- Alan Quarry, Chairman and CEO of Quarry Integrated Communications, has been appointed Entrepreneur in Residence at Wilfrid Laurier University where he will serve as a resource and advisor to aspiring entrepreneurs within the Laurier School of Business & Economics.
- The American Agricultural Insurance Company announced the appointment of Janet S. Katz as the company’s new Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2009.
- Wet weather and a delayed planting season in corn is giving broadleaf weeds a head start, taking over fields very quickly across the Corn Belt. The late planting season is also providing corn growers more time to evaluate their weed management program and make the best decisions to manage glyphosate-resistant weeds in their fields.
- Jon Scholl, President of American Farmland Trust, spoke to agricultural leaders and the press as part of the Farm Foundation’s Forum on “Carbon Policy Options and Implications for Agriculture” in Washington, D.C., where he outlined why he’s “optimistic” on the opportunities for agriculture and refuted the idea that cap & trade legislation will only result in increased costs to agricultural producers.
