- Growers planting Pioneer brand sorghum hybrids recently won 11 of the 15 national categories in the 2009 National Sorghum Producers Yield and Management Contest. Eight of these growers won with Pioneer sorghum hybrid 84G62.
- Brandt Consolidated, Inc. announced the acquisition of Monterey AgResources, headquartered in Fresno, Calif.
- Proceed Concentrate, a second formulation of new Proceed seed treatment fungicide, has been registered by the U.S. EPA.
- A new Web site has been designed to guide people of all ages through the process of launching a farming career. The site is supported by an alliance of five agricultural organizations: Ohio State University Extension, the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association, Cuyahoga Countryside Conservancy, the Ohio Department of Agriculture, and the Organic Food and Farming Education and Research Program.
