- Cyndi Young-Puyear of Brownfield Ag News was named the 2008 Service to Agriculture Award recipient at the Illinois State Fair Agriculture Day Luncheon on August 12. The award is sponsored by Farm Credit Services of Illinois. In 1997, she joined Brownfield as Regional Farm Director and was named Farm Broadcaster of the Year by the National Association of Farm Broadcasters. She was promoted by Brownfield to farm director and manager in 2001.
- The Prairie State Technology Center recently opened in Champaign, Ill., is a state-of- the-art facility created with the purpose of educating agriculturalists on the value of information management and the foundational applications needed to glean that value. The Prairie State Technology Center is being spearheaded by Precision Ag Equipment Co.
- Deere & Company will enhance its parts service capabilities in the U.S. and Canada by investing in capacity expansions at Deere’s primary parts distribution center in Milan, Ill., and three additional locations in the western U.S. and Canada. The Parts Distribution Center in Milan, Ill., will be expanded over 300,000 square feet to meet the capacity needs of the growing parts business. Three other locations will become regional distribution centers after having served as emergency parts depots.
