- The AgGateway Board of Directors is pleased to announce Wendy Ann Smith, Ph.D. will join the organization in the role of executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective immediately.
- The National Agri-Marketing Association announced that its 2010 annual conference has achieved the highest attendance in more than a decade – 1,150.
- To evaluate current trends, summarize key vulnerabilities, and identify possible solutions to current and future challenges, the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) convened a Task Force of eight scientists, educators and resource analysts who have prepared a new CAST Issue Paper, Water, People, and the Future: Water Availability for Agriculture in the United States. Watch the “Water, People and the Future” Video here.
- The J.R. Simplot Company issued a first summary of its sustainability practices.