- Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings, LLC has successfully acquired Max Birney Aerial Spraying Inc.
- The Heartland Institute is joining scores of other think tanks and advocacy groups to host the 9th International Conference on Climate Change at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
- USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service established a Hall of Fame and inducted an inaugural group of five individuals whose work at the agency has had a lasting impact on agricultural statistics and the service NASS provides.
- Noelle Gray of Jefferson, Iowa, has been named the Iowa state winner of the 2014 GROWMARK essay contest for FFA members.