- AgriLabs has announced a joint venture with Dallas-based Allflex USA to provide animal-identification products and support services to livestock producers. As a result, AgriLabs’ highly regarded AgriTag® product line will be manufactured by Allflex. In addition, AgriLabs will complement the Allflex commercial team in providing field-service and marketing support for Allflex-branded visual identification products.
- The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has recognized two U.S. conservation districts for their outstanding overall communications efforts and presented them with an annual award it sponsors through the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD). The AEM/NACD “excellence in communications” award went to Muskingum Soil and Water Conservation District in Zanesville, Ohio, with an honorable mention award given to Marquette County Conservation District in Marquette, Michigan. For more information on the awards and award winners, visit the NACD Web site.
- Pennington Seed unveiled Smart Seed™, the first environmentally-friendly grass seed containing exclusive varieties that require far less watering, maximize fertilizer performance, and grow denser and deeper root systems for a thick, healthy, more drought resistant lawn. Smart Seed features MYCO Advantage™, an exclusive blend of beneficial, all-natural root organisms that contribute to plant growth, enabling a smart lawn to flourish with much less water and work. Smart Seed is available in Tall Fescue, Kentucky Bluegrass, Perennial Rye, and Bermudagrass seed blends, as well as Sun and Shade, Fescue/Bluegrass, and Dense Shade seed mixtures.
- India will host the first global conference on agro-industries, to be held in New Delhi from 8-11 April 2008. The Global Agro-Industries Forum will promote the importance of agro-industries for economic development and poverty reduction.
