- More than 500 of the nation’s top Texas Longhorn cattle breeders and their prized Texas Longhorns gathered in Fort Worth for the 2009 Texas Longhorn Legacy Sale V. Held in the Grand Ballroom, over 100 Longhorns were auctioned in this annual event that raised over $220,000 for cancer research and youth charities.
- Syngenta is sponsoring the popular recall training course offered by the United Fresh Research & Education Foundation. The “Training for Recall, Communicating Under Fire” training program will be held May 27-29 in Salinas, Calif. The recall/crisis management course will be held May 27-28 and media training will take place May 28-29. Similar seminars will be held in Florida in October.
- True Media, Calgary, AB, has hired of Ed Anderson as associate media director.
- Kamel Beliazi, currently head of Bayer CropScience in Mexico, will be moving north to Calgary to take on new challenges as President and CEO of Bayer CropScience Canada on July 1, 2009.