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Articles in July-August, 2007 issue of Agri Marketing

• Product of the year!
  by Lynn Henderson
• New "Hall of Fame"
  by Lynn Henderson
• Merial announces that Jose Barella will succeed Jerry Belle as Executive Chmn, who has retired
• Eli Lilly and Company
• Syngenta announces Mike Mack will become its CEO following the retirement of Michael Pragnell at the end of 2007
• Nutreco Holding N.V., The Netherlands, announces it has signed an agreement to acquire Canada's leading animal nutrition business from Maple Leaf Foods Inc
• Tractor Supply Co
• Agrium Inc. announces it is expanding its retail operations into the southern U.S. Plains through the acquisition of 32 retail outlets , from Archer Daniels Midland
• Tpo Producer
• Monsanto announces it has completed its acquisition of Delta and Pine Land Company for approximately $1.5 billion
• Ontario Agricultural College
• Dow AgroSciences
• Lawrence Beck, Pres/CEO of Beck's Superior Hybrids, Inc., is awarded a Doctor of Agriculture Award from Purdue University
• KMG Chemicals, Inc
• Paige Bauer joins KFRM, Clay Center, KS, as a member of its sales staff
• Hubner Seed, West Lebanon, IN, and Lewis Hybrids, Ursa, IL, announce they will sell their seed sales and marketing businesses to American Seeds Inc
• In memoriam
• Ag day essay winner
• Largest AG solar plant
• Hoards opens new dairy
• Farm bureau: buy locally
• Golden Harvest Seeds
• Monsanto's
• First National Investment Banking, a full-service investment bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of First National of Nebraska, Inc., announces it has acquired the investment banking firm of Cybus Capital Markets, LLC , Des Moines, IA
• McCormick International USA
• GROWMARK, Inc. and Illinois Farm Bureau announce the formation of a joint venture called AgriVisor, LLC
• HM Capital Partners LLC, a Dallas, TX, private equity firm, J&F Participacoes S.A. , which owns 77% of Brazil's JBS S.A., Latin America's largest beef processor, and Swift & Company, the world's third-largest processor of fresh beef and pork produ
• Boehringer Ingelheim announces Dr. Erin Johnson has joined the BIVI swine division as a field veterinarian providing technical support for its swine team in the eastern Corn Belt
• Monsanto announces the formation of the International Seed Group, Inc. , a holding company to invest in vegetable and fruit seed businesses with capital and technology investments
• AgCareers.com
• Cibus LLC, San Diego, CA, a trait development company, names James Radtke, Ph.D., VP of Product Development
• Mahindra appoints Anirban Ghosh as Pres, Mahindra USA, Inc. , a wholly owned subsidiary of Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd., Tomball, TX
• ABG
• Stuart Birrell, Assoc Professor in Iowa State University's agricultural and biosystems engineering department, has been named to fill a new professorship created by the founders and owners of KINZE Manufacturing Inc
• Hypro, New Brighton, MN, announces the addition of John Lund, Global Sls Dir, and Karl Stoltenberg, Bus Development Mgr, to its Spray Group
• Chemilizer Products, Inc
• Syngenta announces Merck & Co. Inc. has granted it an exclusive license to use Merck's manufacturing technology for the insecticide abamectin in the field of crop protection
• Rotam North America, Inc., the exclusive seller in North America of products produced by Rotam Agrochemical Co., Ltd
• J. R. Simplot Company
• Deere & Company plans to acquire the Ningbo Benye Tractor & Automobile Manufacture Co. Ltd. business, located in Ningbo in southern China and is seeking final review of the transaction by Chinese government
• Iowa State University's College of Agriculture is renamed Iowa State University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Agricore United and Saskatchewan Wheat Pool Inc. announce AU's shareholders approve the continuance of AU under the Canada Business Corporations Act and the plan of arrangement pursuant to which the Pool will acquire all of the outstanding limited voting
• Joe Bubon is promoted to Pres of Westchester Farm Management, Champagne, IL, a division within Westchester Group, Inc
• The American Bankers Association and America's Community Bankers, the nation's two leading advocates for banks of all charter types and sizes
• Wyffels Hybrids, Geneseo, IL, selects The Hondo Group as its agency of record
• Intervet Cattle Pharmaceuticals names AdFarm
• AGCO Corp
• The Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association
• Osborn & Barr
• Carrie Ralfs joins Charleston / Orwig, Inc. as a Sr Acc't Exec for the Diamond V Mills and WestfaliaSurge, Inc. accounts
• Association of Equipment Manufacturers , names Rick Zettler, as its PR Person of the Year
• The Solae Company names Osborn & Barr as communications agency of record for its global branding initiative
• PKA Marketing
• Debby Hartke, owner of Hartke Communications, relocates her freelance writing and public relations business from Missouri to Colorado
• Morgan&Myers
• Rhea & Kaiser Marketing Communications, creates two one-time scholarships at IL State Univ and Univ of IL-Champaign in honor of long-time clients who recently retired
• Correction
• Lessiter Publications
• Red River Farm Network
• The Progressive Farmer editorial and sales offices have changed
• USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development Thomas C. Dorr announces the publication of new proposed rules designed to facilitate the further deployment of broadband services
• Farm Progress announces it has added a country music event to the annual Farm Progress Show to be held this year in Decatur, IL
• American Business Media
• In memoriam
• Sustained sales increases with word of mouth marketing
  by Kathleen Erickson
• Crop Life America
• The Fertilizer Institute announces a $1 million commitment in the name of the Nutrients for Life Foundation to the Smithsonian Institution for an exhibition about soils at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington
• The National Frame Builders Association , Lawrence, KS, votes to change its name to the National Frame Building Association
• Farm Foundation Pres Dr. Walter J. Armbruster announces his plans to retire early in 2008
• International Plant Nutrition Institute
• HR best practices: the scoop on recording
• Supporting young professionals: Eastern Chapter names first student award recipient
• NAMA Boot Camp: 2007 NAMA Boot Camp: August 21-23 Kansas City
• New NAMA members
• Marketing an NBA team
• NAMA leader message: cultivating NAMA connections
• Segmentation to the farm gate
  by Jay Akridge
• Welcome to the trifecta!
  by JoAnn Alumbaugh
• Program overview
• Updates by ag communication trade association leaders

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