- To meet ever-growing market demands as well as compliment its strategy of offering readers and clients a complete suite of integrated informational and marketing solutions, Meister Media Worldwide announces the creation of the Meister Events Group.
- Monsanto Company announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has issued a civil investigative demand (CID) requesting information on its soybean traits business, primarily seeking a confirmation that, as Monsanto has previously indicated, farmers and seed companies will continue to have access to the first-generation Roundup Ready trait following patent expiry in 2014.
- Pfizer Animal Genetics announced the completion of HD 50K, the beef industry’s first commercially available predictions based on a High-Density panel of more than 50,000 markers. This breakthrough represents significantly greater selection opportunities for owners of black Angus cattle.
- Elanco announced that it will launch a new business platform focused on food safety.
