Then National Agri-Marketing Association held it’s first ever producer panel here at the Cattle Industry Convention today. Pictured are (l-r) Jason McCann, MO, Laurie Lickely, ID, Gary Cooper, Southeast Agnet/Moderator and Kevin Kester, CA. The focus was on new communications technology. I visited with them briefly before the session to get each of their thoughts on this subject and I …
Florida NAMA Meets USFRA
Cindy and I are nearing the end of vacation (working) time in Florida but are too far away from Orlando to attend today’s Florida NAMA chapter meeting. But thanks to Gary Cooper’s, Southeast AgNet, iPhone we did get a picture to share. Guest speaking to the Florida NAMA chapter was Hugh Whaley, USFRA. As I understad it there were nearly …
Agri-Marketing Conference in Jacksonville in 2014
The NAMA Executive Committee has been meeting in Jacksonville, FL at the Hyatt Riverfront, location for the 2014 Agri-Marketing Conference. This morning we got a tour of the facilities to see where everything from registration to the student competition rooms will be located. The hotel sits on the St. John River and is a beautiful location for the event. After …
NAMA Executive Committee Meets
The National Agri-Marketing Association Executive Committee is hard at in Jacksonville, FL this week. This regularly scheduled meeting is at the Hyatt Riverfront which will be the site of the 2014 Agri-Marketing Conference. It’s a beautiful location and we hope to see a big crowd. The committee will be meeting again tomorrow before finishing up and heading home. I’m really …
Government Role In Ethanol Future
At the recent NAMA Trends in Agriculture conference one of our panel discussions focused on “Trends In Energy/Alternative Fuels.” On the panel were Nathan Schock, POET & Matt Roberts, PhD. What are the main influences escalating the demand for ethanol and other plant-based energy? This session examines the trends in the alternative fuel market and the initiatives needed to drive …
Farm Family Purchase Decision Influences
During the NAMA Trends in Agriculture conference I visited with Sara Steever and Heather Covrig, Paulsen Marketing, about their new thought paper titled, “How Multi-Generational Farming Operations Make Major Purchase Decisions.” Heather says that purchasing decisions are becoming more and more important for farmers trying to meet the food needs of a growing population. So Paulsen conducted this study to …
Jeff Simmons Talks Productivity To Feed Growing Population
At the recent NAMA Trends in Agriculture conference our keynote closing speaker in a shared Session with NAFB was Jeff Simmons, Elanco. He spoke about “Productivity to Feed a Growing Population.” Thanks to Paulsen Marketing for supplying this video clip with Jeff. A growing wave of food insecurity threatens more than 1 billion people around the world. Solutions exist today …
Meet New NAMA President
If you don’t know our new National Agri-Marketing Association President then give this week’s program a listen. I visited with Beth Burgy, Broadhead, who took over the helm at NAMA during the Trends in Agriculture conference. Beth says the big project for NAMA is going to be implementing the new strategic plan. That plan includes three strategy areas that are: …
Trends in Energy/Alternative Fuels
During the National Agri-Marketing Association’s Trends in Agriculture Conference we had a session that focused on “Trends In Energy/Alternative Fuels” which featured Nathan Schock, POET & Matt Roberts, PhD. Pictured is Matt who is an Associate Professor of Ag Economics at Ohio State University. Matt does a lot of work in biofuels. One of his take aways from the session …
NAMA President Gavel Passes To Beth Burgy
The new President of the National Agri-Marketing Association is Beth Burgy, Broadhead+Co, pictured on the right with now past President Vicki Henrickson, BCS Communications. Vicki is holding her award for serving as the NAMA commander in chief for the last year. Thank you Vicki for your service and congratulations to Beth for her election. I look forward to working with …