- The Poncho® insecticide family just got better with its newest member: Poncho 500 seed-applied insecticide. Poncho 500 offers corn growers improved control of wireworm, black cutworm and other insects.
- The greatly anticipated analysis of certain provisions of the new farm bill by Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri–Columbia economists is now available on the Web site.
- The American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers announces Ag Pro Outlook and their 79th Annual Meeting Nov. 11 – 14, 2008 at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio, Texas. Conference attendees will have the opportunity to hear keynote speaker Dr. David Kohl on the Changing Face of Agriculture and Rural Landscape.
- AgWeb.com has announced the launch of an improved weather section with a more robust packaging of online weather data, tools and information; and a section dedicated to keeping the industry informed of new developments — a press release library where all press releases received by AgWeb.com will be posted.
Update: Andy Vance, AgWired regular, commented that he was interviewing Kerry Grossweiler, Bayer, when he saw this post show up. You can listen to his interview with him here.