Have you ever summited Mt. Everest? I haven’t but Lance Fox has. He is a technical service veterinarian for Alpharma, and his successes both in his job and in his personal life have trained him to become a natural role model for children across America as part of the Reach Teach Learn ag educational program. “My role is to educate …
United Soybean Board Committed to the Success of Soybean Farmers
AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and I sat down with Keith Dunn with the United Soybean Board (USB) during the Ag Media Summit to see what their main initiatives currently are. Dunn explained to me the importance of animal agriculture and how supportive the USB was of this industry. “Currently in the United States 98 percent of …
Monsanto’s Commitment to Sustainable Agriculture
AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and A little over a year ago Monsanto made a commitment to people around the world to sustainable agriculture. The company is working on products that will produce more than double current yields while reducing the resources needed to grow the crops by nearly one-third. They are so committed that they launched …
Nufarm’s New Product Line-Up a Hit
AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and As farmers are getting ready to harvest soon, it’s never too late to begin to think about products for the upcoming year. Nufarm is one of the largest crop protection companies in the world and is primarily at post patent company. After another company’s patent expires, Nufarm brings a similar product …
Get to Know Your Checkoff: Cattlemen’s Beef Board
AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and The Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) would like its producers to get to know them better, says Lynn Heinz, the executive director of communications. The organization serves all the 800,000 beef producers in the country, and is working with ag journalists to help them get their message out. In some cases this …
Farm Foundation: A Forum for Discussion
AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and There are a lot of agricultural policy concerns today and the Farm Foundation is taking an active role in helping DC adopt better legislation. The organization notes that agriculture is important and ag policy is important, and their role is to bring divergent views together and provide a forum for discussion. …
Insights From Forrest Bassford Award Winner Whitney Wallace
AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and Several student and young professional awards were given during the IFAJ/AMS summit and one of the most coveted awards, the Forrest Bassford Award was given to Whitney Wallace and is sponsored by LPC. Whitney will be a senior at the University of Missouri this fall and she is an active member …
Two Lunches, Two Authors, Two Great Speakers
Now that everyone is home safe and sound from Ft. Worth, you’ll have a little time to read the new books by the IFAJ/AMS lunch speakers. Participants were first treated to a presentation by Julie Wainwright, who is the owner of Smartnow.com. She worked her way up to found Pets.com (how can you forget the sock puppet) and then undergo …
Riding into the Sunset
It’s been an amazing week here in Ft Worth for the largest ever IFAJ Congress and Ag Media Summit. We’ve had some fun times and made long-lasting new friends from around the world but its time to ride into the sunset and say goodbye. Thanks for letting AgWired be a part of your celebration with special thanks to Novus International, …
Kickin it up with Kixor
AgWired coverage of IFAJ 2009 is sponsored by: and There’s been a lot of stampeding and kicking it up on the dance floor here in Ft. Worth this week during the IFAJ Congress and Ag Media Summit. And one company that is really kicking it up is BASF with their new product Kixor. Kixor is currently under development and is …