Here’s the new logo for Mycogen Seeds. It’s their way of showing the close “alignment” with Dow AgroSciences.
New Holland CMA iPod Contest
You may remember that New Holland gave away a video iPod at Commodity Classic as part of their ongoing promotion with country music star, Michael Peterson. The iPod was pre-loaded with all my content from Classic (audio interviews, pictures and video of Michael’s performance). To say the contest was a hit would be to put it mildly.
Recruiting Down Under
It seems like I was just in Australia. Actually I do hope to visit there someday. Ag Careers is there now.
Audio Still Available From Harris Nesbitt
In case you missed it, Harris Nesbitt, the U.S. investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group held its first annual Agriculture and Protein conference. The conference was held on Thursday, May 18, at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City. You can still hear the presentations though from companies like Bunge, Monsanto, Corn Products International and others. The idea was to provide investors with greater insight into the agriculture industry.
Nicholson Kovac To Help Market Beef
I guess they know where the beef is.Nicholson Kovac was just named agency of record for Creekstone Farms Premium Beef.
Blogging Fan Fair For New Holland
I’ve been waiting for the CMA to get their release out on this so that I can announce another upcoming event I’ll be blogging. This time it’s the Country Music Association Fan Fair in Nashville. I’ll be blogging it for New Holland.
D&PL Acquires Syngenta Cotton Seed Biz
D&PL seems to be on a roll lately. They just acquired Syngenta’s global cotton seed business. Sounds like a big deal to me. Of course the financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is comprised of operations and assets in India, Brazil, Europe, and certain cotton germplasm in the United States.
COLT Technologies Now TekVet
Colt Technologies officially changed its name to TekVet, LLC last week. So when I saw this I went to their website and now I’m confused. The website says “Colt Technologies.” But in their newsroom they have the release saying they changed their name. Seems like a webpage update is in order.
FarmStack Classifieds Now Online
Online classifieds have a new player in the agricultural arena. It’s FarmStack.com. I don’t have anything to buy or sell so I haven’t tried it out.
Farm Assist For Potato Growers
Syngenta is helping out potato growers in more ways than one this month. To start with they just received EPA approval for Quadris Ridomil Gold fungicide.