|
 |
|
|
|||
 
|
 |
|
 5-10-20 YEARS AGO May 2006 Five Years Ago (2001) • Aventis announces it will exit the crop protection business and has sent sales proposals to Monsanto, DuPont, Dow, Bayer and BASF. • The five largest communications agencies serving agribusiness accounts (in order of total income): Bader Rutter, Colle+McVoy, CMF&Z, McCormick Co. and Rhea & Kaiser. Ten Years Ago (1996) • DTN acquires Broadcast Partners and its AgriDayta system from its owner, a general partnership between Farmland, Pioneer Hi-Bred Int'l, and IAI Communications. • Farm Progress Cos. acquires Western Farmer Stockman magazines. • Helena Chemical Co. promotes Mike McCarty to Pres/Chrmn. • American Soybean Assn promotes Stephen Censky to CEO. He had been its Exec Dir for Int'l Mktg. • Bonnie McCarvel is named Exec Dir of MACPA (now MACA). She had been Exec Dir of the MN Soybean Growers Assn. • Bob Moaczewksi, Group VP for Intertec Publishing (now Prism) assumes leadership for the Farm Press Publications which were recently acquired by Intertec. Twenty Years Ago (1986) • Greg Leaf is promoted to Acct Sup at Bozell, Jacobs, Chicago, IL. • Jerry Duff forms The Duff Co., specializing in BtoB marketing communications with an emphasis on agriculture. • Jeff Smith joins Midwest Unit Farm Publications. He had been a Field Rep for Monsanto. • Sandoz, Basel, Switerland, completes the acquistion of Velsico. • DuPont receives EPA approval for its sulfonylurea class of products. AM Tweet |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
