- Barry Flinchbaugh, professor of agricultural economics at Kansas State University, has been elected Chair of the Board of Trustees of Farm Foundation.
- The new H5400 Series crop mergers from New Holland merge swaths to efficiently match windrow width and density with forage harvester or baler capacity. The three new models are offered in 9-foot and 12-foot pickup widths, and require only a 70-hp tractor to operate.
- Osage Bio Energy announced the overall grand prize winner of the 2009 Barley Bin Builder Yield Contest during the Virginia Ag Expo. Robert (Bobby) Hutchison of Hutchison Brothers Farms in Cordova, MD, won the grand prize, a brand new GM Flex Fuel pickup truck, with a yield of 130 bushels per acre.
- Some 41 state education officials and agriculture teachers from 11 states came to the headquarters of Pioneer Hi-Bred Aug. 9-13 to attend the first National Agriscience Integration Institute (NAII) designed to promote and enhance opportunities for inquiry-based science in environmental and agricultural education system programs, student attainment of science content standards and national agriculture content standards.
