Hello for St. Louis, Mo. where the World Agricultural Forum is getting underway! We’ll be here all week covering the events and conversations that impact ag producers, not just in this country, but globally as well. Tonight, delegates from countries around the world were welcomed to this year’s events with a reception and behind-the-scenes tour of the famous St. Louis …
New Novus Headquarters is Certified Green
The new global headquarters for Novus International in St. Louis has been awarded the Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Platinum certification is the highest designation available to buildings that demonstrate energy efficiency and sustainability. The building, which is located in Missouri Research Park, is only the fourth building in Missouri …
Getting to Know All Your Options
OK, you go to school, you get your degree and you’re locked into that career choice for the rest of your life, right? Well, today’s students don’t want to be locked into just one job. It’s not a matter of attention deficit. I think it has to do with their quest to keep learning. Well, during the recent Novus International …
Novus New at NAMA
The definition of the word “Novus” is new – and that describes Novus International‘s cutting edge approach to animal health as well as the company’s involvement with NAMA this year. Novus was one of our two NAMA coverage sponsors this year and we were happy to see Stephanie Gable and Jeremy Lutgen when they stopped by our trade show booth. …
Diversify… Your Company and Yourself
Today’s world insists that people have a diverse set of knowledge if they want to keep pace with all of the changes around them. Whether you are a major agri-business or a blogger trying to figure out how to put a photo set on Flickr (oh, thank you great Chuck One of Blogging Knowledge!), the more you know, the better. …
No Matter Your Backround, You Can Succeed
While the students taking part in the Novus International Undergraduate Networking Day got lots of practical advice and a firsthand look at the operations of some of the biggest and best agri-businesses in the world in the form of Novus, Pfizer and Monsanto (all conveniently located in the St. Louis area, some of the most valuable education these Missouri Colleges …
Novus Undergraduate Networking Day Photos Posted to Flickr
Just a quick note to those who might be following along… I finally figured out this evening (with some good guidance from Chuck Zimmerman) how to post a bunch of the pictures from the Novus International Undergraduate Networking Day on AgWired’s Flickr photo site. You can see the pictures by clicking here. I’m going to go back and insert this …
Starting Down One Path But Ending Up Another at Novus
A common theme that the Missouri Colleges Fund student scholars heard during the Novus International Undergraduate Networking Day was that many people start down one career path toward a destination but end up somewhere they never expected. Folks like Vanessa Stewart and Judy Lamb talked to the students about how their lives started out in one job and winded and …
The Freedom to do Whatever You Want (Within Reason)
Lots of people would like to try all types of new and innovative things at work, but not everyone is lucky enough to work at a place that encourages true, outside-the-box thinking. But, as the Missouri Colleges Fund scholars found out during their Novus International Undergraduate Networking Day, that kind of behavior is heartily encouraged. Joedd Biggs is a junior …
The Students’ Perspectives
We’ve heard a lot from the good folks at Novus International as they have been trying to help the Missouri Colleges Fund scholars get a better grasp on the wide variety of jobs available once they graduate from their science and agricultural degree programs. But what about the students? What do they think about what they’re hearing? Well, they’ve been …