Touring Tessenderlo Kerley In Kansas

Chuck Zimmerman

TKI Fertilizer Forum GroupNow isn’t this a good looking group? The Tessenderlo Kerley folks brought in the media to tour their plant. That’s a great idea. Bring the media in and do a show and tell. Best way to get everyone on the same page!

Agribusiness

ScanControl In The Palm of your Hand

Chuck Zimmerman

Scan ControlAt first glance the news about ScanControl’s service and software enhancements is pretty difficult to digest. Pretty technical language for one thing and lots of it. That’s why I was very glad to see that they included a link to a flash demo. Pictures speak a thousand words or at least make something like this easier to understand!

Agribusiness

Syngenta Upgrades FarmAssist.com

Chuck Zimmerman

Farm AssistYou can’t be a weblog and not get into checking out websites. We will only report on them after doing so. That’s why I waited hours to post this announcement from Syngenta. These are the folks who created the very cool, Resistance Fighters site.

Agribusiness, Internet

Pioneer & Dow AgroSciences Receive Herculex XTRA Approval

Chuck Zimmerman

Pioneer Hi-BredPioneer Hi-Bred and Dow AgroSciences announced today that they’ve received U. S. regulatory approvals for Herculex XTRA Insect Protection. Growers can look for this trait in corn hybrids for 2006 planting. Of course this was produced and distributed as a Talking News Release!

Agribusiness

Organizational Changes At Valent

Chuck Zimmerman

ValentValent just announced some organizational changes that sure look like they’re adding a lot to someone’s work load! As the head man Trevor certainly had a full time job. Now he’s taking on all field sales? Wow.

Agribusiness

Syngenta Obtains Gramoxone Inteon Registration

Chuck Zimmerman

SyngentaHere’s an announcement from Syngenta that is filled with words I love, like “burndown.” That’s what I want to do to weeds, burn them down! Even better this new formulation is more “user-friendly.”

Agribusiness

Virtus & Lallemand Teaming Up On The Dairy Industry

Chuck Zimmerman

Strata GThis is a two blog post. That means that it will appear on AgWired and on World Dairy Diary. Why? Because these folks did a great media relations event at World Dairy Expo and they have new product news.

Agribusiness

What Segment of Wine Drinker Are You In

Chuck Zimmerman

Wine Project Genome ResultsHello you wine drinkers. You fall into one of six basic groups. Bet you didn’t know that. Constellation Wines has announced the results of Project Genome, one of the largest consumer research projects ever conducted by the wine industry.

Agribusiness