’s annual pipeline technology update “Putting technology to work in the field: 2007 R&D pipeline at a glance.” (PDF) The invite says: I think you will find it is a useful reference guide for the ways Monsanto is investing in beneficial ag technologies and the pipeline progress of important projects. It also contains information …
Bob’s Buying For Kemin
Bob sounds like he has a job I would enjoy. Just ask Cindy. She’s always saying that I buy too much stuff but I keep telling her it’s all for the growth of our business. Hey Bob, someone’s got to do it, right? Kelly Parnell, director of operations for Kemin AgriFoods North America, announces the appointment of Bob Minkler as …
FMC Wants You To Be A Hero
The activity at Commodity Classic next week is going to be hot and heavy and you’re going to get a full dose here on AgWired starting Wednesday morning. Leading up to next week’s event, we’ve been getting a rundown on the activities of all the major companies who will be exhibiting like FMC. I thought this was a pretty cool …