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  • broadhead has been named to the Minnesota Business 100 Best Companies to Work For list for the second year in a row.
  • Twelve southern Minnesota John Deere dealerships merged into one large operation on May 1, under the corporate name Kibble Equipment.
  • Case IH Dealer Titan Machinery is partnering with the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, N.D., to educate, train and provide hands-on internships to students in a two-year diesel technology program.
  • DuPont Pioneer President Paul Schickler urges leaders from across government, business and non-profit organizations to invest in youth to solve the greatest challenge of tomorrow’s generation – feeding 9 billion people.

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  • Syngenta and DuPont announced technology licensing agreements that will broaden each company’s crop protection product portfolio and enable both to bring new products to market more efficiently.
  • New Holland has fully met the demand with two New Holland-engineered and manufactured draper headers specifically designed to maximize the high-capacity performance of New Holland’s CR Series Twin Rotor and CX8000 Series Super-Conventional combines.
  • Country music artist Chris Cagle will perform in concert on Wednesday, Aug. 28, following the second day of the 2013 Farm Progress Show.
  • The Asgrow brand is excited to offer a proven roster of high-performing, Rock Star products, along with an expansive range of soybean advancements that farmers can rely on for many seasons to come.

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  • The Farm Journal Foundation’s Farmers Feeding the World initiative recently co-hosted an international agriculture and food security briefing with the Senate Hunger Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
  • The Organic Trade Association has formally established a Farmers Advisory Council to provide input from small- to medium-sized organic farmers, ranchers and growers to the trade association on matters geared to advancing organic agriculture.
  • Zoetis announces the launch of its EQStable board on Pinterest, providing equine enthusiasts across the country with inspiration and an easy way to save favorite horse images and ideas.
  • National Livestock Credit is pleased to announce the purchase of Superior Livestock Auction, Inc.

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  • Hundreds of JCB employees joined in the celebrations to mark the production of the company’s one millionth machine.
  • MGEX announced total Exchange volume in April at 146,574 contracts traded, a 58.3 percent increase from March 2013.
  • Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new rules to better target Community Connect broadband grants to areas where they are needed the most.
  • Charelston/Orwig study shows consumers value “locally sourced” food despite difficulties defining it.

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  • Valley Irrigation, the leader in precision irrigation, announces the addition of Matt Ondrejko as Vice President, Global Marketing.
  • Brighton has added new in-house recording and production studios for audio, video and sound services; increased its workforce by more than 40 percent over the past 12 months; and relocated to a new headquarters to accommodate its growth.
  • broadhead announced the hire of Megan Herberg as an assistant account executive for the Boerhinger Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. account.
  • Archer Daniels Midland Company announced that it has signed a takeover bid implementation deed with GrainCorp Limited and begun due diligence on GrainCorp.

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  • Agriculture data and marketing solutions company Farm Market iD, announced it has launched a new website in conjunction with new branding.
  • Paulsen Marketing has discovered just how influential online contributions are to purchase decisions for rural lifestylers.
  • This year Ukraine will launch a line of high-performing harvesting combines Tucano-440 jointly with the German company CLAAS.
  • The National FFA Convention & Expo has been named one of the top-growing expo events in the country by Expo Magazine.

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  • R&D LifeSciences announces its new and improved website with the latest products and advances in technology and research.
  • Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appointed five representatives to serve on the Peanut Standards Board.
  • American Royal volunteers were celebrated at a dinner and awards ceremony hosted at the American Royal Complex Tuesday evening April 16.
  • The U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance’s next Food Dialogues is scheduled for Monday, April 22.

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  • Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the re-establishment of the Forestry Research Advisory Council and is seeking nominations for new members.
  • Bayer CropScience and Monsanto Company have entered into a series of licensing agreements for next-generation and enabling technologies in the field of plant biotechnology that will provide new options and choices for farmers.
  • Farm Market iD, announced it has launched a new website in conjunction with new branding.
  • Dairy.com announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Blimling and Associates, Inc. and its two sister companies.

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  • The nomination window for Monsanto’s America’s Farmers Mom of the Year contest will close April 23rd.
  • DMA Solutions, Inc., a leading marketing agency in the fresh produce industry, announces the promotion of Megan Zweig to Strategic Marketing Director.
  • Bumper ES fungicide has received approval by the EPA for its new state-of-the-art formulation that provides broad-spectrum control of foliar fungal diseases on corn, soybeans, sorghum and other crops.
  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed a series of changes to make it easier for agricultural producers and rural small businesses to apply for renewable energy and energy efficiency funding.

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  • Monsanto Company and Dow AgroSciences LLC, have reached new cross-licensing agreements for creation of the next generation of advanced weed and insect control technology in corn.
  • The National Pork Producers Council praised the Obama administration for agreeing to accept Japan into the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations.
  • David C. Aeschliman has been named as Cornelius Seed’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing.
  • AgBiome LLC announced that it has secured $14.5 million in Series A financing that will further advance the company’s research and development programs, and support the launch of the company’s first products.

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