Matt Hopkins
Matt Hopkins is Senior Multi-Media Specialist for the Agribusiness Group at Meister Media Worldwide (MMW), including such brands as CropLife, CropLife IRON, AgriBusiness Global, Global Agtech Initiative, and Cotton Grower. He is responsible for managing an array of digital products, including newsletters, websites, video, and social media. Hopkins originally joined MMW in 1994 as an editor for Greenhouse Grower magazine before transitioning to Business Manager of its MeisterPro division. He has a Communications Degree from Cleveland State University.
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USDA Predicts Nebraska’s Second-Largest Corn Crop
The USDA predicts Nebraska farmers will harvest their second-largest corn crop ever this year. The USDA says the state’s corn crop is expected to…
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USDA: Rains Shrink Iowa’s Corn Crop
Farmers are expected to harvest a record 13.4 billion bushels of corn this year, 2 percent more than in 2009, despite a likely smaller…
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Agribusiness Seminar Focuses On Strategic Decision Making
A three-day Purdue University seminar will help farm and agribusiness managers and company leaders make strategic decisions for their businesses in what have become…
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United Phosphorus Appoints New Sales Manager
United Phosphorus, Inc. (UPI) has named Brian Cardin national ag sales manager. Cardin, who has been with UPI since 2008, brings more than 20…
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Crop Insurance Industry Forced To Consolidate
The crop insurance industry will be forced to consolidate by a government plan to spend $6 billion less on subsidizing farmer policies, according to…
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DuPont Leader: Drought-Tolerant Crops Key To Increasing Food Production
Increasing agriculture productivity to meet growing global demand for food must be accompanied by an intense, innovative effort to enhance the environmental imprint of…
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A Social Media Gathering
A few weeks ago, I attended the annual Ag Media Summit. For those unfamiliar, this event is the yearly gathering of agricultural editors and…
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Retailers: Nominate Your Best For Operator Of The Year
For the fifth consecutive year AGCO Application Equipment Division is proud to recognize the outstanding achievements and professionalism of the industry’s premier custom applicators…
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Farmers Twitter Lucrative Tips To Commodity Traders
Mike Haley, a 30-year-old, fifth-generation farmer in West Salem, OH, started sending out 140-character Twitter messages because he thought it would be a good…
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AMVAC Acquires Cotton Defoliant
AMVAC Chemical Corp. has acquired the cotton defoliant product tribufos (sold under the trade name Def) from Bayer CropScience. The acquisition complements AMVAC’s existing…
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