Special thanks goes to all of our sponsors who signed up for an Agri-Marketing Conference sponsorship this year. We are happy to boast more sponsors than we have ever had at the Agri-Marketing Conference. There are many new sponsors in addition to those sponsors who have generously supported the conference over the years.

Please take a moment to view the list of sponsors at http://nama.org/amc/sponsor/sponsors.htm.

If you haven’t yet signed up to be a sponsor, remember, companies with marketing budgets of all sizes can participate. The higher your support, the more benefits you’ll receive….Platinum Plus, Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze. In addition, you can get more company visibility by claiming one or more of the sponsorship opportunities. These opportunities are available on a first come, first serve basis, with first right given to last year’s sponsor.

If you are interested in a sponsorship for the 2008 Agri-Marketing Conference, please contact Jenny Pickett at jennyp@nama.org or at 913-491-6500.

The Region IV Best of NAMA Ceremony took place January 17 at The Abby Resort in Fontana, Wisconsin. Agriculture marketing communication agency’s and clients brought home top honors for their well-deserved marketing efforts.

The event honored the best work of the Badger, Chicago, Mid-America, and Heartland Chapters. The region had 160 entries.

Taking home the Best of Show at the Region IV Ceremony were:

Best of Show – Advertising
Bayer CropScience LP and Rhea & Kaiser Marketing Communications for the Aeris Campaign

Best of Show – Public Relations
Childhood Agricultural Safety Network and The Gunter Agency for It’s Easier To Bury A Tradition

Best of Show – Specialty
CareCredit and Stephens & Associates Advertising for the CareCredit Rhyme Campaign

For a list of all regional Best of NAMA winners, visit http://nama.org/amc/regional.htm.

It is going to be another great year for the Midsouth NAMA chapter!

Recently the chapter gathered to celebrate the great work coming from our Midsouth members in 2007. The Midsouth Best of NAMA event took place January 17 at the Equestria Restaurant in Germantown, TN.

With more than 30 award winners across 25 categories and 58 entries, the Midsouth chapter will have a very strong showing at the National Competition in April.

Some highlights from the event:

• 30 Midsouth NAMA entries will advance to the National Competition. National competitors from our chapter will include: D&PL, Brighton, PIC, Harvest PR & Marketing, Inc., National Cottonseed Producers Association, Valent USA, archer>malmo, Tennessee Farmers Co-op, and National Cotton Council.
• Valent USA and archer>malmo took home Best in Show across the Advertising, Public Relations and Specialty categories.
• Advertising: ReTain PGR Direct Mail
• Public Relations: Pirates of the Soy-ibbean Domark Launch Event
• Specialty: Safari Newsletter

Want to see the great work? We have posted both the Best in Show presentation and the Full Category Winners presentation online for your reference in an FTP site. We also have included links to some of the winning audio/video entries. Please download the files you want to access to your desktop to view them.

ftp://ftp.archermalmo.com/

Username: NAMA
Password: midsouth

Please note: these are both case sensitive.

To view all regional Best of NAMA winners visit http://nama.org/amc/regional.htm.

Over 130 people gathered at the VooDoo Lounge at Harrah’s Casino on January 22 for the Region II Best of NAMA Ceremony in Kansas City.

Hosted by the MoKan chapter of NAMA, the event honored the best work of the Rocky Mountain, Midlands, Gateway, Great Plains, Southwest and MoKan Chapters. The region had 404 entries.

First and merit awards were given in 61 categories and 3 best of shows were awarded. Best of Show Awards are as follows:

Advertising
Bayer Health Care, Animal Health Division and Woodruff Sweitzer for Point of Sale CyLence and Tempo materials

Public Relations
Sergeant’s Pet Care Products Inc. and Swanson Russell Associates for the Flea, Tick and Mosquito Liberation Organization (FTMLO) Press Conference

Specialty Category
Eli Lilly and Company and McCormick Company for the Reconcile Product Launch

For a list of all Regional Best of NAMA Winners visit, http://www.nama.org/amc/regional.htm.

A record attendance of 75 members and guests participated in the Carolinas/Virginia Best of NAMA Ceremony on January 31 at the NC State University Club in Raleigh, NC. Attendees included students from North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State as well as members and guests from different chapters across the U.S. and Canada.

The Carolinas/Virginia Chapter had 117 entries. Winners took home one of the biggest boot-shaped acrylic plaques produced for this year’s Carolinas/Virginia Best of NAMA Best of Show, first place and merit winners.

Best of Show winners included:

Best of Show – Advertising
Syngenta Crop Protection and Martin/Williams Advertising for Agri-Mek Citrus Canyon.

Best of Show – Public Relations
Syngenta Crop Protection and Gibbs & Soell – Raleigh for the 2006 Syngenta Crop Protection Media Summit: “Solutions for the Farm from the City of Southern Charm” media relations campaign.

Best of Show – Specialty
BASF Pro VM and Winnercomm, Inc. for the BASF Turf print campaign.

To view all regional Best of NAMA winners visit http://nama.org/amc/regional.htm.