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Melissa Sandfort

McCormick Company in Kansas City has recently been awarded two Pro-Comm awards by the Business Marketing Association for excellence in b2b marketing communications. Syngenta Crop Protection announced that the California Department of Pesticide Regulation has granted Section 18 emergency exemption approval of Inspire fungicide for use on Alternaria in almond orchards in Butte, Glenn, Kern and Tehama counties. With help …

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NAMA’s Best

Chuck Zimmerman

Thanks to Denny Eilers for providing me with photos of our Best of NAMA award winners for each category. First up is Best of Show, Advertising (Left to Right) Tom Bigelow, Bigelow Advertising Rick Radermacher, Bigelow Advertising Chris Lund, AGCO Application Equipment The next ones are Best of Show, Public Relations (Left to Right) Paul Durham, Martin/Williams Kim Dawson, Syngenta …

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Best of NAMA Awards

Chuck Zimmerman

On of our Best of NAMA Award emcees this evening was Sally Behringer, Nicholson Kovac, Inc. You can ask her to explain the makeup and costume. There are more photos in the online album. She and Kyle Bauer, KFRM, announced the winners of our annual awards. Thanks to AgriMarketing Magazine you can learn more online. Winning Best of Show were: …

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Melissa Sandfort

Analyses for residual feed intake are now available from IGENITY for both Bos taurus and Bos indicus breeds of cattle. AgriCharts announced an initiative with Brock Associates to provide a market focused mobile platform to the agricultural industry and Brock Associates’ clients. The mobile platform, available to the public from any mobile-browser provides market quotes, news, weather and Brock Associates’ …

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Melissa Sandfort

Through a collaboration of 830 veterinarians, animal health suppliers and Pfizer Animal Health, nearly $500,000 has been donated to local FFA chapters across the country. Through purchases of Pfizer Animal Health’s vaccines, veterinarians and animal health suppliers were able to donate to a local FFA chapter of their choice. Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. announced Lumax and Lexar herbicides and Quilt …

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Melissa Sandfort

Even amid the ups and downs of corn production in 2008, Halex GT corn herbicide from Syngenta delivered impressive weed control results versus glyphosate –in 2008 trials it controlled 98 percent of lambsquarters, 98 percent of velvetleaf, 97 percent of common ragweed, 99 percent of waterhemp and 97 percent of Palmer amaranth. Tom LeBeau has been selected as the new …

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Melissa Sandfort

More than 500 of the nation’s top Texas Longhorn cattle breeders and their prized Texas Longhorns gathered in Fort Worth for the 2009 Texas Longhorn Legacy Sale V. Held in the Grand Ballroom, over 100 Longhorns were auctioned in this annual event that raised over $220,000 for cancer research and youth charities. Syngenta is sponsoring the popular recall training course …

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Melissa Sandfort

Bayer CropScience has been granted registration of Wolverine herbicide, a superior and convenient postemergence solution for broadleaf and grass control in wheat and barley, by the EPA. Syngenta Seed Care announced that the first seed treatment insecticide for small-seeded vegetables has been approved by the EPA for use on cucurbits. This convenient new tool delivers targeted protection against early-season sucking …

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Melissa Sandfort

Syngenta Seed Care was notified that the Arkansas State Plant Board issued a Section 18 Crisis Exemption for the use of Cruiser 5FS seed treatment insecticide for protection against grape colaspis in rice. The Pork Checkoff is offering the 2009 Pork Management Conference, Your Pork Industry Investment, May 6-8, in Fort Myers, Fla. New Holland’s 40-50 hp Boomer compact cab …

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Melissa Sandfort

Charleston|Orwig announces that it has been chosen to handle the marketing communications for Novartis Animal Health farm animal products. LBi Atlanta announces it has been selected as digital agency of record for Bayer CropScience U.S. Syngenta Seeds, Inc. will soon offer the industry’s first and only fully integrated aphid management system to protect soybean crops from yield-robbing aphid infestations, available …

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