- Monsanto Company was named a 100 Best Company 2008 today by Working Mother magazine for its commitment to making the lives of working parents easier by offering family-friendly benefits and compensation. Monsanto is the only St. Louis-area company to receive the award.
- The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2008 awards. The awards were presented during the APS Awards & Honors Ceremony at the APS Centennial Meeting held in Minneapolis, Minn. Full descriptions of each of the awardees are available here.
- Kansas City metro-based SFP has been named one of the fastest growing companies in America by Inc. magazine. The magazine also ranked SFP No. 8 in its list of 100 fastest-growing manufacturing U.S. companies.
- Representatives of Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican Presidential candidate John McCain will discuss the candidates’ agriculture, food and rural policy platforms at the Farm Foundation Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 7. The Forum will be 9 to 11 a.m. at the National Press Club, Washington D.C. Please RSVP by noon CDT, Friday, Oct. 3, to Mary Thompson at mary@farmfoundation.org.