Several agribusiness firms and their advertising or public relations agencies walked away with honors for their advertising, promotion, and public relations work at the recent Carolinas/Virginia National Agri-Marketing Association Chapter’s "Best of NAMA" event in Raleigh. More than 50 NAMA members were present for the “Harvesting Ideas-2011” themed event, which was emcee’d by Southern Farm Network’s Rick Heilmann.
Award categories included everything from print, radio, and TV ads to multi-media campaigns, print brochures and direct mail pieces, news releases to media relations, websites and company publications. All entries were targeted to farm and ag audiences and/or consumers, except for a "Specialty Markets" category where entries were aimed at professionals in those markets.
Agribusiness firms in the Carolinas/Virginia region winning Best of NAMA Awards included:
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American Farm Bureau Federation
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Arbor One Farm Credit
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Arysta LifeScience
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BASF Plant Science LP
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Bayer CropScience
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Butterball LLC
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Cotton Incorporated
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Novartis Animal Health
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Syngenta BioTechnology
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Syngenta Crop Protection
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Syngenta Seed Care
Agency winners for the above firms included:
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Charleston/Orwig
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Gibbs & Soell
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Harvest PR & Marketing
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Howard, Merrell & Partners
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Martin-Williams
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Rhea & Kaiser Marketing Communications
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Woodruff Sweitzer
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