The Virtual Trade Show
Welcome to the Virtual Trade Show! Click on a trade show booth below to see a description of that company.
2012 Trade Show Exhibitors
If you are an Exhibitor, please E-mail a brief company description, a company logo (high resolution), and a link to your Web site to Kathi Conrad at kathic@nama.org.
Connection Point Hours:
Wednesday, April 18
6:00-7:30 p.m. - Best of NAMA Celebration Reception
Thursday, April 19
12:30-2:00 p.m.-Trade Show Luncheon
12:00-1:30 p.m.-Student Mentor Luncheon
3:00-4:00 p.m. - Break sponsored
5:00-7:00 p.m. - Trade Show Closing/ABEF Silent Auction
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5m has been committed to international agribusiness marketing since 1999 when ThePigSite.com launched. Since Google started counting, over 30 million people have read, referenced and even relied upon our portfolio of sites, weekly newsletters and mobile apps. Today, the 5m portfolio extends to TheCropSite, ThePoultrySite, TheFishSite, TheCattleSite, TheDairySite, TheBeefSite, TheMeatSite & TheBioenergySite. These feature sites in Mandarin and Spanish. The 5m team operates internationally with offices in the US, UK and China. |
AG CONNECT Expo & Summit 2013/Association of Equipment Manufacturers - #400
Get more done with less time away from the office. AG CONNECT Expo & Summit 2013 will begin with the popular Preview Day for VIP customers, dealers and media on January 29 and run through January 31. Components Connection Pavilion: Component manufacturers
and agriculture equipment suppliers, be sure to request a
space in this new product pavilion and get great exposure AG CONNECT Expo is owned and produced by the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM). AEM is the North American-based international trade group providing innovative business development resources to advance the off-road equipment manufacturing industry in the global marketplace. Booth Drawing: Stop by and enter to win a Kindle Fire! |
| Ag Media Research - #407 Ag Media Research® studies are conducted by AMR, Incorporated. AMR surveys the media usage habits of decision makers in the agricultural business sector, primarily farmers, in the United States. |
Agri Marketing Magazine - #419/421
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Agri-Pulse Communications is the Leading Source for Ag and Rural Policy News and Analysis out of Washington, DC. The company produces the weekly Agri-Pulse Newsletter and daily updated content on www.agri-pulse.com. The company offers numerous sponsorship options on the website that reaches congress, USDA and other government agencies, agribusiness senior managers, farm and commodity organization leadership, lobbyists, consultants, bankers, academics, NGAs and producers. |
American Business Media/Agricultural Media Summit - #100/102 The Agricultural Media Summit is a joint meeting of the American Agricultural Editors’ Association, the Livestock Publications Council and the American Business Media Agri-Council. This annual get-together is the largest meeting in the United States of the ag industry’s top writers, editors, photographers, publishers and ag communicator specialists. Visit our booth to learn more about this year’s event. |
AVSC Incorporated (Audio Visual Service Center) is a family owned company, it has been since 1965. You'll quickly find that our reputation, experience and competitive rates are not only a plus, but a serious asset to your organization. We are in our second "generation", serving the industry for over 45 years! Since 1965 we have offered nationwide signatures audiovisual and production services. Our services range from simple breakout rooms to large general sessions with multiple screens, image magnification, concert quality sound, high definition audio recording and custom stages and so much more. Our enormous ongoing dedication to our clients has set us apart from all the others! We differ a lot from in-house and many local companies in that we provide signature, customized services tailored specifically to your organizations technical needs as well as it's budget. If there is a single word I could say that describes AVSC is; consistency! You will receive specialized attention, familiar crew from event - event, as well as rates that are good from city to city. We are audiovisual and production specialist that will engineer the right equipment and talents that will make you wonder why you ever did your events any other way. At AVSC, service truly is our middle name! |
Bader Rutter is an award-winning, independently owned, full service, integrated marketing services agency that specializes in building and stewarding brands. You'll find expert counsel and breakthrough thinking in the widest range of disciplines. |
The Hobby Farms family of publications-Hobby Farms® and Hobby Farm™ Home® magazines, along with best-selling how-to guides, the Popular Farming™ Series MagaBooks™-are packed with valuable farming tips, innovative ideas, how-to features and creative inspiration for both the farm and farm home. |
OnlyAG announces the launch of its breakthrough website- OnlyAG.com, making finding or selling farm equipment simple. Farmers, ranchers and other agriculture industry professionals now have access to a nationwide online ag classified site featuring equipment, livestock, ag services and related products from leading ag publications throughout the United States.
OnlyAG.com will debut at the National Agri-Marketing Association’s Annual conference Connection Point on April 18 and 19 in Kansas City. Visit the OnlyAg.com booth at NAMA for a tour. Booth Drawing: "Like" OnlyAg.com on Facebook and be entered to win $100 |
Choice Media - #418 Choice Outdoor, including its sister billboard plant in Waco (Swift), has almost 800 outdoor advertising faces to serve the advertising needs of businesses large and small. Booth Drawing: Enter for a free 4'x8' color banner
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Farm Market iD is recognized as the most accurate and current agricultural database in the country. Since the early 1970’s, we have provided data for companies who want to sell to the ag industry or rural life style market, including critical data for the top equipment, seed, chemical, and retail companies in the business. The Farm Market iD database of 3.9 million farmer owners is audited annually by the BPA. Plus Farm Market iD offers easy access technology solutions like GRM (Grower Relationship Management), a full customer relationship management system, seen in popular CRM applications like Salesforce.com and Siebel, specifically for agri marketers. Booth Drawing: Enter for a chance to win an iPad |
Farm Progress Companies - #200/202
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Farms.com Ltd. provides innovative information products and services to clients in the agriculture and food industries. The popular Farms.com Agriculture portal website attracts and informs top crop and livestock producers in North America. Our sites average over 17,000 user sessions per day and have over 3 million page views per month, which advertisers can use to target their messages. Visit www.farms.com to learn about our business, which includes PigCHAMP.com, AgCareers.com, AgFreight.com, M&F Trading, Farms.com Risk Management, LandMarketer and AgSoftware.com. We operate from offices in Ames, Iowa; Clinton, North Carolina; and London, Ontario Canada. AgCareers.com vision is to be the leading supplier of Human Resource Services to the Agriculture, Food, natural resources, and biotechnology industry. Booth Drawing: Drawing for a hot and spicy gift basket |
Fastline’s publications consist of 23 nationwide farm publications and one Mexico farm publication. Fastline is the premier resource for buying and selling new and used farm equipment online and in print. Fastline’s buying guides are printed and mailed every four weeks – offering equipment, parts, and services to farmers throughout the United States and Mexico. In addition, Fastline.com is the largest farm equipment database in the world with over 150,000 items. Independently owned by Bill Howard, Fastline has been in business for over 30 years serving as the #1 print and Internet buying source in the industry. |
GroupLeaf LLC - #417
Our all-star team of high-end, well-known creative talent, backed by experts in all disciplines, allows Group Leaf to bring expertise to even the smallest of clients. Low overhead and a virtual team approach makes this work well for some of the biggest names in agriculture, and some of the smallest. Contact Greg Leaf at 651-271-2511 or greg@groupleaf.com. |
High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal - #212/214
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Hume Global Enterprises. - #416 |
iNet Solutions Group, Inc is based in Omaha, Nebraska, and specializes in web hosting, application development and Internet products focused primarily on the agri-business industry. Our clients are engaged in various industries including; cattle, communications, manufacturing, agriculture market advice, accounting and more. Our strong industry background and knowledge allow us to provide our clients with custom solutions that fit their industry and business needs. |
J.L. Farmakis, Inc. Ag Media Group is the largest ag multi-media entity in the US consisting of leading State Farm Radio Networks, locally based content Farm Newspapers and a growing digital portfolio from our existing properties and www.farmauctionguide.com. J.L. Farmakis, Inc., incorporated in 1972, is a multi-media representative firm serving publishers, broadcasters and digital media in the capacity of consulting and advertising sales. Please visit us at www.jlfarmakis.com or call our corporate office at 203 834 8832 if you need help putting impact in your marketing plans.
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Commodity futures exchange specializing in hard red winter wheat futures and options. |
LEE Agri-MEDIA - #401
At Lee Agri-Media our focus is delivering locally applicable content to the agricultural community. It’s been a trademark of our business for years and producers have come to know, trust and rely on our products. Our titles are not only first read and scoured from front to back, they’re household names. Whether it is a row crop operation in southern Iowa, a wheat or small grains farm in western North Dakota, or a cattle ranch in the Northern Plains, producers rely on content that assists in driving their bottom line. Localized content isn’t just a catch phrase for our publications; it’s what we provide day in and day out. Our team of editors, reporters and contributors know and understand agriculture both nationally and especially in their respective region. Their stories educate and inform and ultimately provide the essential connectivity between the agribusiness community and farming and ranching operations. Your marketing success is a top priority and countless independent studies rank our publications as the producers’ #1 source of news and information. Booth Drawing: Enter for a chance to win an iPad! |
"The Voice of Minnesota Agriculture." Radio broadcasting farm reports, market updates, other agricultural programs. Booth Drawings: Linder Farm Network will be doing three drawings per hour for station merchandise like travel coffee mugs, caps, and other fun prizes! |
Publisher of agricultural magazines for the West, including: American Vineyard, California Dairy, Pacific Nut Producer, and Vegetables West. |
McDaniels Interactive/McDaniels Marketing- #409
Our team of SEO experts will teach you some simple techniques as develop a strategic SEO plan that will dramatically increase search engine rankings and overall traffic to your site. Plus, we'll work with you on the science of pay-per-click advertising - helping you set up monthly budgets, keywords, networks, and ad type recommendations as well as manage your overall program. From developing custom websites and content management systems to managing and implementing SEO, SEM and social media techniques, we make connecting to your target market seem like second nature Booth Drawing: Drawing for $3,000 of free interactive services from McDaniels Marketing |
Content is the cornerstone of our business, and we pride ourselves on producing content that is up-to-date and useful, fascinating and factual, relevant and inspiring. It’s multi-purposeful content that transcends the boundaries of any one type of media, and has application in multiple formats: in print, online and in person. Around the world there’s no other media company quite like ours. We draw on more than 80 years of experience in specialty agriculture to provide up-to-date information that you and your customers need. Meister Media has a blazing trail of wildly successful and effective integrated marketing and advertising programs behind it! We have a wealth of content and resources spanning almost all media platforms, ready to take your business to the next level. |
The National FFA Organization is a national youth organization of 540,379 student members as part of 7,489 local FFA chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. An integral part of public instruction in agriculture, the FFA mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of students by developing their potential for premier leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. The U.S. Department of Education provides leadership for the organization and helps set direction for FFA as a service to state and local agricultural education programs. Our mission is to prepare future generations for the challenges of feeding a growing population. Agriculture today is more than planting and harvesting. Agriculture today is also science, business and technology. As a premier youth leadership organization, FFA helps future industry leaders, rise up to meet challenges, develop unique talents and explore interests in a broad range of career pathways.Learn more about today’s National FFA Organization at www.FFA.org and by visiting us at booth No. 408. |
4-H is a community of six million young people across America learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills. National 4-H Council is the private sector, non-profit partner of National 4-H Headquarters (USDA). The 4-H programs are implemented by the 109 Land-Grant Universities and the Cooperative Extension System through their 3,100 local Extension offices across the country. Learn more about 4-H at www.4-H.org or by stopping by booth #115 at the trade show! |
National Association of Farm Broadcasting - #204 Representing all who bring voice to agricultural and rural lifestyle issues and news, in the service of broadcast content and programming that informs, inspires, and promotes agriculture and rural America. |
The National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) is the national trade association representing U.S. cattle producers, with more than 28,000 individual members and sixty-four state affiliate, breed and industry organization members. Together NCBA represents more than 230,000 cattle breeders, producers and feeders. NCBA works to advance the economic, political and social interests of the U.S. cattle business and to be an advocate for the cattle industry's policy positions and economic interests. |
NFocus Partners LLC is a management consulting firm founded by two results oriented business executives covering the gamut of professional disciplines including finance, procurement, sales, marketing and operations management with global experience in organizations of all sizes. |
Ogden Publications Inc. (www.OgdenPubs.com), based in Topeka, Kan., is the leading information resource serving the sustainable lifestyle, rural lifestyle and collectible machine communities. Its brands include the most prominent voices in their communities: Mother Earth News, Natural Home, Utne Reader, The Herb Companion, Capper’s, Grit, Farm Collector, Gas Engine Magazine and Motorcycle Classics. The company maintains an active audience of more than 7 million enthusiasts. In addition to its media portfolio, Ogden Publications owns Natural Home Products LLC, a company that produces environmentally friendly housewares for sale in retail outlets. Ogden also offers a complete line of individual accident, health and life insurance and annuity products through its Capper’s Insurance Service division. Capper’s Insurance Service serves individuals in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa. |
Omaha Steaks - #413
Call us at 800-228-2480 for more information. Booth Drawing: Drawing on Thursday night for $50.00 Omaha Steaks Gift Card. 2 gift cards will be drawn |
Corn & Soybean Digest™, published 11 times per year, is the leading publication in the corn and soybean markets and provides in-depth Farm Industry News®, published 11 times per year, is the leading source of information about new products, new technology and trends, written for high-income, high-acreage growers. More industry news and information can be found online at www.farmindustrynews.com.
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Harris Publishing - Potato Grower / Sugar Producer / Mountain West Turf - #420 Harris Publishing, Inc delivers trusted editorial and reliable circulation to the ag industry.
Potato Grower magazine has been serving the national potato industry since 1972. It always has been and continues to be the number one publication in the potato market.
Sugar Producer magazine has been helping sugarbeet growers produce a consistently high-quality crop since 1975. It is second to none in timely and factual editorial and like Potato Grower, is considered the sugarbeet industry's leading publication.
Western Turf is the only magazine that specifically targets golf course superintendents in 19 western states and sod producers nationwide with circulation and editorial content. ![]() |
Progressive Dairy Publishing - #104
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The Center for Food and Agricultural Business at Purdue University, the agribusiness industry's university partner for continuing education and research, has more than 20 years of experience providing superior educational opportunities for mid- to upper-level managers in the food and agribusiness sector. Housed within the Department of Agricultural Economics, the center’s faculty and staff develop and execute programs that address the distinctly different needs of managing in today’s volatile business environment. |
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RFD-TV is home to the most comprehensive lineup of agriculture-based programs ever assembled on one channel. Shows from around the world give agriculture professionals and hobbyists the widest variety of news and information available to fit every interest and operation. Agriculture surrounds us, from the food we eat to the gas to fill our cars. Agriculture on RFD-TV focuses on serving those taking an interest in agriculture as well as keeping the agricultural professional up to date. Agriculture news. Equipment features. International farm shows. Farm convention coverage. Commodity updates. Farm basics. Technology. Homegrown inventions. Historical tractor restoration. Tractor pulls. Fertilizer developments. Weed control. Agriculture on RFD-TV is the news that serious farmers and hobbyists can truly use. Booth Drawing: One FREE full page color Ad in RFD-TV The Magazine. |
Select Publishing/Forthefarm.com - #106 One of the key elements to a successful business is the ability to cost-efficiently find new customers to grow sales. That means tapping into a consistent supply of quality prospects. Regardless of the size or kind of business, the challenge is the same. |
A multimedia enterprise connecting you to the agriculture communities in Alabama, Florida and Georgia - http://southeastagnet.com/ |
Successful Farming is for families who make farming and ranching their business. From the most preferred general farm publication--Successful Farming magazine--to the most active online community for farmers--Agriculture.com--to a collection of the most popular TV, radio, interactive programs among the target audience, our brands help you efficiently reach your target. Let us help you maximize your marketing dollars by helping you reach the right farmer, with the right message, when they want it, and through the right media channel. For more information, contact Curt Blades at curt.blades@meredith.com. |
We pride ourselves as being a full-service wide-format digital print provider specializing in the agricultural market, supplying small and large agri-businesses everything they need to successfully market their products and services. We accomplish this by being your trusted advisors, supplying creative services, high quality wide-format printing, expert finishing, experienced installation, and customized fulfilment. (Tradeshow displays, Signage, Speciality Wraps, Vehicle Branding, and more!). |
TractorHouse - #411
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US Farm Data.com exists for one reason, to help you reach your target market of Farmers and Ranchers. With a database of over 2.5 Million Farmers and Ranchers, US Farm Data can get you the data you need to not just market to the farm community, but to pick and choose the best prospects for your business. It doesn't matter if you target small Family Farms or larger Corporate Farm and Ranch ventures, you can reach them all with the National Farm File from GoLeads. Try a Free Search and see all of the available options you can use to get the best-targeted list of prospects available. |
Since 1937, Vance Publishing has been a recognized leader in business information and communications. Our company has grown thanks to entrepreneurial startup publishing ventures, as well as strategic and opportunity acquisitions that have helped build our markets. |
At Vivayic, Inc. our grounding mantra is passion with a purpose. Vivayic (Sanskrit) translates to English suggesting a rich and meaningful life. Meaning–you won’t find a team of individuals more caring and committed to your success than us. When working with you, it’s our goal and our promise to stay focused every step of the way until together: we share in success. The Vivayic team is willing to take the necessary action to deliver the right solution to you when you need it–that’s what makes us successful. We have a deep confidence in our collective talent and pride ourselves in remaining grounded and true to our values every single day. We have the experience, strategies and knowledge to design solutions for the long term growth of your organization. |
Besides creating and managing blogs and podcasts for clients, ZimmComm also publishes a few of their own like AgWired (www.agwired.com), which focuses on what’s new in the world of agribusiness, targeting agricultural marketing & communications professionals. Other ZimmComm blogs include: World Dairy Diary (www.worlddairydiary.com), the world dairy business blog and Domestic Fuel (www.domesticfuel.com), renewable fuel news. Advertising and promotional opportunities are available on all of these online publications. The company also operates a customized news release production and distribution business called AgNewsWire (www.agnewswire.com) which features their patented Talking News Releases. News releases are distributed to approximately 800 agricultural journalists nationally in addition to being published on AgNewsWire.com where they are archived. Contact Chuck Zimmerman today (chuck@zimmcomm.biz) to find out how your company can join in the online conversation today. |





























































Farm Progress Companies is the largest U.S. media company serving the agricultural market. The company publishes 18 state and regional farm publications nationwide, such as Prairie Farmer (founded in 1841 and is the nation's oldest, continuously published magazine) in Illinois and American Agriculturist in New York and the Northeast, and Farm Futures, a nationally circulated publication for high-volume producers. Farm Progress operates four farm trade shows, including the Farm Progress Show (the nation's largest outdoor farm show) and Husker Harvest Days, and provides tailored marketing solutions, including database, market research and custom publishing. Farm Progress is headquartered in St. Charles, Ill.


Hume Global Enterprises (“HGE”) is the proud maker of the Hume Seed Finder, an indispensable tool for row crop farmers, seed companies, and those who market and sell to them. The Hume Seed Finder puts your brand in growers' hands and is a premium marketing tool! At HGE we are committed to helping our customers sow seeds of success. 





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Omaha Steaks® is a leading producer of Gourmet Food in the U.S. Our Incentive Programs and Gift Cards harness this brand and product line to help you meet your sales objectives and corporate gifting needs. There’s no better way to motivate and reward the participants in your program than with the mouthwatering taste and top quality of Omaha Steaks gourmet selections. We offer Gourmet Direct Shipments, Customizable Product Certificates, Gift Cards and more!
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Hay & Forage Grower®, the only national magazine devoted to forage production, publishes 8 issues annually for hay and silage growers, custom forage harvesters, dairy producers and cow-calf operators. It provides news and information online through its email newsletter, eHay Weekly, and at
BEEF®, America’s leading beef-industry publication, publishes 13 issues annually for cow-calf operators, stocker-growers, cattle feeders, veterinarians, nutritionists and allied industries, and provides a wide variety of industry news and information online at
National Hog Farmer® is a monthly trade publication serving professional pork producers in the United States and Canada with in-depth news and production information pertinent to profitable pork production. Qualified subscribers include owners, managers and other production-based personnel, swine veterinarians, nutritionists, and consultants. A wide variety of news and information is also provided through an electronic newsletter, National Hog Farmer’s Weekly Preview, and online at 

Progressive Dairy Publishing began more than 20 years ago. Founder Leon Leavitt designed the company’s first publication, Progressive Dairyman, to provide timely, professional information to dairy farmers in Idaho. 




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