FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 9, 2006
Farms.com Portal adds North America Compendium Online Content.
Online Animal Health Labels and Information now available to Producers.
June 9, 2006. Ames, IA. Farms.com is pleased to announce it has added the extensive North American Compendium Animal Health online reference database to it’s portal website. Farms.com website users will now have access to information on almost 3,000 swine and bovine animal health products, including reference charts such as biological charts and withdrawal time charts. The website address url is http://www.farms.com/animalhealth or can be accessed from the Farms.com homepage and clicking on the Animal Health link on the left hand side menu.
“The extensive North American Compendiums Animal Health content will greatly enhance the information on the portal for our livestock producer visitors,” says Joe Dales, Vice President of Farms.com. “Essentially, we have tried to keep highlighting new tools and information that harnesses the power of the internet, North American Compendiums have done a terrific job of setting up the extensive online animal health content database.” Livestock producers using a computer on the internet can find the information on the Farms.com Animal Health page which is searchable and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week – it is a very convenient way of finding animal health information. The service is currently free and sponsored by Fort Dodge Animal Health.
“Farms.com is a good place to promote the online Animal Health Compendiums,” says Adrian Bayley, President of North American Compendiums, “thousands of livestock producers regularly visit the Farms.com portal every day for ag news, market prices and other timely information.” We expect the livestock producers will really be impressed with having immediate access to such extensive animal health information.”
North American Compendiums (NAC) is the leading information services provider for the Animal Health industry. NAC produces a number of comprehensive resources for veterinarians such as the compendiums, reference books and online reference materials. To learn more visit the website at www.haccvp.com
Farms.com Ltd. is a leading provider of innovative information products and services for the global agriculture and food industries. Farms.com can be accessed through its internationally recognized agriculture information portal, which has business services and resources for the 16,000-plus agribusiness professionals and livestock and crop producers who use it each day for business services and resources. The Farms.com family includes AgCareers.com -- the leading human resources website for the agriculture and food industry; and PigCHAMP, Inc. (www.pigchamp.com) -- the leading swine industry software and knowledge management company. Farms.com operates across North America with offices in Ames, Iowa; Clinton, North Carolina; Fresno, California; and London, Ontario, Canada. For more information, visit: www.farms.com.
For additional information contact:
Doug White
North American Compendiums
(519) 263-3000
doug@naccvp.com
Joe Dales
Farms.com Ltd.
(877) 438-5729 ext 5013
joe.dales@farms.com