Agri Marketing articles from January 2004

Agri Marketing archives from January 2004

2004 Marketing Services Guide.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The Marketing Services Guide continues to be the premier directory of 'Who's Who' in agriculture. We continually receive comments on how useful and helpful it is. We appreciate these kind words and welcome your input on how to improve the...

Companies.(Directory)
January 1, 2004... ABI ALFALFA, INC. 12351 W. 96th Terr, Suite 101, Lenexa, KS 66215; 913/599-2240, FAX: 913/599-2265 E-mail: datteri@abialfalfa.com Web site: www.abialfalfa.com Year established: 1960 Fiscal year: January-December ...

Direct marketing & & list rental.(Marketing Services)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... AGCALL 3340 Village Green Dr, Pace, FL 32571; 850/995-1586, 888/861-8333, FAX: 888/303-1188 Web site: www.agcall.com Year established: 1988 Number of employees: 16 Pres/CEO: Gordon Butcher (g.butcher@agcall.com) ...

Editorial.(Marketing Services)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... AIS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 145 Thames Rd W., Exeter, ON N0M 1S3; 519/235-2400, FAX: 519/235-0798 E-mail: ais@aiscommunications.net Web site: www.topcropmanager.com Year established: 1973 Number of employees: 12 ...

Consulting/market research.(Marketing Services)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... AG MEDIA RESEARCH (See advertisement in this section) PO Box 1486, Sioux Falls, SD 57101-1486; 605/336-2054, FAX: 605/331-1064 E-mail: agmedia@agmedia.com Web site: www.agmedia.com Year established: 1996 Pres:...

Meeting & convention planning/services.(Marketing Services)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... BURMEISTER & ASSOCIATES, INC. 6 Woods Trail Ct, St. Charles, MO 63303; 636/928-3700, FAX: 636/244-1650 E-mail: kburmeister@charter.net Year established: 1981 Number of employees: 4 Pres: Dave Burmeister...

Personnel recruiting/ executive search.(Marketing Services)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... AGRA PLACEMENTS LTD, 2200 N. Kickapoo, Suite 2, Lincoln, IL 62656; 217/735-4373, FAX: 217/732-2041 Web site: www.agraplacements.com Year established: 1973 Number of employees: 25 Pres/CEO: Gary Little...

Photography/video.(Marketing Services)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... AGSHOTS 326 Placentia Ave, Pismo Beach, CA 93449; 805/550-6172, FAX: 805/773-3911 E-mail: info@agshots.com Web site: www.agsbots.com Year established: 1988 Owner: Tony Hertz Products: Agriculture stock...

Premium incentive.(Marketing Services)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... BASS PRO SHOPS/ OUTDOOR WORLD INCENTIVES 2500 E. Kearney, Springfield, MO 65898; 417/873-5075, 800/951-1000, FAX: 417/873-5076 E-mail: bhwagner@basspro.com Web site: www.owincentives.com Year established: 1970 ...

Communication agencies.(Directory)
January 1, 2004... 5METACOM 630 West Carmel Dr, Suite 180, Carmel, IN 46032; 317/580-7540, FAX: 317/580-7550 E-mail: mail@5metacom.com Web site: www.5metacom.com Year established: 1977 Number of employees: 28 Pres: Chris Wirthwein...

Canadian agencies.(Communication Agencies)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... ADCULTURE GROUP INC. 775 Main St E., Milton, ON L9T 3Z3; 905/875-3070, FAX: 905/875-3071 Branch offices: 1200, 1122 4th St S.W., Calgary, AB T2R 1M1; 403/685-0938, FAX: 403/685-1089 Modus Vivendi: 900 Rue Cherrie,...

U.S. publications.(Print)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... AG ALERT 2300 River Plaza Dr, Sacramento, CA 95833; 916/561-5570, FAX: 916/561-5695 E-mail: egalert@cfbf.com Web site: www.cfbf.com Year first published: 1974 Parent co: California Farm Bureau Federation Farm...

U.S. print units.(Print)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... AGRA USA, INC. 2302 W. First St, Cedar Falls, lA 50613; 319/277-3599, FAX: 319/277-3783 E-mail: mshepherd@cfu.net Year established: 1973 Publishing Mgr: Mary Shepherd (mshepherd@cfu.net) Publications: Implement &...

U.S. print media sales reps.(Print)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... ASSOCIATIONS INC. 319 E. 5th St, Des Moines, IA 50309; 515/280-7234, 900/577-4368, FAX: 515/280-6399 E-mail: tsmull@inanews.com Year established: 1994 Number of employees: 3 Pres: Tom Smull (tsmull@inanews.com) ...

Canadian publications.(Print)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... AGRI-PORTRAIT (See advertisement in this section) 555 Boul Roland-Therrien, Longueuil, QC J4H 3Y9; 450/679-8483, FAX: 450/670-1646 E-mail: tcn@upa.qc.ca Web site: www.laterre.ca Year first published: 2002 Parent...

Canadian print units.(Print)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... AIS COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED 145 Thames Rd W., Exeter, ON N0M 1S3; 519/235-2400, FAX: 519/235-0798 E-mail: ais@aiscommunications.net Year established: 1973 Number of employees: 12 Publisher/Ad Sales Mgr: Peter Phillips...

U.S. radio.(Broadcast)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... ARIZONA Yuma, AZ NAFB KJOK 1400 KLJZ 93.1 949 South Ave B, Yuma, AZ 85364; 928/782-4321, FAX: 928/343-1710 E-mail:...

Canadian radio.(Broadcast)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... ALBERTA Athabasca, AB CKBA 850 #600, 5241 Calgary Trail, Edmonton, AB T6H 5G8; 780/468-3939, 877/707-2346, FAX: 780/435-0206 Year established: 1980 Number of ag employees: 5 Farm...

Radio networks.(Broadcast)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... ABN-AGRI BROADCAST NETWORK NAFB (A division of Clear Channel Radio) 667 W. Market St, PO Box 1605, Lima, OH 45802-1605; 419/223-2060, FAX: 419/229-3888 Web site: www.abnradio.com Year established: 2002 Number of ag employees:...

Television networks.(Broadcast)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... AGDAY TELEVISION NAFB (See advertisement in this section) 25 Executive Dr, Suite A, Lafayette, IN 47905; 765/449-8000, FAX: 765/449-8010 Parear Co: Farm Journal Media Web site: www.farmjournalmedia.com Year established: 1982...

Broadcast media sales reps.(Broadcast)(Brief Article)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... J.L. FARMAKIS, INC. 48 Topfield Rd, Wilton, CT 06897; 203/834-8832, FAX: 203/834-8825 Web site: www.jlfarmakis.com Year established: 1972 Number of ag employees: 6 475 stations in AZ, CA, CO, DE, IL, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI,...

E-marketing services.(E-Business)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... 5METACOM 630 W. Carmel Dr, Suite 180, Carmel, IN 46032; 317/580-7540, FAX: 317/580-7550 E-mail: mail@5metacom.com Web site: www.5metacom.com Year established: 1977 CEO: Chris Wirthwein Mktg Mgr: Barnie Pasut...

E-business.(Directory)
January 1, 2004... ARI 11425 West Lake Park D r, Milwaukee, WI 53224-3025; 414/973-4300 E-mail: info@adnet.com Web site: www.arinet.com Chairman, Pres/CEO: Brian E. Dearing Dir Sales & Mktg: Dave Perry (perry@arinet.com) HR Mgr:...

Associations.(Directory)
January 1, 2004... ACDI/VOCA 50 F St N.W., Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20001; 202/383-4961, FAX: 202/783-7204 E-mail: pletson@acdivoca.org Web site: www.acdivoca.org Year established: 1963 Number of employees: 495 Pros: Michael...

Association managers.(Associations)(Brief Article)(Directory)
January 1, 2004... DRAKE & COMPANY 1000 Executive Pkwy, Suite 220, PO Box 410260, St. Louis, MO 63141; 314/576-7960, FAX: 314/576-7989 E-mail: drake@drakeco.com Web site: www.drakeco.com Pres/Dir: Steve Drake (drake@drakeco.com) ...

Telephone directory.(Directory)
January 1, 2004... A 5METACOM, 317/580-7540 49,125 ABI ALFALFA, INC., 913/599-2240 10 ABN-AGRI BROADCAST NETWORK 114 419/223-2060...

Random thoughts ...(For Openers)
January 1, 2004... Happy New Year! What an incredible start to the new year... and what a finish to the old year. The outlook for crop prices is very bullish, and the year-end discovery of mad cow here in the United States has put the livestock industry in a...

Five years ago.(This Month In Agri Marketing)
January 1, 2004... * Hoechst AG and Rhone-Poulenc announce their intent to merge their life sciences activities into a new company called Aventis. The new company will be composed of Aventis Pharma and Aventis Agriculture, which will include Aventis CropScience,...

Ten years ago.(This Month In Agri Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... * Monsanto Co.'s supplemental bovine somatotropin (BST) product, Posilac[R], is granted approval by the Food and Drug Administration. Monsanto is the first company to receive U.S. regulatory approval for commercial sale of a BST product to the...

Twenty years ago.(This Month In Agri Marketing)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... * Jay Vroom, former executive vice president of the Merchants Exchange of St. Louis, is named executive vice president and CEO of the National Fertilizer Solutions Association, based in Peoria, Ill. * Neil DeStefano is named product manager...

CNH Global N.V.(At Closing People)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... CNH Global N.V., Lake Forest, Ill., announces that Roland Sunden has been appointed president of the company's global agricultural business. Sunden began his career with Volvo in 1978, where he held a broad range of management and executive...

RFD Communications Inc.(At Closing People)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... RFD Communications Inc., Dallas, announces that Chuck Roth, formerly president of Farm Progress Companies, is joining RFD-TV as executive vice president. Roth will be based in the Chicago area. He joins RFD-TV after more than 25 years at Farm...

Bayer AG.(At Closing People)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Bayer AG has announced that Friedrich Berschauer, the head of its animal health operations, will replace Jochen Wulff as chairman of its crop science subsidiary, effective April 1. Wulff is retiring as planned after 35 years at the company,...

Dow AgroSciences LLC.(At Closing People)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Charles Fischer, president and CEO of Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, retired effective Feb. 1, 2004.Jerome Peribere, vice president, agricultural chemicals, is Fischer's successor. Peribere's nearly 27-year career with The Dow Chemical...

The Tipton Group Inc.(At Closing People)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... E. Linwood Tipton, former CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA), has announced the formation of his new consulting and lobbying firm--The Tipton Group Inc. The new firm is located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and its...

Bernie Staller will retire in the fall of 2004 after serving 13 years as chief operating officer of the National FFA Organization and National FFA Foundation, Indianapolis.(At Closing People)(Future Farmers of America )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Bernie Staller will retire in the fall of 2004 after serving 13 years as chief operating officer of the National FFA Organization and National FFA Foundation, Indianapolis. Staller has devoted 37 years to agricultural education, 13 of them with...

DuPont.(At Closing People)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... DuPont, Wilmington, Del., announces that James C. Borel, vice president and general nlanager for DuPont Crop Protection, is appointed senior vice president, DuPont Global Human Resources. James C. Collins, global sales director, DuPont Crop...

CropLife Foundation.(At Closing People)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... CropLife Foundation, Washington, D.C., announces the appointment of Leonard Gianessi as the director of the Crop Protection Research Institute (CPRI), a newly formed unit of the CropLife Foundation. Gianessi, former program director and senior...

Monsanto Co.(At Closing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Monsanto Co., St. Louis, stops selling soybean seeds in Argentina, the world's No. 3 soy producer, because it says a huge black market for the genetically modified seeds makes it impossible to recoup its investments. Until that changes,...

The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA), CropLife America (CLA) and The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) have discontinued efforts to create a new interdependent relationship.(At Closing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA), CropLife America (CLA) and The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) have discontinued efforts to create a new interdependent relationship. ARA, CLA and TFI announced an agreement in principle to pursue the...

International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications.(At Closing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... For the seventh consecutive year, farmers around the world continued to plant biotech crops at a double-digit pace, with the 2003 total up 15 percent to 167.2 million acres, or 67.7 million hectares, according to a report released by the...

International law firm Crowell & Moring LLP joins forces with the agribusiness policy and advocacy group Capitolink LLC to launch C&M Capitolink, Washington, D.C.(At Closing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... International law firm Crowell & Moring LLP joins forces with the agribusiness policy and advocacy group Capitolink LLC to launch C&M Capitolink, Washington, D.C. "We will continue to provide the legislative and regulatory policy development...

Agricore United and Scotiabank finalize an agreement to provide expanded financial services to Western Canadian livestock producers.(At Closing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Agricore United and Scotiabank finalize an agreement to provide expanded financial services to Western Canadian livestock producers. These new services will be offered under the brand name Unifeed Financial. Livestock producers will have access...

AMVAC Chemical Corporation.(At Closing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... AMVAC Chemical Corporation (AMVAC), a wholly owned subsidiary of American Vanguard Corp., completes the acquisition of certain assets related to the active ingredient dichlorvos (DDVP), used in the animal health business. The ingredient is...

Volkswagen AG and Archer Daniels Midland have formed a research venture to develop and use biodiesel fuels for the auto industry.(At Closing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Volkswagen AG and Archer Daniels Midland have formed a research venture to develop and use biodiesel fuels for the auto industry. Biodiesel, which can power conventional diesel engines, substantially reduces emissions of carbon monoxide and...

Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited, announced that AGRI Industries, an Iowa farmer-owned cooperative, and Bunge have agreed in principle to form a joint venture to market grain and operate Mississippi river terminals.(At Closing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited, announced that AGRI Industries, an Iowa farmer-owned cooperative, and Bunge have agreed in principle to form a joint venture to market grain and operate Mississippi river...

Vance Publishing, Lincolnshire, Ill., announces that it has acquired the agricultural and horticultural product reference and information publications of C&P Press Inc. of New York.(At Closing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Vance Publishing, Lincolnshire, Ill., announces that it has acquired the agricultural and horticultural product reference and information publications of C&P Press Inc. of New York. C&P Press is most recognized for the Crop Protection Reference...

BASF gives back to the neighborhood.(FYI News & Notes)(DHIC, KaBOOM!)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... More than 200 employee volunteers from BASF worked on a one-day construction blitz to build a new playground for the Beechridge apartment community in Raleigh, N.C. The team-building project was done in conjunction with KaBOOM!, an organization...

Heartland Communications raises funds by singing the blues.(FYI News & Notes)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Heartland Communications Group Inc., Fort Dodge, Iowa, raised money for Iowa Rock In Prevention with a radio promotion and a blues concert featuring recording artist Ronnie Baker Brooks. Rock in Prevention is a program designed to teach...

Syngenta takes growers into the field with VipCot Plot Tour.(FYI News & Notes)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Syngenta hosted its first VipCot[TM] Plot Tour for more than 200 Delta cotton growers, retailers and consultants at the Syngenta Southern Region Technical Center in Leland, Miss. VipCot is the first transgenic cotton product developed by...

A stylish set of wheels ... the beefmobile.(FYI News & Notes)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Beef producers across the country will soon receive firsthand information about the beef checkoff, with a little help from the "Beefmobile." The vehicle, a van emblazoned with beef art, will travel across the United States and visit livestock...

Ranchers and wildlife workers swap their day jobs.(FYI News & Notes)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have joined together to launch the "Walk A Mile In My Boots" exchange program. Since its launch last summer, exchanges between cattle ranchers and FWS employees...

NAFB hosts successful annual convention.(FYI News & Notes)(National Association of Farm Broadcasters )(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... The National Association of Farm Broadcasters hosted a successful annual convention in Kansas City, Mo., with all available space for Trade Talk selling out to 97 exhibitors. "Trade Talk continues to be a viable resource for farm broadcasters...

Stock price at close of market.(AG Stock Index)(Illustration)
January 1, 2004... STOCK PRICE AT CLOSE OF MARKET Month Ago Exchange: Ticker 11/28/03 CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, FARM MACHINERY AGCO Corp. ...

Farm journal forum tackles success vs. survival.
January 1, 2004... Anyone can read the daily headlines and see that agriculture producers in the United States face many challenges and often struggle for survival. Farm Journal Corp., Philadelphia, held its eighth Farm Journal Forum late in 2003 to discuss these...

What's there to do at a NAMA meeting?(National Agri-Marketing Association)
January 1, 2004... What there to do at a NAMA meeting? To answer that question, we're going to visit the December 2nd, Badger NAMA meeting held in Cottage Grove, Wisc. Connections, Ideas, Industry News... The invitation arrives and yon pencil this event on...

Former student NAMA member stays involved.(Leader Profile)(National Agri-Marketing Association)
January 1, 2004... Beth Burgy, Vice President for Broadhead + Company and chair of the national Careers Committee, knows first hand how NAMA can be valuable for students. She was a student member at University of MadisonWisconsin, and was on the marketing team...

New NAMA members.(National NAMA News)(National Agri-Marketing Association )
January 1, 2004... The following are new NAMA members from October 1 to November 30, 2003. AG RELATIONS COUNCIL Tracy Taylor Grondine, Am. Farm Bureau Fed. AT LARGE Bruce Davis, Metro Studios Jon Leman, Wilbur-Ellis Co. Lisa Garza, National...

The good ole'days.(NAMA Leader's message)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Stephanie Gable, Bayer CropScience, 2003-2004 NAMA Vice President Each month in Agri Marketing, Bill Schuermann looks back at our industry 5, 10 and 20 years ago in the sidebar "This Month in Agri Marketing..." To be honest, that sidebar...

Make your mark 2004 Agri-Marketing Conference & Trade Show April 14-16 * Kansas City.(conference calendar)
January 1, 2004... Make plans now to attend the 2003 Agri-Marketing Conference and Trade Show, April 14-16 in Kansas City. Scheduled events include the Best of NAMA/Golden ARC Awards Ceremony, keynote speaker presentations, breakout sessions, the Trade Show,...

Taking a long look at customer service: pioneer helps customers make better decisions with tools and technology.(Relationship Marketing)(Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.)
January 1, 2004... Focusing on the customer has been a basic principle of Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., Johnston, Iowa, since its beginning in 1926. To illustrate this, the company's mission statement, known as "The Long Look," emphasizes the importance of...

Selling to commercial producers successfully: it's based on what we know and what we do with it!(Commercial Producer Survey )
January 1, 2004... Arthur Jones, founder of Nautilus Sports/Medical Industries, has a great quote. Success comes from good judgment. Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment." In the business of agrimarketing, Dr. Allan Gray,...

Key factors for U.S. agriculture in 2003: it is interesting to take a look back at the developments that influenced the industry over the past year. Below is a list of what we at Doane feel are the top 10 developments for 2003.
January 1, 2004... 10. The collapse of the textile industry. One of the less desirable results of trade reform has been the surging imports of textile and apparel products, primarily from China. Domestic production has plunged over the past couple of years, with...

Ross Harvey named 2003 CAMA Agri-Marketer of the Year.(Canadian Update)
January 1, 2004... Few people have had as much impact on Canada's agrimarketing industry as Ross Harvey, the 2003 CAMA Agri-Marketer of the Year. Harvey is a senior partner and director of client strategy for AdFarm Communications, Calgary, Alberta, which...

20 years of change: it has been 20 years since the first Best of CAMA was hosted in Calgary, Alberta. This year, the show, touted as the "Academy Awards of Canadian Agrimarketing," returned to Calgary to celebrate excellence in agricultural communications. But a lot has changed in the 20 years since the first Best of CAMA, or has it?(Canadian Agri-Marketing Association awards)
January 1, 2004... Fashioned after the Best of NAMA awards, the first Best of CAMA (Canadian Agri-Marketing Association) was organized by the Calgary chapter to celebrate the efforts of the Canadian agrimarketing industry. That first show was very different from...

Achieve makes a brand comeback.(Canadian Update)(Syngenta Crop Protection Canada Inc. and Adculture Group Inc. win for Achieve(herbicide) advertising campaign at 2003 Best of CAMA Awards)
January 1, 2004... Syngenta Crop Protection Canada Inc. and its agency, Adculture Group Inc., made quite a splash at the 2003 Best of CAMA awards, bringing home the Best of Show--Campaign and Best of Show--Advertising awards. The award-winning Achieve Liquid...

Award reflects on client and agency.(Canadian Update)(AdFarm)(RBC Royal Bank)
January 1, 2004... On their own, marketing awards are great, but they re even better when they acknowledge not just the work but also a longstanding relationship between client and agency. That's the way it is with AdFarm and RBC Royal Bank. AdFarm is ranked...

Milk's benefits clearly shown.(Canadian Update)(Dairy Farmers of Ontario marketing campaign )
January 1, 2004... The Dairy Farmers of Ontario and BBDO Toronto, the organization s agency of record since 1978, are no strangers to the Best of CAMA awards. Over the years, several unique campaigns have been recognized, and the newest consumer-directed campaign...

Best of CAMA 2003.(Canadian Update)
January 1, 2004... CANADIAN UPDATE BEST OF CAMA 2003 ADVERTISER AGENCY Best of Show--Campaign Syngenta Crop Protection Canada Inc. Adculture Group Inc. Best of Show--Consumer Directed Dairy...

Marketing AG high school goes beyond ABCs.(Thinking Outside The Box)
January 1, 2004... When you talk to folks at the three-year-old Agricultural & Food Sciences Academy (AFSA) in the suburban Twin Cities in Minnesota about the charter high school and its promotional efforts, Kou often hear the words "we don't have a lot of money...

Akzo Nobel.(Marketing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Akzo Nobel has officially opened its new biotech vaccines production facility in Boxmeer, the Netherlands. The state-of-the-art facility will produce vaccines for Akzo Nobel's animal healthcare business Intervet and at the same time function as...

Syngenta AG.(Marketing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Syngenta AG says it will launch two herbicides under the brand name of Touchdown in the United States. Touchdown Total is a glyphosate herbicide product targeted mainly for glyphosate-tolerant crops and will be labeled for use in soybeans,...

AgroSciences.(Marketing People)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, promotes Nate Miller to serve as marketing specialist for the Range & Pasture and Industrial Vegetation Management businesses. In his new position, Miller will manage clopyralid, tebuthiuron, fluroxypyr,...

Philom Bios Inc.(Marketing People)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Philom Bios Inc., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, announces the recent appointment of a new executive team. David Cortens has joined the company as chief financial officer and corporate secretary; Trevor Thiessen is appointed vice president of...

AGCO Corporation.(Marketing People)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... AGCO Corporation, Duluth, Ga., announces the addition of two officers to its senior management team. Frank C. Lukacs is named senior vice president of manufacturing technologies and quality, and David L. Caplan fills a newly created position of...

Informa Group plc announces the acquisition of Sparks Companies Inc., Memphis, Tenn., a global research, information and consulting firm to the agriculture and food industry.(Marketing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Informa Group plc announces the acquisition of Sparks Companies Inc., Memphis, Tenn., a global research, information and consulting firm to the agriculture and food industry. Sparks will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Informa. ...

Archer Daniels Midland Company.(Marketing People)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Archer Daniels Midland Company, Decatur, Ill., announces that Graham P. Keen has been named vice president of corporate marketing. He will join the Corporate Affairs department and assume responsibility for centralizing the company's...

Cerexagri Inc.(Marketing People)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Cerexagri Inc., King of Prussia, Pa., promotes Barney Gallagher to general manager of U.S. Pre-Harvest. Gallagher had been the senior director of marketing and development for Cerexagri since August 2001. Gallagher's 24-year career in the...

Bayer AG.(Marketing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Bayer AG is awarded exclusive patent rights on a plant parasite technology developed by the Max Planck Society. Bayer said the technology, which is the basis for all genetically modified plant production, is based in the plant parasite...

Chem-Tech Ltd., Des Moines, Iowa, announces the acquisition of Loveland Industries' Prozap line of animal health products.(Marketing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Chem-Tech Ltd., Des Moines, Iowa, announces the acquisition of Loveland Industries' Prozap line of animal health products. The acquisition includes Loveland's flagship LD44Z Pyrethrin Aerosol. "This acquisition, which includes key Loveland...

Neogen Corporation, Lansing, Mich., has acquired Hacco Inc. and Hess & Clark Inc., both wholly owned companies of United Agri Products, a subsidiary of ConAgra Foods Inc.(Marketing News)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Neogen Corporation, Lansing, Mich., has acquired Hacco Inc. and Hess & Clark Inc., both wholly owned companies of United Agri Products, a subsidiary of ConAgra Foods Inc. Hacco, a manufacturer of rodenticides, had revenues of approximately $8...

Monsanto Co.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Monsanto Co., St. Louis, announces that it is launching a $2-million (6 million real) campaign to improve the image of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Brazil. The money will be used to target housewives, mothers and students through...

Dow AgroSciences.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, obtains exclusive worldwide licensing rights to market antibody technologies that combat foodborne pathogens without antibiotics. The technologies are being developed under a 2001 collaborative agreement between...

Syngenta.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... Syngenta has introduced a new method of dispensing crop protection products as part of a worldwide strategy to further improve the safe and effective use of its products and reduce environmental impact. The pilot scheme in China enables farmers...