I’m just jet lagging a little bit this morning and I think you can probably hear it in my voice on this week’s ZimmCast. Bouncing back and forth across the big pond does have a cost. In this week’s program I’ve got an interview with Adrian Bell, Pharo, a full service agency in the United Kingdom with a focus on agribusiness. Adrian was a panelist at the IFAJ professional improvement seminar that took place in Berlin, Germany this past week. I think Adrian brought a very interesting perspective to the discussion as it relates to journalists working with public relations people.
UglyRipe Wins The Fight
You might remember the good old UglyRipe and the battle its developers were having with the Florida Tomato Committee. Well it looks like tasty but ugly wins out.
Freebairn Agency For MANA
It’s good to see the Freebairn name again in my inbox. They just received a new client for their services – Makhteshim Agan of North America Inc.
Make Farmetrics Predictions Receive Rewards
It always helps to have a cool name. Farmetrics. The release says the site is “sponsored” by Bunge Global Markets, Inc. The copyright on the site says Bunge so I’m thinking it’s more like a Bunge website don’t you think? If not let me know.
Ames at Ivy
Here’s a company with an interesting name. Although it’s now Ivy, the founder was I.V. Sollins who started the company back in 1972. I’ll bet you didn’t know that.
Intelligent Weather From Planalytics
We all know how important weather is to the business we’re in right? Here’s a company that’s moving into the ag area with their weather products/services.
New Utility Tractors From John Deere
John Deere’s got a couple of new utility tractors coming out. They’re the 5603 (pictured) and 5625 Tractors, both rated at 99 engine horsepower.
Diversa Partners With Syngenta
Since today’s ZimmCast focused on biofuels this is a timely story as more companies are working together to try to increase the efficiency of biofuel production.
Renessen & Efficient Ethanol Production
Biofuels are continuing to be a hot topic in agriculture so I’m glad to have a ZimmCast for you this week on how a company is working to make ethanol plants more efficient and offering a new corn hybrid to growers that will produce a premium product tailored for ethanol production.
Ventura Foods Serving Low-Lin Oil
Since we’re all worrying about our weight after the holidays and resolving to eat right in the new year I’m offering you an interview with Kelly Brintle, Ventura Foods who talks about low-linolenic soybeans, specifically Monsanto’s VISTIVE soybeans that can reduce or eliminate trans-fatty acids in processed soybean oil. He talks about how high the demand is for this healthy oil product and what that means for his company and farmers.