FOR OPENERS.NAFB NAFB National Association of Farm Broadcasters (now National Association of Farm Broadcasting) NAFB National Association of Farm Broadcasting (formerly National Association of Farm Broadcasters; Platte City, Missouri) . In this issue, we continue our long-standing relationship with the National Association of Farm Broadcasters by publishing the annual NAFB Convention supplement. Of note in this supplement is an interesting discussion on how broadcasters who have large urban audiences can help `educate' these folks on the issues surrounding agriculture. There is also an article profiling several strong Midwestern ag radio stations that are celebrating their 75th anniversary. The success of these stations still remains with the strength of the farm broadcaster and his or her ability to connect with their respective audiences. It, by chance, we missed somebody Who is also celebrating number seventy-five, please accept our apologies and let me know. AGRIMARKETING.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. . Hopefully when you receive this issue, some new features will have appeared on our Web site. If not, they will appear at any moment. Or at least that's what the techies tell me. One new feature will be our Opinion Poll for Agri Marketers. Key questions will be posed to this community and answers will be summarized, allowing you to see how you compare with your peers. On some questions, we will be sampling farmers so you can compare your answers to folks we all do business with. Since this is the last issue for 2000, the staff of Agri Marketing magazine wishes all of you an enjoyable and safe upcoming holiday season. COMING UP
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THIS MONTH IN AGRIMARKETING ... Five Years Ago * FMC See fixed mobile convergence. Corp, Philadelphia, Pa promotes Jim Fitzwater to manager, N. American communications from manager, international communications. * Empresas La Moderna (ELM) will combine ELM's Asgrow Seed Co. with Petoseed and Royal Sluis to form the world's largest vegetable seed company. Ten Years Ago * Garst Seed Co, Coon Rapids, Iowa Coon Rapids is a city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,305 at the 2000 census. In September, 1959, Coon Rapids played a role in promoting détente , part of ICI (language) ICI - An extensible, interpretated language by Tim Long with syntax similar to C. ICI adds high-level garbage-collected associative data structures, exception handling, sets, regular expressions, and dynamic arrays. Seeds, signs an agreement to purchase Edward J. Funk and Sons (Super Crost Seeds), Kentland, Ind., from BP Nutrition. * Webb Division, Intertec Publishing Corp promotes Wayne Bollum from director of marketing to publisher of National Hog Farmer and BEEF magazines. Twenty Years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. Ago * Hendrick A. Verfaillie, manager, Lasso projects is named director, products -- Lasso/Ramrod. Allen Frost, director, marketing services, is named director, products -- Roundup. * Dave Althaus joins Monsanto as advertising supervisor, Roundup, leaving Land O'Lakes, Fort Dodge, Iowa Fort Dodge is a city and county seat of Webster County, Iowa, United States, situated on the Des Moines River. The population was 25,136 at the 2000 census. Fort Dodge is a major commercial center for North Central and Northwest Iowa. It is located on U.S. Routes 20 and 169. . * Agrigenetics Corporation, Denver, purchases Jacques Seed Division from Union Carbide New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . |
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