- Arendt’s Holstein Resort, Inc. was named Minnesota’s 2008 Producers of the Year by the Minnesota Milk Producers Association at the Midwest Dairy Expo on Dec. 9 in St. Cloud, Minn. Mark and Kathi Arendt own and operate Arendt’s Holstein Resort near Mazeppa, Minn., along with their son Nate and his wife Mindi.
- The Appaloosa Horse Club is now accepting applications for the 2009 Cowboy Way Trading Post in Jackson, Miss., held June 22 through July 4 at the State Fairgrounds.
- LibertyLink soybeans are now officially commercialized for the U.S. soybean market—giving growers a new nonselective herbicide-tolerant system in soybeans for the 2009 season. LibertyLink soybean varieties featuring top-yielding genetics and built-in tolerance to Ignite herbicide are available through more than 85 seed companies.
- Sustainable Oils, a producer and marketer of renewable, environmentally clean, and high-value camelina-based biofuels will participate in an historic flight by Japan Airlines planned for Jan. 30, 2009. The demonstration flight will make JAL the first Asian carrier to fly on fuel derived from sustainable feedstocks and the first airline to use camelina-based bio-jet fuel.
