I want to thank Denny Eilers for helping me out with Best of NAMA photos.
To start with we have the Best of Show for the Advertising category. The winner is:
Client: New Holland North America, Agency: Colle+McVoy
The message: New Holland is the innovative brand of the future.
Next is Best of Show – Public Relations. The winner is:
Client: Dow AgroSciences, Agency: Fleishman-Hillard
The message: To build the market for Dow AgroSciences’ Omega-9 Oils, made from their specially-bred Nexera canola and sunflower, in light of the data that trans fats have been related to coronary events and the cause of several health issues every year.
Next is Best of Show – Specialty. The winner is:
Client: Merial Limited, Agency: Bader Rutter
The message: RECOMBITEK Equine Influenza Vaccine is proven to protect horses against influenza while significantly reducing viral shedding.
There you have it – The Best of the Best!
Hello AgWired fans. It’s Day 3 of the NAMA Convention and I know I’m a little behind on posting but we’ll get caught up. Let’s just say things have been busy.
Speaking of rock. We were speaking of rock weren’t we?
Well the ZimmComm Booth is ready for action here at the NAMA Connection Point. Laura took a picture of Cindy and me.
A big part of the NAMA Agrimarketing Conference is the student chapter marketing competitions. For this year’s “Leading the Charge” event, students from Virginia Tech have chosen to promote Blue Ridge Apple Chips for a company based out of Western Virginia. Team member Josh Stephens (pictured shaking hands far right) touts the apple chips as a healthy, on-the-go snack for busy-bodies living in the fast track… like us bloggers.
The first breakout session at the 
The NAMA Board of Directors’ Meeting is underway and members are tackling the important issues and topics on today’s agenda. I stuck my head into the Chicago meeting room at the Hyatt Regency at Crown Center in Kansas City to pop a few photos of NAMA Chapter Leaders getting down to business. NAMA’s Leading the Charge Agrimarketing Conference will be hosting events here through Friday. 
This morning NAMA Chapter Leaders like these got together to talk about the challenges they face today in running a local chapter.
Forage Forum features “news and information important to dairy professionals working for successful animal nutrition.” It’s kind of interesting that a seed company provides this kind of service for dairy producers – and that is the topic of this week’s podcast as Dr. Bill Mahanna, coordinator of global nutritional sciences for Pioneer discusses to company’s integrated forage approach and the expertise available to producers.