- Alltech is proud to announce the initiation of its Margin of Excellence program by naming Anne Koontz its first Alltech – University of Kentucky Margin of Excellence Fellow. The program was developed by Alltech as a means of rewarding the dedication of graduate students in the study of science while promoting technology and development in Kentucky. The fellowship is a stipend of $40,000 per year for a maximum of five years for each graduate fellow.
- Accelegrow Technologies, Inc., announced that William H. (Bill) Camp, former Executive Vice President of Archer Daniels Midland Company, has been named Chairman and CEO of Accelegrow effective Aug. 6. Camp has served on the Board of Directors of Accelegrow since January this year.
- A unique, heavy-built, high-performance round baler that significantly improves speed, capacity, density and bale appearance — particularly when harvesting cornstalk bales — is now available from Vermeer Corporation. The new Vermeer 605 Super M Cornstalk Special is built for custom operators and high-volume producers.
- DuPont announced growers who plant Pioneer brand corn hybrids with the Herculex XTRA trait, including those stacked with the Roundup Ready Corn 2 trait, will be eligible for crop insurance premium reductions in select states in 2009.
