2009 Best of CAMA Winners

 

    2009 Winners in Review  
   

Below is a listing of Category winners in 2009. Thanks to the CAMA sponsors who made last year a great event!

You can also view the winners online from Agri-Marketing Magazine!

 
  Thank you to our sponsors Category  Congratulations to the winners!
    Agri-Marketer of the Year  
    Best of Show – Communication vehicles

Advertiser: Farm Credit Canada
Agency:    In-house
Product:    FCC Brand Story
 

    Best of Show – Communications and public relations programs Advertiser: Farm Credit Canda
Agency:    In-house
Product:    FCC Brand Story
    Best of Show – French language marketing and communication Advertiser: Arysta LifeScience
Agency:    Woodruff Sweitzer
Product:    KANEMITE
    Best of Show – Advertising vehicles

Tie:
Advertiser: Farm Credit Canda

Agency:    In-house
Product:    FCC  Customer Testimonial Video

Advertiser: John Deere
Agency:    John Deere Ag Marketing Center
Product:    Tim Hortons Brier Sponsorship Ad

    Best of Show – Marketing and advertising campaigns Advertiser: SeCan
Agency:    Margrie Wallace
Product:    SeCan Genes that fit your farm
       
Category 1 –   Integrated marketing campaign  
    Campaigns targeted to sell a product or service, or targeted to raise awareness or position the brand of a company, product, service or issue, must use a minimum of two tactics (radio, TV, print, direct marketing, POP, electronic, dealer support materials, special events, premiums, displays, public relations or communication elements). Demonstrate research in campaign development.  
       
1A   Total campaign $100,000 or less

Advertiser: CANTERRA Seeds
Agency:    BCG Communications
Product:    CANTERRA SEEDS Producer Promotion Campaign

1B   Total campaign $100,000 - $250,000 Advertiser: BASF Canada
Agency:    Quarry Integrated Communications
Product:    VIPER
1C   Total campaign $250,000 - $500,000 Advertiser: SeCan
Agency:    Margie Wallace
Product:    SeCan Genes that fit your farm
1D   Total campaign over $500,000 Advertiser: DEKALB Brand Seed, Monsanto  Canada Inc.
Agency:    Strath & Company Inc.
Product:    DEKALB Brand Seed 2009 Campaign
       
Category 2 –    Print ads  
2A   Single ad or series,  any size, less than four colour

Advertiser:  Syngenta Crop Protections Canada, Inc.
Agency:      Bos
Product:     Quilt Green Trace Paper And Green Pages 

2B   Single ad, any size, four colour Advertiser: John Deere
Agency:    John Deere Ag Marketing Center
Product:    Tim Hortons Brier Sponsorship Ad
2C   Ad Series, any size, four colour Advertiser: Farm Credit Canada
Agency:    In-house
Product:    Field Manager PRO - Traceability
       
Category 3 –   Radio commercials  
3A   Single or Series, 30 or 60 seconds, Ag focused Advertiser: Dow AgriSciences
Agency:    AdFarm
Product:    BigBoys How Convenient Radio Spot
3B   Single or Series, 30 or 60 seconds, Consumer focused Advertiser: UFA
Agency:    AdFarm
Product:    UFA Big 100 Radio
       
Category 4 –   Television commercials  
4A   Single or Series, 30 or 60 seconds, Ag focused Advertiser: Pioneer Hi-Bred
Agency:    McCormick Global Communications
Product:    Pioneer Breaking New Ground TV - 30 secs
4B   Single or Series, 30 or 60 seconds, Consumer focused Advertiser: Pork Marketing Canada
Agency:    AdFarm
Product:    Pork Marketing Canada
       
Category 5 –   Out of home  
    These products are intended for a public audience. Examples include billboards, murals and public sculpture, transit, interior and exterior, shelters, resto-bar, airport terminals, wrapped buildings, cars, decorations, neon signs, awnings and street furniture.  
5A   Billboard, single Advertiser: Pioneer Hi-Bred
Agency:    McCormick Global Communications Inc.
Product:    Breaking New Ground
5B   Billboards, series Advertiser: Brandt Tractor
Agency:    CouplandJeffrey
Product:    Brandt
5C  CAMA Alberta Transit, interior and exterior, shelters, resto-bar Advertiser: Flowers Canada
Agency:    AdFarm
Product:    Flowers Canada Elevator Door Wraps
       
Category 6 –   Electronic media  
    This category focuses on computer-based projects that use electronic production or delivery mechanisms to provide audiences with information such as electronic newsletters, electronic annual reports, internet (www) sites, intranet (internal web) sites, wikis, podcasts, blogs and interactive communication programs and presentations.  
6A   Web design - Corporate Advertiser: Canada's Outdoor Farm Show
Agency:    GJA
Product:    Canada's Outdoor Farm Show Website 2009
6B   Web design - Microsite, promotional Advertiser: Arysta LifeScience
Agency:    Woodruff Sweitzer
Product:    Segmentation Tool Website
6C   Video or DVD targeted to external audiences  Advertiser: Farm Credit Canda
Agency:    In-house
Product:    FCC Customer Testimonial Video
6D   Online advertising (animation, e-mail, banner ads) Advertiser: Syngenta Crop Protection Canada, Inc.
Agency:     Bos
Product:     Seed Care Online
6E   Electronic newsletters - outbound or online Advertiser: Farm Credit Canada
Agency:    In-house
Product:   FCC AgriSuccess Express
       
       
       
Category 7 --   Integrated marketing campaign  
7A   Point of purchase material (posters, banners, mobiles, packaging) Advertiser: Bayer Inc.
Agency:    Woodruff Sweitzer
Product:    CyLence/Tempo
7B   Exhibits or displays Advertiser: BASF Canada
Agency:    Quarry Integrated Communications
Product:    VIPER at Crop Production Show
7C Promotional items (calendars, hats, give-aways) Advertiser: Syngenta Crop Protection Canada, Inc.
Agency:    Bos
Product:    Touchdown Low Foam Coasters
7D   Contests Advertiser: CANTERRA SEEDS
Agency:    BCG Communications
Product:    CANTERRA SEEDS Producer Promotion
       
Category 8 --    Product sales  
    Materials developed for the primary purpose of promoting sales of a specific product.  
8A   Single piece or series pieces literature Advertiser: Bayer CropScience
Agency:    AdFarm
Product:    Bayer CropScience Reason DM series
8B Digital presentation Advertiser: Syngenta Crop Protection Canada, Inc.
Agency:    Bos
Product:    Yield Science Video Series - Touchdown Total, Quilt and Cruiser Maxx
8C

 

 

Direct marketing or direct response advertising Advertiser: Syngenta Crop Protection Canada, Inc.
Agency:    Bos
Product:    Broadband Rubic's Cube DM
       
       
Category 9 –   Advertising for agri-business or agricultural Association, Consumer focused   
    Campaigns or tactical elements that promote value-added agriculture products marketed to the end consumer such as processed food (cookies, specialty meats, ice cream, pasta), ethanol and other products that are ready for market. Does not include farm input products. Campaigns must use a minimum of two tactics (radio, TV, print, direct marketing, POP, electronic, dealer support materials, special events, premiums, displays, public relations or communication elements). Demonstrate research in campaign development.  
       
9B   Specialty promotion, sales support materials Advertiser: Pork Marketing Canada
Agency:    AdFarm
Product:    Pork Marketing Canada Choose Canadian Campaign
       
       
Category 10 –   Advertising produced in Canada for domestic or foreign markets  
10A   Print ads, literature, publications Advertiser: AdFarm
Agency:    In-house
Product:    The Original Community
10B   Specialty promotion, sales support materials Advertiser: Buhler Versatile Inc.
Agency:    Woodruff Sweitzer
Product:    Versatile
10C   Special events, displays, trade shows Advertiser: Salford Farm Machinery Ltd.
Agency:    ON Communications Inc.
Product:    Salford Farm Machinery
       
Category 11 –   French language marketing  
11A   Print ads Advertiser: Arysta LifeScience
Agency:    Woodruff Sweitzer
Product:    KANEMITE
       
       
11D  CAMA Quebec Specialty promotion, sales support materials, literature Advertiser: Syngenta Seeds Canada, Inc.
Agency:    ON Communications Inc.
Product:   Syngenta Seeds Canada AMS Literature
       
11F  CAMA Manitoba Communications programs targeted to a French-speaking audience Advertiser: Bayer Inc.
Agency:    Woodruff Sweitzer
Product:    Comfortable in Their Own Skin
11G  CAMA Saskatchewan Print and electronic publications, electronic, digital and interactive media, French Advertiser: Farm Credit Canada
Agency:    In-house
Product:   AgriSuccess Journal
       
       
Category 12 –   Experimental marketing, non-traditional guerilla tactics, street teams, sampling Advertiser: Pork Marketing Canada
Agency:    AdFarm
Product:    Pork Marketing Canada BzzAgent Campaign
       
Category 13 –   Special events, external: customer-focused Advertiser: Monsanto Canada Inc.
Agency:    Synthesis Agri-Food Consulting
Product:    Monsanto Tech Expo 2008
    Includes trade shows, customer appreciation initiatives, large fundraisers, official openings, road shows, product launches, town hall or annual meetings, stakeholder consultations or other events that mark a significant occasion or supports the goals of an organization.  
       
Category 14   Media relations Advertiser: Egg Farmers of Ontario
Agency:    In-house
Product:    Egg Farmers of Ontario Travelling Easter Egg Farmer
    Campaign or ongoing program targeted to the news media.  
       
Category 15 –   Crisis communication, issues management, government relations Advertiser: Egg Farmers of Ontario
Agency:    In-house
Product:    Egg Farmers of Ontario Municipal Motion Campaign
    Programs targeted to internal or external audiences that address issues, trends or attitudes that have a significant impact on an organization such as government relations, labour relations, mergers, acquisitions, public policy, the environment or emergency preparedness.  
       
Category 16 –  CAMA Ontario Internal communication  
    Communication initiatives targeted to internal audiences or audience segments that may create awareness, influence opinion or behavioural change including brand ambassador programs, change management initiatives, benefits and compensation, ethics, morale, internal culture or education. Advertiser: Farm Credit Canada
Agency:    In-house
Product:    FCC Brand Story
       
Category 17   Community relations  
    Programs targeted to community audiences that support a worthy cause, influence awareness, opinion, create partnerships or raise funds, campaign or tactical elements including television, radio, print, all mediums, campaigns (more than one element) online, all mediums, electronic and multi-media, all mediums. Advertiser: AGVISION TV
Agency:    In-house
Product:    The New Faces of Canadian Farming
       
       
       
       
Category 19 –   Print publications  
    This includes external or internal publications in all formats except electronic such as one to four-colour magazines, newspapers, magapapers, tabloids, newsletters, annual reports and special purpose publications.  
19A   Newsletters – internal or external Advertiser: Royal Bank of Canada
Agency:    AdFarm
Product:    RBC Agriculture Business Review
19B   Magazines – internal or external Advertiser: Farm Credit Canada
Agency:    In-house
Product:    AgriSuccess Journal - English
19C   Annual reports Advertiser:  The Canadian Wheat Board
Agency:      In-house
Product:      Exceptional: 2007-08 Annual Report
19D   Special publications Advertiser: Farm Credit Canada
Agency:    In-house
Product:    FCC Brand Story
19E   Association publications, published by an association, controlled circulation Advertiser: Ontario Fruit and Vegetable  Growers Association
Agency: Ecomente Media Counsel (formerly BioScience Communicators)
Product:   The Grower
       
Category 20 –   Writing Advertiser: The Grower
Agency:    Ecomente Media Counsel (formerly BioScience Communications Inc.)
Product:   Ontario Ginseng Growers Seek Higher Ground
    Includes original material written for a particular project including personality profiles, recurring features or columns, other features, editorials and advertorials or original writing of a news, news articles, marketing or interpretive articles, speeches, scripts, news releases, sales promotion and marketing, writing for online distribution and technical writing.