Monsanto Company was named a 100 Best Company 2008 today by Working Mother magazine for its commitment to making the lives of working parents easier by offering family-friendly benefits and compensation. Monsanto is the only St. Louis-area company to receive the award. The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2008 awards. The awards were …

The Organic Trade Association has appointed a new executive director. Christine Bushway became the third executive director in the association’s 23-year history. Bushway graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a Bachelors of Science from the College of Life Science and Agriculture. Her career has been spent working in the food and agriculture industries. New Holland Agriculture participated recently …

Farm Progress Companies announces its leading state and regional farm and ranch publications will deliver IRON Search used machine listing advertisements in a new and innovative format – via the newly re-designed IRONsearch.com Web site – which brings used equipment listings into an easy-to-find, used equipment print section included in Farm Progress publications. Within the sections, used equipment for sale …

More than 500 growers and retailers were at the Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa, on Sept. 3 to learn about innovations in agriculture. The day’s theme was “Race to Innovation.” After a lunch break, growers and retailers participated in informational sessions that reviewed the current agribusiness landscape, as well as specific innovations in the Bayer CropScience pipeline. WATT Poultry announces …

Rhea + Kaiser Marketing Communications announces the hire of two staff members to the growing Bayer CropScience team — Ann Fleming and Kimberly Bergmooser. Fleming joins Rhea + Kaiser as senior account executive working on the Bayer CropScience horticultural crops team. Bergmooser joins as assistant account executive for the corn, soybean and sorghum team. New Holland’s 98D Series corn heads …

Abengoa Bioenergy is building an ethanol plant on a 79-acre site in the Tri-City Regional Port District in Madison, Ill. Construction is under way, and the plant is expected to be in operation by late 2009. It will produce an estimated 88 million gallons of ethanol a year from corn and other cereal grains. The 2008 Association of Equipment Manufacturers’ …

The new AGCO Application Equipment photo library is now available online. This is your number one resource for hundreds of spraying related images. Veteran agri-marketer Neil Strong, Industry Relations Lead, Corporate Affairs for Syngenta Crop Protection announced he will retire in December 2008. Replacing him will be Jack Berens, a 26-year veteran of Syngenta Seeds. The National Corn Growers Association …

On Friday, June 13, the flood stage of the Cedar River reached nearly 32 feet, flooding the entire first floor of the Diamond V headquarters and much of the ground floor of the company’s manufacturing plant. At least six employees lost their homes or suffered significant damages. After months of rebuilding, Friday, Aug. 22, was a day of celebration for …

Camelina, an oilseed crop in the same family as mustard, is currently being grown throughout the United States and Canada and crushed to produce biodiesel by Great Plains – The Camelina Company. With several crushing partners in North America, Great Plains has produced over 10 million road miles of camelina biodiesel to date, and plans to boost production to 100 …

Exports of U.S. agricultural-related equipment to nations around the world topped $5.8 billion dollars for the first half of 2008 compared to mid-year 2007 numbers, for an increase of 30.5 percent, according to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Asia and Central America recorded modest gains while all other major world regions reported substantial growth, led by Australia/Oceania and South America. …