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Articles in Jan-Feb, 2009 issue of Agri Marketing

• For openers
  by Lynn Henderson
• This month in AgriMarketing
• BASF
• Tom Vilsack
• Pilgrim's Pride
• Tractor Supply
• Monsanto
• Purdue University
• MFA Inc
• A survey by TABS finds that consumer demand for organic products has leveled-off
• King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bristol, TN, acquires Alpharma Inc. for a total of $1.6 billion in cash representing $37.00 per share
• www.AgCareers.com reports its Top Ten Career and Industry Types of 2008
• American Vanguard Corp
• Kyle Jones, a 22-year custom applicator with Heartland Coop in Slater, IA, is named the 2008 Ag-Chem Operator of the Year during this year's Agricultural Retailers Association annual convention held in Austin, TX
• The Context Network
• Advanta U.S
• MERIAL Ltd., Duluth, GA, is named the exclusive distributor and technical service provider of the in ovo injection systems of AviTech, LLC
• Golden Acres Genetics, Ltd
• Agrimarketing's top five events in 2008
• Farming is fundamental
• Channel Bio's leadership event
• Purdue's agribusiness conference
• Trimble acquires the assets of Rawson Control Systems
• Syngenta and Dow AgroSciences agree to evaluate current and future Dow AgroSciences compounds for incorporation into Syngenta's seed treatment portfolio
• Eden Bioscience Corp
• Valent U.S.A
• Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition
• Rain Bird
• Sipcam Agro USA, Inc. and its two wholly owned subsidiaries, Advan LLC and Sostram Corporation, relocate its corporate headquarters to the Research Triangle area of North Carolina
• Kent Feeds, Inc
• John Deere Golf realigns its N.A. sales management team: the two former sales teams—Equipment/ Irrigation and Agronomic Products will become one
• Pioneer Hi-Bred unveils a new business strategy to bring its seed genetics to more acres around the world through a network of partnerships and new brands
• Cheminova, Inc
• Montana Tractors closes its acquisition of Farmtrac North America assets located in Tarboro, NC, which consisted of tractors manufactured by both Escorts Ltd. and LS Cable
• Dalex Livestock Solutions
• GreenLeaf Genetics LLC
• Trans Ova Genetics
• Alliance Tire USA
• Land O'Lakes Land O'Lakes Animal Milk Products Company
• Pfizer Animal Health
• ABG/Adayana, Inc
• Art's Way Manufacturing Inc
• Farmers National Co
• Alltech launches AgRootsTV, an online initiative showcasing farmers operating with a responsibility to sustainable farming practices
• AGCO Corp
• AgriMarketing magazine reports its five most commonly viewed news items as reported in the AgriMarketing Weekly e-newsletter
• CF Industries Holdings, Inc
• Select Sires
• Steve Myers, AFM, CCA, Busey Ag Services, LeRoy, IL, receives the 2008 Professional Farm Manager of the Year award, presented by its sponsors, Rick Patton, AgProfessional magazine; Brent Rockers, Syngenta, and Jerry Warner, Farmers Nat'l Co. and Presiden
• KINZE Manufacturing selects Nicholson Kovac Inc. as its integrated marketing communications agency
• Novus International, St. Louis, MO, selects AdFarm as its global agency of record for all of its integrated marketing communications services
• Ball Horticultural Company selects Bader Rutter & Associates to provide integrated brand communications services
• Swanson Russell
• Syngenta Seeds Canada names ON Communication Inc., London, ON, as its agency of record for its national marketing and communications programs
• Farmers Insurance Group Companies, Los Angeles, CA, selects The Richards Group, as its advertising agency of record
• AdFarm
• Walz Tetrick Advertising's Media Services
• REL Productions
• The National Association of Farm Broadcasting releases the results of its "National Producer Media-Use Wave Study," a report which explores how ag producers with annual agricultural product sales of $100,000 or more use varied agri-media source
• Farm Market iD
• B-to-B magazine's annual "Who's Who In Business Publishing" issue included six top executives of media firms that have extensive agriculturally-related properties
• RFD-TV
• Almanac Publishing Co., owners of Farmers' Almanac, and Buy The Farm, LLC, producers of "Farmers" Almanac TV," have consolidated their advertising sales efforts with Ogden Publications' rural-lifestyle magazines Grit, Mother Earth News, Cap
• Lessiter Publications, Inc
• IRON Solutions and Farm Progress Companies add to their joint venture rollout with the IRON Search tool launch on all Farm Progress state and regional publications' Web sites
• Progressive Dairy Publishing
• CropLife magazine launches a redesigned Web site, www.CropLife.com, featuring an array of resources for crop input retailers
• Farm Progress Companies suspends publication of Rural Life magazine
• At last fall's NAFB annual convention, Michelle Rook, WNAX, Yankton, SD, was named the 2008 Farm Broadcaster of the Year. Lindsay Hill won the association's Horizon Award
• National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
• The U.S. Grains Council Web site, www.grains.org, adds new features to its biotechnology section, including the most current news events on biotechnology around the world
• Minnesota Corn Growers Association
• National Cattlemen's Beef Association
• The National 4-H Council's Paper Clover program raises $250,000 during a two-week period last fall
• Agribusiness Association of Iowa
• National FFA
• Farm Foundation releases a new report "The 30-Year Challenge: Agriculture's Strategic Role in Feeding and Fueling a Growing World" which identifies six major challenges that may impact agriculture's ability to provide feed, fiber and energy to a
• The Texas Seed Trade Association Board of Directors announces a new management agreement with Association Strategies, an Austin, TX, firm owned by Bryan and Denise Gentsch
• The Agricultural industry Electronics Foundation is established to advance global adoption of ISOBUS and electronics standards to provide for greater electronic compatibility between equipment from different manufacturers
• The North American Equipment Dealers Association , Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association and FEWA-AIMRA launch the Warranty Claim Processing System

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