This month in Agri Marketing ... (For Openers).Five Years Ago * Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Des Moines, Iowa “Des Moines” redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation). Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English, , sells its remaining 2 million shares of stock in Mycogen Corp., San Diego, to Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, for $40.1 million. * Colle & McVoy Marketing Communications, Minneapolis, elects Jim Bergeson to chairman. Bergeson succeeds Al Hietala in the position and is CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the agency. * Case Corp., Racine, Wis., agrees to acquire Tyler Industries, Benson, Minn. Tyler had sales of $66 million in 1997. Ten Years Ago * John Montandon is named president of Farm Press Publications, Clarksdale, Miss. * Farm Press Publications will begin publishing Growing Awareness magazine in August 1993. * Colle & McVoy Inc., Minneapolis, names Carol Anderson as account manager in ag PR. Anderson was most recently account supervisor for Miller Meester Advertising Inc., Minneapolis. 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 * Ciba-Geigy Corp.'s ag division, Greensboro, N.C., assigns its insecticide and fungicide fungicide (fŭn`jəsīd', fŭng`gə–), any substance used to destroy fungi. Some fungi are extremely damaging to crops (see diseases of plants), and others cause diseases in humans and other animals (see fungal infection). advertising to the San Francisco office of Ketchum Advertising Inc. * Farm Journal appoints Ted Alexander regional manager for the magazine's 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 sales office. |
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