Behind the Scenes

Whew. That’s a lot of interviewing!

I finally tallied up the total number of interviews the Brownfield Ag News team conducted at NAFB Trade Talk.  The 8 of us who participated in the interviewing marathon on November 13 conducted a total of 118 interviews. 

The complete list of those interviewed includes:

 

 

1.       Mosaic-Dr. Dan Froehlich, Director of Agronomy

2.       Agrotain-Michael Stegmann, President

3.       U.S. Meat Export Federation-Jon Caspers, Chairman

4.       Country Hedging, K.C. Board of Trade-Vivian Kim, Market Analyst

5.       Wyffels Hybrids-Brian Humphries, Vice President, Sales

6.       AMVAC-Paul Vaculin, Marketing Manager

7.       Bayer HealthCare, Animal Health Division-Todd Firkins, Livestock Category Marketing Manager

8.       Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)-Charles O’Brien, Vice President, Agricultural Services

9.       EMD Crop BioScience, Inc.-Cathy Soanes, North America Marketing Manager

10.     Valent-Jamie Nielson, Market Segment Manager

11.     National Grain and Feed Association-Randy Gordon, vice president, communications and government relations

12.     Karen Fear – United Soybean Board

13.     Chuck Myers – United Soybean Board

14.     Rick Stern – United Soybean Board

15.     Greg Anderson – QUALISOY

16.     Al Johnson – USDA Rural Development

17.     David Ward – CME/Commodity & Ingredient Hedging

18.     Tom Johnson – TJ Technologies

19.     Bart Ruth – 25 x 25

20.     Joe Prusacki – USDA NASS

21.     Ed Curlett – USDA APHIS

22.     Peter Orwick – American Sheep Industry

23.     J. Phillip Lobo – Animal Ag Alliance

24.     Joe Harker – American Lamb Board

25.     Glen Keppy – USDA FSA

26.     Ernie Shea – Native Pollinator Project

27.     John Redding – NACD

28.     Arlen Lancaster – USDA NRCS

29.     Heather McElrath – Rabobank (rep unavail. Podcast provided)

30.     Sam Acker – CaseIH marketing director, harvesting equipment

31.     Bart Connors – National Potato Board Chairman – Potato demand

32.     BJ Bilas – Agrium Regional Sales Mgr. – Polymer coated nitrogen

33.     Brent Babb – Comm. Dir. US Soybean Export Council – Soybean exports

34.     Chris Chinn – AFBF YF&R Past Chair – Promoting pork production

35.     Chuck Myers – United Soybean Bd. Vice-Chm – Soybean use promotion

36.     Colin Woodall – Natl. Cattlemen’s Assc. Legislative Affairs Exec. Dir.

37.     Darren Frye – CEO Water Street Solutions – Risk management issues

38.     Dr. Joe Dedrickson – Merial Limited – beef cattle parasites

39.     Geoff Cooper – Dir. of Research, Renewable Fuels Association – corn usage

40.     Jill Wenzel – Syngenta Seeds – lepidopteron control, stress tolerance

41.     John Keeling – Executive VP National Potato Council – Farm Bill, election

42.     John Wray – USB Director from Kansas, international marketing

43.     Jon Seeger – Pfizer Animal Health – calf pre-conditioning

44.     Karen Fear – USB, new uses, soy couch

45.     Kelly Erickson – American Sugar Growers Association – We have enough sugar!

46.     Laura Robson – Sr. Marketing Rep. John Deere AMS – precision farming

47.     Mark Jirak – Syngenta Crop Protection – nematodes

48.     Mark Kitt – Syngenta Crop Protection – Technical support rep. – herbicides

49.     Mary Kay Thatcher – AFBF Lobbyist – election effects, transportation

50.     Rick Stern – USB production comm. Chm. – increasing demand

51.     Roger Mix – National Potato Council VP of environmental affairs – Potato production

52.     Russ Mauch – American Sugar Beet Growers Ass. – Farm Bill

53.     Scott Weishaar — :POET Business Development Dir. – cellulosic ethanol

54.     Tom Ramey – National Cattlemen’s Beef Board – Checkoff challenges

55.     Tom Soper and Dave Ray, American Meat Institute

56.     Toni Nurenberg, EPIC

57.     Estelle Grassit, Fertilizer Institute

58.     Jeff Morgan, Stollar USA

59.     Dan Willgos, Conklin

60.     Steve Sother, American Angus Association

61.     Jim Shirley, American Angus Association

62.     Scott Hazlett, Machinery Link

63.     Dr. Eddie Locklear, National 4 H Council

64.     Marilyn Adams, Farm Safety for Just Kids

65.     Murray Wise, President and CEO, Westchester Group, Inc.

66.     Jerry Hatfield, Lab Director, USDA National Soil Tilth Laboratory, Ames, Iowa

67.     Ed Knudson, VP, Sales and Marketing, WildBlue Communications

68.     Morgan Dugan, Corn, Water Use Efficiency Manager, Monsanto

69.     Joe Bothe, Soybean Quality Trait Manager, Monsanto

70.     Tom Schaeffer, Seed Treatment Marketing Lead, Monsanto

71.     John Redding, President , NACD

72.     Gerald Salzman, Senior Director, CaseIH Global Product Marketing Management, Harvesting

73.     Gerald Salzman, USGC Board Member

74.     Larry Sanders, President, Specialty Fertilizer Products

75.     Bill Belzer, Senior Corn Marketing Manager, North America, Pioneer

76.     Ken Springer, Farmers National Company, Asst. Director of Marketing

77.     Jeff Carpenter, U.S. Soybean Product Manager, DuPont

78.     John Askew, Regional Administrator, Region 7, EPA

79.     Tim Bierman, VP, National Pork Board, Larrabee, Iowa

80.     Craig Lindholm, Marketing Manager, Seed Treatments, BASF

81.     Andrea Cumpston, Director Education/Communications, NRTC

82.     Nic Giordano, NPPC VP International Trade

83.     Brian Black, President, NPPC

84.     Tracy Linbo, Sr. Marketing Mgr – Optimum GAT, Pioneer

85.     Joe Foresman, Sr. Marketing Mgr. – Pioneer

86.     Dr. John Soper, Research Director, Soybeans – Pioneer

87.     Michael Formica, NPPC Environmental Policy

88.     CouncilChuck Leavell at New Holland

89.     Scott Nordstrrom with Shering Plough

90.     Sally Beringer, FMC

91.     AGCO

92.     Karl Scronce, National Association of Wheat Growers

93.     Chris Galen, National Milk Producers Federation

94.     Jim Hahn, Dairy Farmers of America

95.     Billy Frey, Altech

96.     Scott Heiburger, National Farm Medicine Center

97.     Ken Auer, Farm Credit Council

98.     Paul DeBriyn, AgStar Financial Services

99.     Brian Arens, MANA Crop Protection

100.   Lisa Bocklage, Iron Solutions

101.   Ann Sorenson, American Farmland Trust

102.   Propane Education & Research Council (PERC) – Darin Hunhoff, VP, CHS Propane.

103.   National Peanut Board, Ryan Lepicier

104.   Hudson Institute for Global Food Issues, GET IT (McCormick Co.) Alex Avery

105.   David Dayhoff, Elite Hedge, Cargill

106.   John Helmstetter, marketing analyst for Country Hedging, CHS, Inc.

107.   Jamey Grafing, CFO of Cofina Financial, CHS, Inc.

108.   Alan Goldsby, CHS, Inc.

109.   Arlene Cotie, Bayer LibertyLink soybeans

110.   Randy Myers, Bayer CropScience

111.   Kirk Morehead, Dow AgroSciences

112.   Susan Helmick and Rex Runyon, CropLife America

113.   Tom Buis, president of National Farmers Union

114.   Jeff Springsteen, Bayer CropScience

115.   John Hoffman, president of American Soybean Association

116.   Toby Bostwick, board chairman, National Sorghum Producers

117.   Dan McGuire, Wind Powering America

118.   Jeff Borchardt, president/CEO, Kansas City Board of Trade