- Penton Media’s Farm Industry News®, The Corn and Soybean Digest®, National Hog Farmer® and Hay & Forage Grower® were named as award winners by the American Agricultural Editors Association (AAEA) at the annual association awards banquet held in Louisville, KY during the Agricultural Media Summit. Dale Miller, editor of National Hog Farmer, won a gold award for his personality profile, “Wendell & Dell Murphy: Dedication Sustains Murphy Family Ventures.”
- Penton Media’s BEEF® and National Hog Farmer® received multiple awards at the Livestock Publications Council (LPC) awards banquet held in Louisville, Ky. during the Agricultural Media Summit. BEEF won five first place honors, while the publication’s Cow-Calf Weekly won for electronic newsletter. National Hog Farmer won a gold medal in the Published Editorial Photography category for its “Environmental Stewards” insert. BEEF and National Hog Farmer each received six silver awards. BEEF placed second for non-association publication.
- Monsanto Company welcomes the news that the Brazilian National Biosafety Technical Committee (CTNBio) approved the company’s MON 810 insect protection event, known in the United States as YieldGard(R) Corn Borer, for future commercial use in corn in Brazil. The regulatory process in Brazil is a multi-step process, and while other steps are still required, the Committee’s decision brings the technology closer to reality for Brazilian farmers. Corn is the third most planted crop in the world and Brazil ranks third in the world based on harvested area. Corn hybrids that include the MON 810 event express a naturally occurring protein called Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt, that helps the corn plant protect itself from feeding damage caused by harmful insects, including corn borer. Using biotechnology traits to help the plant protect itself from insect damage helps farmers increase yields and reduce the application of pesticides.
