Agri Marketing articles from March 2004

Agri Marketing archives from March 2004

Product of the year ...(For Openers)
March 1, 2004... Can you join this list of previous winners of Agri Marketing's Product of the Year? * 1997--Roundup Ready soybeans from Asgrow * 1998--NK Brand Bt corn * 1999--Case IH Magnum * 2000--E-Business / the Internet *...

This month in Agri Marketing ...(For Openers)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Five Years Ago * A. Charles Fischer is named to succeed John L. Hagaman as president and CEO of Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis. * LiphaTech, Milwaukee, promotes Dave Fox to marketing manager for its ag division. He was most...

A tasty win for an Iowa chef and IPPA.(FYI News & Notes)(Iowa Pork Producers Association)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... The Iowa Pork Taste of Elegance once again brought together Iowa's top chefs for the annual culinary competition. The checkoff-funded event, sponsored by the Iowa Pork Producers Association, is designed to inspire chefs to create new and...

MU students see behind-the-scenes at Osborn & Barr.(FYI News & Notes)(University of Missouri)
March 1, 2004... Several students from the College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources at the University of Missouri got a lesson in the ag communications business during a visit to Osborn & Barr Communications, St. Louis. The students were part of the...

Oklahoma student walks away a winner from FFA.(FYI News & Notes)(Future Farmers of America)
March 1, 2004... A.J. Stricklin, a member of FFA and senior at Strother High School, Paden, Okla., was the lucky winner of a restored 1969-model 4020 John Deere tractor from John Deere Credit. This was the tenth consecutive year that John Deere Credit has...

John Deere and American Royal help out 4-Hers.(FYI News & Notes)
March 1, 2004... John Deere and the American Royal awarded a new John Deere Gator utility vehicle to the Kearney Klovers 4-H club in Kearney, Mo. The Gator was awarded on behalf of David Jones, who participated in John Deere's drawing at the American Royal...

Illinois teacher receives Syngenta Ag education award.(FYI News & Notes)(Bill Kittinger)
March 1, 2004... Bill Kittinger, an agricultural science teacher at Eldorado High School in Eldorado, Ill., was named the Syngenta Advocate for Agricultural Education for 2003. Kittinger was chosen from among six Regional Educators of the Year, based on the...

D&PL raffles shotgun at Beltwide Cotton Conferences.(FYI News & Notes)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Delta & Pine Land Company, Scott, Miss., awarded a shotgun to Daniel Gavranovic of FDG Farms in Wharton, Texas, during the 2004 Beltwide Cotton Conferences in San Antonio. Gavranovic is a long-time grower of D&PL cotton varieties and a partner...

Farm Credit Council Services Inc.(At Closing People)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Farm Credit Council Services Inc., Denver, Colo., names Roger Shaffer president and CEO. Shaffer succeeds Michael Frey, who previously announced his intention to retire in early 2004. Shaffer was senior vice president of the consulting services...

Biotechnology Industry Organization.(At Closing People)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), Washington, D.C., announces that its president, Carl Feldbaum, will retire this year. Feldbaum has served the organization for 11 years and has been offered the position as president emeritus for BIO....

Mississippi Chemical Corporation.(At Closing People)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Charles O. Dunn, president, CEO and a director of Mississippi Chemical Corporation, Yazoo City, Miss., resigned on March 1. Coley L. Bailey, the chairman of the board, assumes the responsibilities of the CEO. Additionally, Larry Holley was...

AGCO Corporation.(At Closing People)
March 1, 2004... AGCO Corporation, Duluth, Ga., announces the resignation of Donald Millard, executive vice president and chief operating officer. Millard will be starting a venture capital and strategic investment business. He has been in his current position...

Corn Products International Inc.(At Closing People)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Corn Products International Inc., Westchester, Ill., announces new executive appointments. James W. Ripley, formerly vice president and chief financial officer, assumes the position of senior vice president, planning, information technology and...

Media minds.(At Closing People)
March 1, 2004... "Who reads the local farm news first?" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Cargill Inc.(At Closing News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Cargill Inc. will invest $200 million in Argentina over the next two years, in part to build a new soy processing plant and port. The new plant will have a daily crushing capacity of 13,000 tonnes and will be located in Villa Gobernador Galvez,...

Correction.(At Closing News)(Correction Notice)
March 1, 2004... CORRECTION: In the 2004 Marketing Services Guide, an incorrect listing for Valent U.S.A. Corp. was printed; the correct version is printed below. We apologize for any inconvenience. VALENT U.S.A. CORPORATION 1600 Riviera Ave, Suite 200...

Seaboard Corporation.(At Closing News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Seaboard Corporation has announced that its pork division, Seaboard Farms Inc., has entered into a marketing agreement with Triumph Foods LLC to market all of the pork products produced by Triumph Foods at a new pork processing plant that...

Monsanto Co.(At Closing News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Monsanto Co., St. Louis, has won the key patent battle regarding biotech gene technology for protection of plants against insect damage. The decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office that Monsanto's scientists were the first to invent...

Smithfield Foods Inc., Smithfield, Va., purchased more than 8 million shares of Campofrio Alimentacion S.A., for approximately $87.8 million.(At Closing News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Smithfield Foods Inc., Smithfield, Va., purchased more than 8 million shares of Campofrio Alimentacion S.A., for approximately $87.8 million. The shares, representing 15.2 percent of Campofrio's outstanding share capital, were acquired in a...

Stock price at close of market.(AG Stock Index)(Illustration)
March 1, 2004... STOCK PRICE AT CLOSE OF MARKET Month Ago 12/31/03 Exchange:Ticker CAPITAL EQUIPMENT, FARM...

Honoring the best of the best.(National NAMA news: news and information for members and friends of NAMA)
March 1, 2004... During December & January chapters and regions came out to honor the best of agricultural communications. The first ceremony in December was the Region I event, held December 12. Plaques were handed out at a Legislative Update luncheon in...

Just ask ... leaders talk about the benefits of being involved.(National NAMA News)
March 1, 2004... Oxford Dictionary: Ask v. 1. call for an answer to or about. 2. seek to obtain. 3. invite. NAMA Dictionary: Ask v. 1. seek information to determine what leadership roles work for you. Now is the time to ask. Leadership...

NAMA announces award winners.
March 1, 2004... NAMA has named two award winners, the Agribusiness Leader of the Year and the NAMA Marketer of the Year. Both awards will be presented at the 2004 Agri-Marketing Conference, April 14-16 in Kansas City. Bernie Staller, Chief Operating...

New NAMA members.(National Agri-Marketing Association)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Welcome new NAMA members that joined in December 2003 and January 2004. AGRI BROADCAST MGT. Michael R. Wild, WMBD--JMP Radio Group AT LARGE Terry Heavisides, AgDealer Vido Rillano, Golden Peanut Co./Hull & Fiber Products...

What have you done for you lately? NAMA leader's message: Mike Gustafson, John Deere, 2003-2004 NAMA President.(National NAMA News)
March 1, 2004... So here you are, facing another day of obligations. You gotta work. Then the kids need traipsed all over to various practices or games. Plus your church needs volunteers. The school needs volunteers. Other community organizations need...

Prince Agri Products Inc.(Marketing People)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Prince Agri Products Inc., Quincy, Ill., hires Gale Hill as customer service manager. Hill previously worked with ADM/Moorman's in positions such as corporate senior sales trainer, corporate sales operations manager, corporate advertising and...

Cerexagri Inc.(Marketing People)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Beth E. Sears is promoted to director of marketing for North America for Cerexagri Inc., King of Prussia, Pa. In her new capacity, Sears will have overall responsibility for the stewardship of the pre-harvest horticultural crop product line,...

Chr. Hansen Inc.(Marketing People)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Chr. Hansen Inc., Milwaukee, appoints James R. Dodson as vice president of sales for Animal Health and Nutrition. Dodson will be responsible for directing the overall development of the sales activities of the company's Animal Health and...

Quali Tech Inc.(Marketing People)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... R. Bruce Parker is promoted to national sales manager for the United States, Canada and Mexico at Quali Tech Inc., Chaska, Minn. Parker was formerly an account manager at the company and served Quali Tech's customers in that role for one year....

IMC Global Inc., Chicago, and Cargill Inc., Minneapolis, agree to combine IMC Global Inc. and Cargill Crop Nutrition to create a new, publicly traded company.(Marketing News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... IMC Global Inc., Chicago, and Cargill Inc., Minneapolis, agree to combine IMC Global Inc. and Cargill Crop Nutrition to create a new, publicly traded company. Fritz Corrigan, currently Cargill executive vice president, will leave Cargill to...

AGDATA Inc., Charlotte, N.C., and Carlson Marketing Group, Minneapolis, agree to leverage their combined experience to create a seamless way for the distribution channel to report retail and wholesale sales information.(Marketing News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... AGDATA Inc., Charlotte, N.C., and Carlson Marketing Group, Minneapolis, agree to leverage their combined experience to create a seamless way for the distribution channel to report retail and wholesale sales information. The companies are...

Maple Leaf Foods Inc.(Marketing News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Toronto, Ontario, announces that having completed research and development into producing a DNA traceability program for pork, it is set to launch the first commercial application of this technology. The DNA traceability...

Archer Daniels Midland Co., Decatur, Ill., and Marubeni.(Marketing News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Archer Daniels Midland Co., Decatur, Ill., and Marubeni, the leading grain trading and feed milling company in Japan, announce a joint agreement to seek new business development in specialty grains and oilseeds for the Japanese market. Under...

Jobhog Inc, Clinton, N.C., acquires the business assets of AgCareers, an employment Web site owned by Farms.com.(Marketing News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Jobhog Inc., Clinton, N.C., acquires the business assets of AgCareers, an employment Web site owned by Farms.com, to create the largest online source of jobs in agriculture--www.agcareers.com. AgCareers will be headquartered in Clinton, N.C.,...

ExSeed Genetics, a division of BASF Plant Science LLC, and Heritage Seeds, Rensselaer, Ind., sign a license Agreement.(Marketing News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... ExSeed Genetics, a division of BASF Plant Science LLC, and Heritage Seeds, Rensselaer, Ind., sign a license agreement allowing Heritage Seeds to market corn hybrids with the NutriDense[R] trait.

AMVAC Chemical Corporation enters into an agreement with Syngenta Crop Protection to supply Force[R] 3G corn soil insecticide for use through AMVAC's SmartBox[R] system beginning in the 2004 season.(Marketing News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... AMVAC Chemical Corporation enters into an agreement with Syngenta Crop Protection to supply Force[R] 3G corn soil insecticide for use through AMVAC's SmartBox[R] system beginning in the 2004 season. AMVAC's SmartBox is a closed handling system...

Sunseeds Company.(Marketing People)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Sunseeds Company, Parma, Idaho, hires Pat Clifford as produce marketing manager. Clifford has more than 18 years' experience in management, marketing/ sales, business consulting, information technology and supply chain positions. Prior to...

Cargill Dow LLC.(Marketing People)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Kathleen M. Bader is named chairman, president and chief executive of Cargill Dow LLC, a joint venture of Dow Chemical Co. and Cargill Inc. Bader replaces Randy Howard, who retired earlier in 2004, as Cargill Dow president and chief executive....

AMVAC Chemical Corporation.(Marketing People)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... John Orr joins AMVAC Chemical Corporation, Newport Beach, Calif., as product development specialist for the company's northern region, based in Boise, Idaho. Previously, Orr was a research and development scientist for Syngenta Crop Protection...

Doane Marketing Research Inc.(Marketing People)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Doane Marketing Research Inc., a St. Louis-based agribusiness and consumer/commercial marketing research firm, promotes Eric Novak to vice president of quantitative methods. Novak has been with Doane for 11 years.

Adfarm.(Agency News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Janice Thoroughgood, Linda May and Holly McCarthy recently joined AdFarm. Thoroughgood joins AdFarm Calgary as art director. She has extensive agency experience at Highwood Communications and Bryant Fulton + Shee (TBWACalgary). May brings more...

Morgan&Myers.(Agency News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Morgan&Myers, Jefferson, Wis., promotes Jennifer Stewart Deppe and Gail Liebl from counselors to senior counselors. Deppe joined as an associate in 1996 and currently manages integrated communications programs for the Novartis Animal Health...

Red Rhino Inc.(Agency News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Red Rhino Inc., London, Ontario, announces the addition of Len Hawkins as senior account manager. Hawkins has worked in sales, product management, marketing management and general management in the crop protection, seed and biotech industries....

Quarry Integrated Communications.(Agency News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Bob Wilbur rejoins Quarry Integrated Communications, Waterloo, Ontario, as vice president. He is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of Quarry's agriculture practice and developing new business in North America. Wilbur, most...

USDA Rural Development and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation select Osborn & Barr Communications.(Agency News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... USDA Rural Development and the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation select Osborn & Barr Communications, St. Louis, to work on increasing awareness of USDA Rural Development programs and assisting with membership communications and recruitment efforts...

Osborn & Barr Communications.(Agency News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Osborn & Barr Communications, St. Louis, makes additions to the public relations and contact relations staff. Simone Esubi joins as account executive, public relations, bringing private- and public-sector experience in public relations, special...

Rubes.(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... He was devastated. It was a John Deere letter. His tractor of twenty years had left him. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Agrimarketers tour cream-of-the crop modern dairies.(Livestock/Dairy Marketing)
March 1, 2004... Dairying isn't what it used to be. About 25 marketing specialists eager to milk continued sales out of those changes got an education in modern production practices during a tour sponsored by Vance Publishing's Dairy Herd Management. ...

The beef industry tackles crisis management.(Livestock/Dairy Marketing)
March 1, 2004... On Dec. 23, 2003, when the USDA issued the announcement about the first U.S. case of mad cow disease, the leaders of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and the Cattlemen's Beef Board were hunkered down in a conference room at their...

Ag media covers all the bases of BSE crisis.(Livestock/Dairy Marketing)(Agricultural, Bovine spongiform encephalopathy)
March 1, 2004... When the BSE news broke on Dec. 23, the beef industry was not the only one shaken up. Agricultural news media were left scrambling for information, as many publications had put their January issues to bed and broadcasters were heading out for...

Northern exposure: St. Louis-based marketing agency Osborn & Barr Communications is set to tackle a distinct set of agrimarketing issues ... this time, north of the border.
March 1, 2004... Osborn & Barr Communications, one of North America's leading agricultural marketing agencies, with offices in St. Louis, Kansas City, Mo., and Des Moines, now has locations in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and London, Ontario. The moves are part of a...

Information-hungry farmers look to the Internet for answers.(New Media Marketing)
March 1, 2004... More than 80 percent of the largest farm operators use the Internet in their operations. Those numbers speak volumes when broken out in demographic segments based on age, operation type, etc., and help illustrate how these producers use the...

Limitations on legitimate business.(New Media Marketing)
March 1, 2004... The laws and regulations concerning commercial faxes and e-mails are rapidly changing for America's businesses. With the risk of costly lawsuits and the possibility of a Do-Not-E-mail Registry looming in the next year, marketers must tread...

Small acreages are potential big business for agrimarketers.(Cover Story)
March 1, 2004... Who hasn't conducted business on a cell phone on the way to or from work this week? So what does that have to do with agrimarketing? A great deal when it comes to reaching a growing and emerging market. That market is the ruralpolitan, a...

Local dealers of agricultural inputs: who's your buyer?(Sales/Marketing Insights)
March 1, 2004... Who is the agricultural input buyer? Is the buyer profile changing? These are important questions to agricultural input salespeople. Traditionally, agricultural input salespeople and marketers categorize producers as business buyers, economic...

High performance marketing: Ethanol moves to the forefront of racing industry.(Thinking Outside The Box)
March 1, 2004... I first saw Paul Dana of Team Ethanol and the Indy Racing League (IRL) Menards Infiniti Pro Series several months ago at the Mid America CropLife Association annual meeting where he spent an hour or so motivating agribusiness folks about what...

Animal Agriculture Alliance.(Association News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... The Animal Agriculture Alliance, Arlington, Va., appoints Philip Lobo as communications director. In this newly created position, Lobo will manage all aspects of the Alliance's communications and public affairs activities. He will also design...

National Cattlemen's Beef Association.(Association News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) Board of Directors elected a new slate of officers for the coming year at the Cattle Industry Annual Convention and Trade Show in Phoenix. Jan Lyons of Manhattan, Kan., is the new president. She...

DairyBusiness Communications.(Media News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Preston Vincent joins the DairyBusiness Communications magazine group as national accounts manager for the key Midwestern dairy states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. His responsibilities, in addition to advertising and marketing...

Farm Journal Media.(Media News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Farm Journal Media, Philadelphia, announces the transfer of editorial headquarters for Farm Journal magazine from Philadelphia to Mexico, Mo., already the location of the magazine's largest field office. The company also announces the promotion...

Cattlemen's Beef Board.(Association News)
March 1, 2004... The Cattlemen's Beef Board seated new board members and elected officers and during its annual meeting. New members seated include: Dick Nock, Calif.; Jack Cowley, Calif.; Don Hullman, Kan.; T.B. Porter, La.; Chuck Markley, Mich.; Charles Hull,...

DTN Ag Services.(Media News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... DTN Ag Services, Omaha, Neb., adds Darin Newsom to its in-house editorial staff as grains analyst. Newsom, with more than 15 years of experience analyzing grain markets and working with producers, will put his expertise and analytical skills to...

World Agricultural Forum.(Association News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... The World Agricultural Forum will hold a Regional Congress in St. Louis on May 16-18, 2004. The Regional Congress, entitled "Future of the Agri-Food System: Perspectives from the Americas," will focus on developing a new model for agriculture....

Association of Equipment Manufacturers.(Association News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Richard Brown, president and chief operating officer of Krause Corporation, Hutchinson, Kan., is appointed vice chair of agriculture for the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). Brown will serve as the designated advocate to the...

CropLife America.(Association News)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Corinne R. Simon has joined CropLife America in the newly created position of public policy communications leader. Simon will be responsible for external communications activities for CropLife America and its membership, including development,...

Upcoming meetings for Agri Marketers.(Calendar)
March 1, 2004... APRIL MARCH 31-APRIL 3: NCBA Spring Conference, Washington, D.C. Contact Sonia Voldseth at 202/347-0228 or via e-mail at svoldseth@beef.org. APRIL 7-8: Dairy Farmer's Conference, Nova Zagora, Bulgaria. Contact Suraiya Farukhi at...

Kent feeds targets 'family friends'.(View From The Top)(Interview)
March 1, 2004... Editor's Note: Rich Dwyer is president of Kent Feeds Inc., Muscatine, Iowa. He joined Kent Feeds in 1984 and has served in several sales and marketing positions since that time, including Central region sales manager and beef products manager,...