Sharing The Novus Vision

Chuck Zimmerman

The President/CEO of Novus International is Thad Simons, seen here addressing the audience for the company’s 20th Anniversary Celebration at the headquarters in St. Louis, MO. Thad says that 20 years “seems like yesterday.” Many of the original founders and Novus team were on hand. He says this celebration provides an opportunity to take a look back and see “where …

Agribusiness, Audio, Novus International

Congratulating Novus International On Twenty Years

Chuck Zimmerman

We had a fantastic lineup of speakers for the Novus International 20th Anniversary Celebration. They all lined up at the conclusion of the festivities. I have captured remarks and interviews with a couple of them to share with you and will have a couple more later. Missouri’s Director of Agriculture, Dr. Jon Hagler, was on the program. Jon says that …

Agribusiness, Animal Health, Audio, Novus International

Novus Developing Innovation With Integrity

Chuck Zimmerman

I’m on location for the big Novus 20th Anniversary Celebration. This Platinum Leed Certified building has continued to be developed, including the landscape. I’ve got some other views of the facility in the online photo album I’ve started. To kick off my coverage I just met with Francois Fraudeau, President, Specialty Business. Francois is moving to the headquarters in St. …

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Novus International Celebrates 20 Years

Chuck Zimmerman

Novus International is having a birthday party today and I will be there. Actually Novus is having birthday parties all over the world this year in celebration of 20 years. The company will host more than 500 people from more than 30 countries this week at its headquarters facility in Missouri Research Park. Confirmed to speak at the Novus 20th …

Agribusiness, Audio, Novus International

Increasing Pork Producer Profitability

Chuck Zimmerman

The master carver working on a freshly roasted pig, pictured on the right, is Scott Moore, National Sales Manager, Pork, Novus International. Scott is from North Carolina. That was some very fine roasted pork he was preparing for us at World Pork Expo last week! In his area Scott says that although the challenges producers have in his area aren’t …

Animal Health, Audio, Novus International, World Pork Expo

Novus Sees Growth In Enzyme Use

Chuck Zimmerman

Novus International has seen a big growth in the use of enzymes and the outlook is for that growth to continue. I learned this while speaking with Gary Hayen at last week’s World Pork Expo. Gary is the global product business manager for the enzyme and fermentation products business area. I asked him to provide an overview of how important …

Agribusiness, Animal Health, Audio, Novus International, World Pork Expo

Novus Helping Pork Producers Achieve Profitability

Chuck Zimmerman

At World Pork Expo I visited with Stephanie Gable, pictured second from the right. Stephanie is now the global marketing manager for beef, dairy and pork for Novus International. She is also a past president of the National Agri-Marketing Association. We talked about the new Novus Accelerating Finishing Profitability program that was announced during the show. Stephanie says this boils …

Animal Health, Audio, Novus International, World Pork Expo

Novus Meets Cubbie

Chuck Zimmerman

The mascot for the Iowa Cubs minor league baseball team is Cubbie. Here’s Cubbie with Novus International interns at the ball park prior to World Pork Expo. Cindy and I attended the game and had a good time chatting with our Novus friends and their clients. During the next couple days we’re going to learn what’s new with our sponsor. …

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Novus Donates Award to Global 4H Project

Cindy Zimmerman

Novus International has won a national award for information technology and donated the prize money to the Global 4-H Knowledge Center. Novus received $1000 for the first ever Information Technology Innovation Award from the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) for a customer inventory management system integrating satellite communications and remote monitoring technology. The Global 4-H Knowledge Platform is a program …

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