AgWired advertiser, Broadhead+Co is another big winner in the NAMA regional competition. Let me take this opportunity to thank Dean for his support of what we’re doing here on AgWired. Please visit his website and let him know that you do too.
Broadhead + Co picked up nine first place awards in regional National AgriMarketing Association award competitions, representing four different clients. For the Almond Board of California, the agency picked up three first place awards for its public relations work in public affairs/issues management, audio visual presentations as well as its electronic newsletter to almond handlers. Broadhead + Co is the Almond Board’s agency of record for industry relations.
For the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC), the agency picked up first place honors for EPIC’s monthly member newsletter in the company publications category. In the customer events category, the agency, in conjunction with EPIC and the Indy Racing League, also won first place for its Pump Promotion Tour in Michigan held in conjunction with Michigan Indy 400.
In the advertising categories, the agency picked up four first place awards. In the unique print advertising category, the agency received a first for its ‘Welcome to the Big Country’ campaign for Emerald BioAgriculture. The agency also won firsts for its Emerald BioAgriculture ad “Use AuxiGro on Apples and Cherries and Harvest More Lettuce” and its National FFA Foundation trade ad for LifeKnowledge. The agency also picked up a first place award for its own corporate ad campaign, “An agency focused on the business and life of rural America” in the advertising to agribusiness category.
One of my sponsors for AgWired coverage of this week’s National Farm Machinery Show is 
I sure wish I was at 
You may not have had a chance to hear Emily Richard’s new version of “Biodiesel Willie” but if you listen to this week’s ZimmCast you will. Since I’m in between event blogging gigs I thought I’d share an update of how things are going here at ZimmComm New Media and a couple of sound bites from Merle Haggard and Larry Hagman on biodiesel. The program ends with “Biodiesel Willie.”
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With over 24 years of professional agricultural business experience, Ron Taylor brings an exceptional mix of marketing, sales and technical abilities to the Osborn & Barr Canada team, as Vice President, Director of Business Development Canada. Ron’s expertise in crop protection, seed and biotechnology stems from many years in a marketing management role for such global companies as BASF and Monsanto. This, coupled with his experience as Director, Agricultural Strategic Planning for a premier Canadian Agri-business based marketing communication agency, provides Osborn & Barr Canada clients with the best of both sides of the business.
Osborn & Barr Canada has named Doreen McFarlan to Account Director. In this role, she will serve as director of client services, overseeing the account management of Osborn & Barr’s Canadian clients serviced from the Guelph and Winnipeg offices. Formerly Account Supervisor, McFarlan has a proven track record of exceptional client service for accounts such as Monsanto – Canada and US, and Intervet during her three years with the agency. Before joining the agency, McFarlan held various account management positions for some of Canada’s most prominent Agri-business agencies, and brings over 10 years of experience in agency client service to her new role.
After having just written about the whole website statistics thing a couple days ago, I came across a notice about the 
One of my sponsors for AgWired coverage of this week’s National Farm Machinery Show is Syngenta. They’re very bullish on beans right now and growers attending the show will have lots to learn about their 
For starters they’re going to see “Ask me about 21-60” everywhere throughout the show. I had no idea what that meant until I spoke with Jon Scharingson. He says it’s a premium of up to 21 cents per bushel per acre, up to their first 60 bushels of soybeans, for each qualifying order of NK Brand Roundup Ready soybeans with Garst, Golden Harvest or NK Brand. According to Jon growers can match it with qualifying Syngenta crop protection and it adds up to cash back of up to $12.60 per acre of beans. Sounds like a lot of cash to me.