- Dow AgroSciences has launched a new Web site to promote its Ultimate Yield Tour at the 2008 Farm Progress Show. With weekly updates from the show site, podcasts and maps, www.UltimateYieldTour.com will offer up-to-date information to help growers get the most from the Dow AgroSciences exhibit at the Farm Progress Show, Aug. 26 to 28 in Boone, Iowa.
- The Iowa Soybean Association broke ground on Monday, July 21, for a new office building that will serve as its headquarters. The site of the building is 1255 Southwest Prairie Trail Parkway, near the DMACC campus in Ankeny. Construction will begin this summer with plans for completion by fall of 2009.
- Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. announced that seed industry veteran Michael Stephenson will lead its supply and delivery chain as Vice President of Operations. He will also oversee the company’s agronomy teams.
- Mott Grain & Agronomy of Mott, North Dakota was named the national winner of the 2008 Environmental Respect Awards, announced Thursday on Capitol Hill. The company was one of five U.S. regional award winners in the running for the National award presented by Global Marketing Manager of DuPont Crop Protection Rik Miller, and K. Elliott Nowels of CropLife magazine.
