- African tobacco farmers concluded the two-day International Tobacco Growers Association Africa Regional Meeting by issuing a declaration of opposition to the proposals that threaten the region’s jobs and local economies.
- Conley Nelson, a farmer and pork production executive from Algona, Iowa, was elected president of the 15-member National Pork Board.
- Tiago Bonomo has been appointed President and CEO of McCormick USA.
- AGCO launched a 150 hectare (371 acre) farm and learning center near Lusaka, Zambia.
