Agri Marketing articles from November 2001

Agri Marketing archives from November 2001

Maximizing yields and returns ... (For Openers).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Maximizing yields and returns... Many of us are involved with marketing and selling crop inputs; or have been at some point in our career. Whether it is fertilizer, seed, or crop protection products, a common message from manufacturers, farm...

This month in agri marketing ... (For Openers).
November 1, 2001... Five Years Ago * Monsanto, St. Louis, buys Asgrow, Kalamazoo, Mich., from Mexico-based Empresas La Moderna S.A. for $240 million. * Sandoz, Des Plaines, Ill., agrees to sell part of its corn herbicide business to BASF, Research...

Archer Daniels Midland Company. (At Closing People).(appoints Karla M. Miller)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Archer Daniels Midland Company, Decatur, Ill., has named Karla M. Miller vice president, ADM public affairs. She will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the company's public relations and advertising programs and will continue to...

IMC Global Inc. (At Closing People).(hires Reid Porter)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... IMC Global Inc., Lake Forest, Ill., has hired Reid Porter as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He succeeds Bradford James, who is retiring. Porter comes to IMC Global with 25 years of broad financial and operating...

Primedia Inc. (At Closing People).(names Gary McKenna marketing director)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... PRIMEDIA Inc., Minneapolis has named Gary McKenna marketing director for PRIMEDIA Business Magazines & Media's agriculture division. McKenna was formerly a senior vice president and group manager at Colle+McVoy. Prior to his 12 years at...

The National Pork Board. (At Closing People).(appoints new chief executive officer)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The National Pork Board has selected Steven D. Murphy of Des Moines, Iowa, as its new chief executive officer. Murphy had been president/chief operating officer of AgWeb.com, Inc., a derivative of the Farm Journal Corporation. Prior to AgWeb,...

Agrium Inc. (At Closing People).(appoints Susan A. Henry to board)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Agrium Inc., Calgary, Alberta, has appointed Dr. Susan A. Henry to its board of directors. Henry is Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She received her Ph.D. in genetics from the...

PrimeraTurf, Inc. (At Closing People).(names Frans H. Jager chief executive officer)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... PrimeraTurf, Inc., Alexandria, Va., has named Frans H. Jager its chief executive officer. Jager is a supply chain management professional with thirty years of experience in the agricultural distribution business. He has served Norsk Hydro,...

Farm Credit Leasing (FCL). (At Closing People).(hires Russell Nelson)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Russell Nelson has accepted the newly created position of senior vice president and chief credit officer at Farm Credit Leasing (FCL). Nelson comes to FCL with 25 years of credit experience in commercial agribusiness dealing with cooperative...

Senesco Technologies, Inc. (At Closing People).(appoints new president)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Senesco Technologies, Inc., New Brunswick, N.J., has appointed Bruce C. Galton as its new president and chief executive officer. Galton was formerly president and COO of Annovis, Inc. a privately held marketer of chemicals for DNA synthesis and...

1stAg Corporation. (At Closing People).(hires Garland Duvall)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Garland Duvall has joined 1stAg Corporation, Atlanta, as vice president of product development, with responsibility for technology and product development. Garland comes to 1stAg from Brokat Technologies where he was vice president of product...

Dow AgroSciences LLC.(resolves patent dispute with DEKALB Genetics Corp.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, and DEKALB Genetics Corporation, DeKalb, Ill., have resolved a significant patent dispute regarding the use of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) insect-resistance technology in corn. In a lawsuit filed in U.S....

DuPont Co.(resolves lawsuits against Monsanto Co.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... DuPont Co., Wilmington, Del., and Monsanto Co., St. Louis, resolved their dispute over the use of Monsanto's insect-protected corn. trait. DuPont said the resolution includes the dismissal of several lawsuits filed by both parties in U.S....

CHS Cooperatives.(will acquire Country Energy)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... CHS Cooperatives, St. Paul, Minn., will acquire Farmland Industries' share of Country Energy, LLC, the alliance supplying rural customers with Cenex brand energy products. The transaction is expected to be complete by December pending legal and...

VantagePoint Network.(to be owned by John Deere)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... John Deere has reached an agreement to assume full ownership of the VantagePoint Network. John Deere is making and will continue to make significant investments in this area. The first new products to be introduced will include more powerful...

Farm Journal.
November 1, 2001... Farm Journal plans to proceed with the Sixth Annual Farm Journal Forum on November 27-28 in Washington, D.C. "Stand Up America: Secure the Heartland" is the theme of this year's Forum. It will examine both the physical and economic security of...

Archer Daniels Midland Co.(to create three divisions for food and bioproducts)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Archer Daniels Midland Co., Decatur, Ill., plans to create three distinct divisions for food and bioproducts to strengthen the company focus on core food and feed operations. The restructuring will create separate divisions for the natural...

Additional information.
November 1, 2001... The September issue featured a listing of publications devoted to specialty agriculture. Below, we have compiled information on a few of the publications that contacted us for being overlooked in this listing. To view the complete listing of...

Back by popular demand. (FYI News & Notes).(robotic milking demonstration at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The live robotic milking demonstration was back by popular demand at the Cover-All Dairy Expo at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show, Woodstock, Ontario, held September 11-13. The Lely Astronaut Robotic Milking System was the first on-site demo of a...

Something for everyone at the sunbelt. (FYI New & Notes).
November 1, 2001... In response to increased international attendance, the SunBelt Agricultural Exposition, held October 16-18 in Moultrie, Ga., unveiled its International Business Center. The Center hosted over 300 guests from all over the world. Harvesting...

Farm progress show. (FYI New & Notes).
November 1, 2001... The annual Farm Progress Show was held September 25-27 in Lafayette, Ind. Alan and Janet Kemper, and Jerry and Jill Smit were primary hosts for this year's event, which covers 1,000 acres in three days. A new attraction to the show was Purdue...

The show must go on. (FYI New & Notes).
November 1, 2001... Many people will never forget the 2001 Husker Harvest Show that began on September 11, 2001 in Grand Island, Neb. On this day, visitors and exhibitors learned that our nation had been attacked by terrorism. By noon, American flags that lined...

Bayer hosts farm managers meeting.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Bayer Corporation hosted a meeting of Midwest farm managers in September. The group met in Kansas City, Mo. to discuss new farm management software.

Sen. Bond awarded for plant genomics contributions.(Kit Bond, National Corn Growers Association)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The National Corn Growers Association, along with 27 other leading agricultural and scientific groups that support plant genomics, presented the Agricultural Genomics Founders Award to Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond (R-MO), who was instrumental in...

Nebraska corn grower wins Gustafson sweepstakes.(Verdell Tom Koch)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Verdell Tom Koch, a corn grower from DeWitt, Neb., was awarded $40,000 credit toward the purchase of a new planter as the winner of the Gustafson LLC "It's in the Bag" sweepstakes. The sweepstakes was held in conjunction with the company's...

Making farms a safer place for kids.(National Farm Safety and Health Week)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... National Farm Safety & Health Week was held the week of September 16-22, 2001. Safety expos were held throughout the country by state Farm Bureau Federations and Departments of Agriculture, to create awareness in children and adults of the...

WISHH program goes to Nicaragua.(World Initiative for Soy In Human Health )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... USB Director Bryan Hieser, a soybean farmer and former school principal recently completed a trip to Nicaragua as part of the checkoff-funded World Initiative for Soy In Human Health (WISHH) program and had the opportunity to witness the World...

AG stock index.(various companies)(Brief Article)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... [GRAPHIC OMITTED] STOCK PRICE AT CLOSE OF MARKET Month This Year Exchange: Ago Month Ago Ticker ...

NAMA leader's message. (National NAMA News).(National Agri-Marketing Association)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Member value. If you read these leader messages every month you've heard several of the Executive Committee members mention it. Member value is a priority for the leaders of this organization. But what about leader value? The role of the...

Seminar marks chapter comeback. (NAMA News).
November 1, 2001... The members of San Joaquin Valley NAMA have officially approved a new name and location. Central California NAMA will be located in Tulare, CA. For chapter information, please contact Dolores Vincent at 1(800) 999-9186. The chapter welcomes...

Mo-Kan NAMA makes ABEF donation. (NAMA News).(National Agri-Marketing Association chapter contributes to scholarship fund)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The Mo-Kan NAMA Chapter NAMA makes a donation of $5,000 to ABEE establishing a scholarship fund targeted for student chapters Northwest Missouri State and Kansas State University. The check was presented as the Mo-Kan meeting on September 18....

NAMA recognizes the best of the industry. (NAMA News).(National Agri-Marketing Association)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... NAMA continues to recognize the best in Agribusiness. In 2001, NAMA awarded two new awards developed to extend the organization's value to outstanding leaders in agribusiness. These new awards were able to strengthen NAMA's position as the...

NAMA event calendar: for the most updated information on meetings visit www.nama.org.
November 1, 2001... November -- Roundtable Meeting -- Omaha, NE Nov. 15 Dr. Keith Murray, National Animal Disease Center - joint meeting with Iowa Chapter, Tama Civic Center Nov. 19 Consumer Panel Discussion - North Central NAMA - Nov. 20 Marketing...

Agriculture, a world in harmony.(planning for 2002 National Agriculture Day)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Sea to shining sea, America's landscapes are as diverse as its people. Land throughout the United States has many different purposes. It is used for schools, city skyscrapers, national parks, grazing cattle, growing crops and its rivers for...

MO-KAN members gear up for 2002 National Ag Day Celebration.(Missouri-Kansas chapter of National Agri-Marketing Association plans for National Agriculture Day)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... MO-KAN NAMA members are gearing up for the 2002 Ag Day. Several members have volunteered to head up promotions for the Kansas City-area Ag Day Pizza Party, which teaches nearly 800 area fourth graders how pizza ingredients come from pasture and...

Focus groups phone in. (Research Reports).(advantages of teleconferencing)(Brief Article)(Column)
November 1, 2001... As the ag industry tries to gain insights into attitudes and opinions, travel restrictions make it difficult to obtain the cooperation of respondents and sponsoring companies' representatives. When this occurs, consider using telephone focus...

America's freedom to reflect. (Washington Perspectives).(Brief Article)(Column)
November 1, 2001... As the nation searches for understanding of September's calamity, we examine faith, family, nation, ourselves and frequently come to meaning in simple things. For me, it has been the silence of an empty sky. An avid, amateur aviation buff,...

Merial.(new chief information officer)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Merial names Dennis Tomaso chief information officer and head of shared business services. His responsibilities include global information technology and e-business, customer care and distribution, and finance and communications. Tomaso will be...

FMC Corp.(Executive Changes)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... FMC Corp. has elected William Walter chief executive and president. Walter succeeds Robert Burt as chief executive and Joseph Netherland as president. Burt has been chairman and chief executive since November 1991 and will retire. Netherland is...

Deere & Company.(adds chief technology officer)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... David M. Purvis has been named senior vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) of Deere & Company, Moline, Ill. Purvis joined John Deere in September 2001 as the company's first CTO. His responsibilities include the Corporate...

Data Transmission Network.(new hires)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Data Transmission Network (DTN), Omaha, Neb., has added Chuck Zimmerman and Robin Ness to its staff of communications consultants in its Ag Services division. Zimmerman was previously farm director and general manager for Brownfield Network, a...

West Central Soy.(new sales and marketing director)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Mark Hart has been appointed director of sales and marketing at West Central Soy, Ralston, Iowa. Hart has held sales and marketing management positions with DeLaval, Inc., Kansas City. At West Central Soy, Hart will direct the sales team and...

BASF Agricultural Products.(develops fungicide)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... BASF Agricultural Products division, Mount Olive, N.J., has developed a new fungicide with a unique mode of action for a wide variety of crops. This new active ingredient targets the specialty crop markets like grapes, fruits, vegetables and...

American Vanguard Corporation.(subsidiary AMVAC Chemical Corp. to buy Phosdrin insecticide operations from BASF Agro B.V.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... American Vanguard Corporation, Newport Beach, Calif., announced that AMVAC Chemical Corp, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, will acquire the Phosdrin insecticide business of BASF Agro B.V. AMVAC will take over the marketing of the...

Delta and Pine Land Company.(management changes)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Delta and Pine Land Company, Scott, Miss., has established a series of actions to enhance the company's ability to execute its long-term growth plans and improve performance and profitability. Some changes include: Steve Hawkins, formerly...

DTN Ag Companies.(to distribute Dow Jones Commodities Service and Futures World News)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... DTN Ag Companies, Omaha, Neb., has reached agreements to distribute Dow Jones Commodities Service and Futures World News (FWN), a product of Oster Communications, LLC, to its agricultural customers. The Dow Jones Commodities Service will...

Croplan Genetics.(Keith Newhouse appointment)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... CROPLAN GENETICS, the seed division of Arden Hills, Minn.-based Land O'Lakes, Inc., has appointed Keith Newhouse, Ph.D., as business development manager. Newhouse has 15 years experience in the crop seed industry, including management positions...

Allflex USA.(appointments)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Allflex USA, Dallas, Texas, appoints Kip Kernodle as president of the company. Kernodle has been with Allflex for ten years, primarily serving as chief financial officer for the Allflex group worldwide. Glenn Fischer also has been appointed...

Agriliance Equipment.
November 1, 2001... Agriliance Equipment has added Case IH, Racine, Wis., application equipment to its list of qualified suppliers, under the terms of a new marketing agreement. Agriliance customers now have access through Agriliance Equipment to the complete line...

Farm Journal Corporation.(Wayne Bollum new National Sales Manager)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Wayne Bollum has joined Farm Journal Corporation, Philadelphia, as National Sales Manager of BEEF TODAY and DAIRY TODAY. In addition to managing the BEEF TODAY and DAIRY TODAY sales staff, Bollum will also have sales responsibilities for the...

Learfield Communications.(appointments)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Learfield Communications, Jefferson City, Mo., has appointed three new members to its sales staff in Iowa, which will be responsible for advertising sales, account management and account service for Learfield's radio networks in Iowa and...

Primedia Inc.(names new vice president of audience marketing)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Primedia Inc. has named Christine Oldenbrook vice president of audience marketing for Primedia Business Magazines & Media. In her new role, Oldenbrook will have responsibility for all elements of circulation and audience development efforts....

Livestock Publications Council.(appointments)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Lea Weinheimer, has been elected to serve as the Livestock Publications Council President for 2001-2002. Wienheimer is the general manager of the Brangus Journal, San Antonio, Texas. Wes Ishmael, owner of Clear Point Communications, Benbrook,...

Running Green. (E-Business News).(John Deere's new environmental website)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... John Deere, Moline, Ill., has launched an environmental Web site called Running Green. Located at www.deere.com/deerecom/_Environmental/default.htm, Running Green is a special section of the JohnDeere.com Web site. According to Director of...

Verdisys, Inc. (E-Business News).(launches two-way satellite broadband connectivity)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Verdisys, Inc., Fresno, Calif., is now offering two-way satellite broadband connectivity for rural America. With Verdisys broadband service, farmers, suppliers and producers outside of large cities can retrieve Web site information quickly and...

AgriFood Innovations, Inc. (E-Business News).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Ag e-commerce pioneers Paul Graham, Darren Marsland, and Graham Dyer have partnered with agricultural economist Dr. Vincent Amanor-Boadu to launch AgriFood Innovations, Inc., Guelph, Ontario. Since 1993, Graham, Marsland, and Dyer have...

eMerge Interactive, Inc. (E-Business People).(David C. Warren appointed CEO)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... eMerge Interactive, Inc., Sebastian, Fla., has appointed David C. Warren as chief executive officer. Warren was formerly president of Dallas-based Allflex USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Allflex Holdings Inc., the global leader in...

Illinois promotes profitable stewardship. (AgEarth Stewards)(Cover Story).(agricultural chemicals usage)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Farm profitability and environmental stewardship go hand in hand. At least that's what Larry Kennel learned when push came to shove. The Low Point, Ill., farmer was asked about 11 years ago by a landlord to stop using farm chemicals on his...

Going the distance: innovative programs provide high-caliber educational alternatives for agri-business professionals. (Focus: Ag Universities/Careers)(Cover Story).
November 1, 2001... Want to have your cake and eat it, too, professionally speaking? If you'd like to continue your education, but keep your job, perhaps an ever-expanding format known as "distance education" would work for you. Distance courses can involve...

Field preparation: summer interns get armed for life in the field through Dow AgroSciences' training program. (Focus: Ag Universities/Careers)(Cover Story).
November 1, 2001... People are the lifeblood of any company. From CEOs to interns, each individual impacts customers' perception of the company as a whole. Perhaps that explains why Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, Ind., places so much emphasis on its summer...

Garst looking for big PR hit from corncam & Iowa cubs promotions. (Thinking Outside The Box).(Column)
November 1, 2001... This month's column is about watching corn grow in a cornfield and at a baseball stadium. Before you start making wisecracks about how boring this column usually is anyway... give me the benefit of the doubt and read on. Sports and...

Brands under glass: agencies spell out how testing brands before campaign concepts nets better ads. (Market Research)(Cover Story).(agriculture industry advertising methods)
November 1, 2001... With all of the emphasis agricultural companies are placing on brand management, agencies are under additional pressure to help clients properly position their brands and products. As a result, agencies are examining the benefits or positioning...

Caterpillar relies on customer input for tractor launch: Caution: new product research may result in challeng(ers). (Market Research)(Cover Story).(Caterpillar Inc. launches third generation of farm tractors)
November 1, 2001... Some equipment industry observers were initially skeptical when rubber-belted tractors were introduced into the agricultural market in the mid-1980s. But Caterpillar Inc., the international earthmoving company based in Peoria, Ill., was...

Jones and Thomas, Inc.(names Russ Proch vice president)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Jones and Thomas, Inc., Decatur, Ill., has named Russ Proch its new vice president. He will specialize in strategic planning and marketing research for new and existing clients. Proch has over 25 years of marketing communications experience....

The Martin Agency.(hires Beth Woerner as account supervisor)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The Martin Agency, headquartered in Richmond, Va., announced that Beth Woerner has joined the agency as an account supervisor. She is part of the account management team for FMC Corporation, where she will be a key player in leading the public...

Woodruff & Company.(announces staff changes)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Woodruff & Company, a Columbia, Mo.-based advertising, marketing and public relations firm, has new additions to its design and client services staff. Amy Noll, formerly of MMG Worldwide, has been named senior art director for the agency and...

BASF.(BASF hires Brighton USA for U.S. crop protection communications)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... BASF, Research Triangle Park, N.C., announced that it has consolidated all U.S. crop protection communications with Brighton USA, a full-service agency based in St. Louis. Brighton will handle communications for all BASF crop-protection...

Chandler Ehrlich.(moves to new office in Memphis, Tennessee)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Chandler Ehrlich, Memphis, Tenn., moved to a new office that combines the latest in creative office design with technology. The new address is 6750 Lennox Center Court, Suite 300, Memphis, Tennessee 38115.

World Dairy Expo.(hires Charleston Orwig Inc. as agency of record)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... World Dairy Expo, Madison Wis., has selected Charleston | Orwig, Inc., Hartland, Wis., as its marketing communications agency of record. Charleston | Orwig will be responsible for creating the annual theme and supporting marketing materials for...

American Seed Trade Association.(adds content to web site)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The American Seed Trade Association, Washington, D.C., Web site, www. amseed.org, now has new content to provide more information to members. New features include seed statistics in "About ASTA"; information and registration for the Corn &...

The Mid America Crop Protection Association (MACPA).(elects new officers)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The Mid America Crop Protection Association (MACPA), St. Louis, has elected officers for 2002 and also filled four board-of-director vacancies. New officers include President Bill Beutke, Syngenta Crop Protection; Vice President Ron Utterback,...

American Soybean Association.
November 1, 2001... The American Soybean Association, St. Louis, and DuPont, Wilmington, Del., are selecting members for the 2002 ASA / DuPont Young Leader Program. The program targets soybean farmers who are innovative, assertive, "young in leadership" and...

Upcoming meeting for agri marketers.
November 1, 2001... NOVEMBER NOV. 1-3: Equipment Manufacturers Conference, Kiawah Island, S.C. Visit www.afia.org. NOV. 3-6: American Seed Trade Association Farm and Lawn Seed Conference, Kansas City, Mo. Contact 202 / 638-3138. NOV. 4-6: Irrigation...

Gustafson sees dramatic growth in seed treatment industry. (View From The Top).(Gustafson L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Editor's Note: Gustafson LLC is a joint venture of Bayer AG and Crompton Corporation. The company offers the industry's largest line of seed treatment products. Products include fungicides, insecticides and biologicals; stored grain protectants...

2001 NAFB conversion overview Kansas City, Mo. (Farm Broadcast).
November 1, 2001... 2001 NAFB CONVERSION OVERVIEW Kansas City, Mo. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14 10 a.m. Marketing & Promotion Committee meeting Noon Registration opens Noon Trade Talk setup begins 1 p.m. NAFB board meeting 6 p.m....

Everyday is game day ... there is no off season. (Farm Broadcast).
November 1, 2001... Athletes in each sport or competition prepare for their season or event and hope to reach the finals. For farm broadcast "athletes," however, "Everyday is Game Day... There is No Off Season!" Our "fans," or listeners, expect us to be at the...

Future of farm broadcasting: research indicates farm radio is in strong position for years to come. (Farm Broadcast).(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... If you are stopped at a farm show by a clipboard and pen, don't be alarmed, you will not be expected to sign up for a shiny, new credit card with an unbelievably low interest rate. Actually, it's probably the National Association of Farm...

Rethinking radio: NAFB ad campaign places seed of doubt in readers' minds. (Farm Broadcast).(National Association of Farm Broadcasters)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Whether it is "Shocking confession of a Media Director" or "Read every word of this ad, or else," the National Association of Farm Broadcaster's newest print ads definitely ensure a second glance. This fall, NAFB launched a series of four print...

Stations still going strong at 75. (Farm Broadcast).(KBRF Radio)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... KBRF, FERGUS FALLS, MINN. For a good portion of its 75 years on air, Minnesota's KBRF Radio's call letters were KGDE, which first stood for "Kills Gloomy Dull Evenings" and later, "Keeps Gaining Daily Enthusiasm." Farm director...

Business as usual: farm radio strengthens despite economic turbulence. (Farm Broadcast).
November 1, 2001... Radio and television seem to be bombarding consumers with fears of recession and an unstable economy, but the agriculture and farm broadcasting industries seem to be doing very well. The general consensus of most people in these areas is that...

Trade talk guide. (Farm Broadcast).
November 1, 2001... Broadcasters attending the NAFB annual convention will receive a complete review of the new products and services being introduced to the ag market during the coming sales season. They will also be able to speak in-depth with producer...

Farm radio and television marketing contacts. (Farm Broadcast).(members of National Association of Farm Broadcasters)(Directory)
November 1, 2001... Editor's note: The following information is current with the 2002 directory of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB). ALABAMA Southeast AgNet Radio Network P.O. Box 38, Hope Hull, AL 36043; 334/280-4950. Farm...

Presidential perspectives: insights from NAFB's incoming President. (Farm Broadcast).(Brief Article)(Interview)
November 1, 2001... Editor's Note: Colleen Callahan will serve as president of the National Association of Farm Broadcasters (NAFB) for 2002. Callahan is the farm director at WMBD Radio in Peoria, III. What is the top issue facing you as president of NAFB in...