- The Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Michael A. Gerber as acting President and Chief Executive Officer of Farmer Mac, succeeding Henry D. Edelman, effective immediately. Gerber will continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer of Farm Credit of Western New York, an Association in the Farm Credit System.
- The American Phytopathological Society (APS) is pleased to announce its officers for 2008–2009. The new officers began their terms at the conclusion of the Society’s 2008 Centennial Meeting. James W. Moyer has been named President; Raymond D. Martyn, Jr., immediate past president; Barbara J. Christ, president-elect; John L. Sherwood, vice president; Danise T. Beadle, secretary; and Randall C. Rowe, treasurer. A listing of the 2008-2009 APS council can be found here.
- Syngenta is pleased to announce the 2009 AgriEdge Corn and Soybean Programs that offer growers even more rewards when they invest in agronomic solutions that can maximize yield performance. Early-season weed control is a major focus of the program, with an incentive of $8.40 (based on a planting rate of 2.8 acres/unit) per unit available to growers who use Lumax, Lexar, Halex GT, Camix, Bicep II Magnum or Bicep Lite II Magnum residual herbicides on at least 36 units of corn hybrids that contain an Agrisure trait and Cruiser Extreme 250 or Cruiser Extreme 1250 seed treatment.
- The American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers announced their new President is Jerry Warner, AFM, of Omaha, Neb.
