The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) presented its annual Best of NAMA Awards for excellence in agri-marketing at its annual conference last week in Kansas City. Wyffels Hybrids/O&H Brand Design took home the Grand Champion award, with top category awards as follows: Advertising: Wyffels Hybrids/O&H Brand Design Public Relations: Cytozome/Archer>Malmo Digital: Bayer/HLK Consumer: Land O’Lakes/Colle McVoy Specialty: Boehringer Ingelheim/Sullivan Higdon Sink …
Professional Agri-Marketers Honored
The three highest individual awards from the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) were presented last week at the annual Agri-Marketing Conference. Congratulations to Lynn Huston, John Deere Financial, who was named Agribusiness Leader of the Year. This award, which is NAMA’s highest honor, recognizes outstanding leadership in private, public or academic service and is conferred each year to a senior agribusiness …
NDSU Bison Win Student NAMA Competition
Congrats to the North Dakota State University Bison team for their first place win in the Student NAMA Competition at the Agri-Marketing Conference in Kansas City this week. Team President Thomas Konetschka says it was the greatest experience of his collegiate career. “We’ve been close a lot of years, been in the finals a lot, so this is for all …
#NAMA19 is Onward and Upward
The 2019 Agri-Marketing Conference is officially underway in Kansas City with the theme “Onward Upward.” The annual event is a meeting of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA), the nation’s largest association for professionals in marketing and agribusiness. Last night was the Best of NAMA awards celebration and today will honor the NAMA Marketer of the Year, Agribusiness Leader of the …
ZimmCast 613 – Agri-Marketing Conference Preview
In this week’s program I visit with Susan Hunyor, DTN/The Progressive Farmer, who is the Chair of the Agri-Marketing Conference Committee. This is the annual conference of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA). Susan walks us through a preview of the program for this year’s conference. ZimmComm is celebrating 15 years and will be having fun in the Connection Point, Booth …
Text 24365 to Donate to NAMA Foundation
With the NAMA (National Agri-Marketing Association) Foundation serving 33 student chapters, your support has never been more important. Here is a new way to donate. Please text “NAMA” to 24365 to donate to the foundation and support Student NAMA! That will text you back a link to click on and donate via Paypal. Simple. Quick. Try it now.
Happy Holidays from NAMA
How about a Happy Holidays from the National Agri-Marketing Association. The NAMA staff wishes you a safe and happy holiday season! Thank you for being part of the NAMA community. In the coming year we will continue to connect you to the people, tools and programs you need to position yourself and your organization for success.
NAMA Launches Student Sales Competition
The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) is announcing plans to launch a new competition for student members in conjunction with the 2019 Agri-Marketing Conference in Kansas City. The competition will take place on Tuesday, April 9. The Student NAMA Sales Competition is an individual sales call skills challenge. With this competition, NAMA hopes to promote the sales profession as a viable …
ZimmCast from 2018 NAMA Fall Conference
This week the ZimmCast, sponsored by GROWMARK, will focus on the 2018 National Agri-Marketing Association Fall Conference. With 195 registered this was a very successful conference and one of the largest. From the comments I was hearing and from my own viewpoint it was also one of the best programs I can remember. The theme was Grow North – Bringing …
NAMA Fall Meeting Awards
My travel, registration and hotel arrangements are made. I hope to see you in Minneapolis soon. One of the highlights of the NAMA Fall Conference are the presentations of Professional Development Awards. NAMA recognizes industry leaders at the very top of their respective fields. These prestigious awards acknowledge excellence in the areas of marketing communications, public relations and sales. The …