- Penton Media and Western Farm Press® will be the publisher of the official World Ag Expo magazine and show guide in 2009. The official magazine is distributed to thousands of farmers and ranchers preceding the opening of the worldwide event in February in Tulare, Calif. The magazine is the primary news source for all official Expo details and events. World Ag Expo 2009 is scheduled for Feb. 10-12.
- AgraQuest, Inc., announced that Ashish Malik has been hired as the Senior VP of Global Marketing. Malik joins the AgraQuest executive management team and will begin his new duties effective immediately. Malik will oversee product development, regulatory and marketing functions for AgraQuest, focusing his efforts on creating and implementing efficient and effective strategies that bring value to its customers and builds brand portfolio value.
- The North Dakota Grain Growers Association and the Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers were given the word that Tebuconazole, also known as Folicur, has been given a full Section 3 label by the EPA for use on wheat and barley for the 2008 growing season.