- The Corporation for National and Community Service, USDA and the White House joined together to launch the United We Serve: Feed A Neighbor initiative to help combat hunger this winter. The new initiative raises awareness of hunger issues and equips American with the resources to mobilize against the hunger crisis.
- Agri-Pulse Communications has launched expanded information on the firm’s newly redesigned Web site.
- “Marketing to Farm Businesses” is an intensive three-day course designed for managers responsible for developing and/or implementing marketing programs to farm businesses and/or businesses that sell to farmers. The registration deadline for the Guelph session of Marketing to Farm Businesses is Friday, Dec. 18. This course is scheduled for Jan. 19-22, 2010, at the Delta Hotel in Guelph.
- AGCO announces that Jason Marx has been named vice president, Parts Division, North America for AGCO and Jeff Terlep is the new director of sales with the Parts Division.