Two Colorado State Univeristy (CSU) Ph.D. students have won the coveted W.D. Farr Scholarship. Plainview, Texas native Jessica Igo and Pontette, Wisconsin native Scott Howard received the award during the General Session at the Cattle Industry Summer Conference in its second day in Kissimmee, Florida. The $12,000 scholarships are given by the National Cattlemen’s Foundation (NCF). Both Igo and Howard …
Excellent Turnout for AgCareers HR Roundtable
More agribusiness employers than ever are represented this week at the AgCareers.com 2011 North American Ag HR Roundtable at Purdue University. AgCareers president Eric Spell says they had over 145 attendees on Monday and today about 190 are at the 9th annual event to discuss recruitment and retention of talent in the agribusiness industry. “Some companies are sending 3, 4 …
Agribusiness Employers Look to the Future
What do agribusiness employers see as the most important challenges for recruiting and keeping the best talent in the future? At the opening of the AgCareers.com North American Ag HR Roundtable on Monday, Dr. Allan Gray, director of the Center for Food and Agricultural Business at Purdue, presented some new findings from a survey of agribusiness company CEOs on what …
Roundtable Focuses on Ag Human Resourses
When we talk about having the resources to feed the world in the future, most of the time we’re thinking land and water, but having adequate human resources is equally, if not more, important. That’s really what the 2011 AgCareers.com North American Ag HR Roundtable is all about. To kick off the 9th annual event, being held this year at …
GROWMARK Awards Jim Evans Endowed Chair
This is Jim Evans leading an FFA reporters workshop sometime in the 1960’s. The Endowed Chair in Agricultural Communications in his name at the University of Illinois, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences just got a large donation. If you haven’t made a contribution, please consider doing so. GROWMARK, Inc. announced today a $100,000 award to the University of …
Growing AgCareers
There’s never been a better time for careers in agribusiness with a bigger variety of jobs that span the spectrum from production to promotion. “I just feel like it’s a very exciting time to be in agribusiness,” says Eric Spell, president of AgCareers.com. He should know, since they have been specializing in human resource services to the agriculture and food …
Get FREEDOM And Learn Truth About Ethanol
During the 2011 International Fuel Ethanol Workshop attendees got a chance to see the new documentary from Josh & Rebecca Tickell. I first met Josh during a National Biodiesel Conference before he produced his award winning film, “Fuel.” Together with Rebecca they have now produced a film that should open a lot of people’s eyes about the myths surrounding ethanol. …
NAFB Foundation 2011 Scholarship Winners
The National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation is once again awarding scholarships and just announced their 2011 recipients. Here they are. Selected for the Glenn Kummerow Memorial Scholarship of $5,000 is Carah Hart of the University of Missouri-Columbia. Carah is a junior, majoring in Agricultural Journalism, and has been patiently awaiting the year when she could apply for the scholarship—as …
FFA Names 50 New Century Farmers for 2011
The National FFA is preparing 50 young people from 23 states this year to take on the challenge of new century farming. The FFA’s 2011 New Century Farmer program is designed to help young men and women who are pursuing a career in production agriculture. The participants will take part in an intensive seminar July 24-30 in Johnston, Iowa where …
2011 Alltech Young Scientist Competition Winners
During this afternoon’s general session Alltech announced the winners of their Young Scientist competition. There were 5,000 entries from all over the world. The Undergraduate Winner is Yakov Cepilov – Novosibirsk State University, Russia. Yakov will receive a $5,000 scholarship as part of his award. Listen to an interview with Wai-Fun: Presenting the awards were Dr. Mark Lyons and Dr. …