Read "10 Big Trends for Agriculture" in Jim's blog

Partial client list

Farm Credit Cooperative • American Agriwoman Society •
Sygnenta • Mid-America Crop Protection Association • American Landscape and Nursery Association •
Alberta Cattlemen's Association• Ontario Soybean Growers Association • Crop Protection Association of Canada • Monsanto • Canadian Horticultural Society • Ontario Grain and Feed Association • Canadian Wheat Board

How he can help you?

• business case issues for sales staff of agricultural distributors • motivational kickoff/keynote for association events • sales force training and motivation • innovation -- new business models, exploiting new opportunities in the agricultural sector • communization issues and challenges in agriculture i.e GM foods • a look to the future - the impact of key trends on agriculture • strategy sessions and executive brainstorming

Highlights

• recently spoke to 300 farmers on a hot-August night on global trends affecting the food industry!
• provided the opening keynote for the 2005 American Agriwomen Association, with an address to 600 growers and producers, on the issues of innovation and opportunity in the industry
• worked with Sygnenta, a world leading agribusiness, for three sessions for local growers in key markets on innovation opportunities in farming
• identified, as far back as a a 1996 keynote, emerging genetic-modified food issues long before it became a global issue
• audiences have included producer companies, as well as farmers and supply companies and sales representatives
• he spent so much time customizing the presentation for one agricultural conference that at the conclusion, one fellow came up and asked him how long he had been a farmer !