The Conservation Technology Information Center has just released a new report dealing with the “S” word. That would be sustainability and it’s no surprise that agricultural biotechnology will play a key role in this issue as farmers work to feed a growing world population. You can find an executive summary here. Keeping agriculture environmentally sustainable while improving productivity is a …
Southern States Partners With World Equestrian Games
One of the global partners with Alltech for the upcoming World Equestrian Games is Southern States Cooperative, Inc.. Representing the company during the Alltech Symposium was F.E. Carter, pictured second from right. This was a group photo of the people I interviewed during a reception for the global partners. F.E. is a big fan of the Alltech Symposium and really …
Talking Urban Gardening With Seedleaf
During the Alltech Symposium the media had an opportunity to take an urban garden tour. I could not make it but I did meet the tour guide, Rebecca Self, Education Director for Seedleaf. The purpose of Seedleaf is to increase the amount, affordability, nutritional value, and sustainability of food available to people at risk of hunger in central Kentucky. Rebecca …
Corn Farmers Coalition Unveils New Ad Campaign
Yes, Virginia, there really are family farmers. The Corn Farmers Coalition announced today they will return to Washington this summer with a major educational program aimed at policymakers and opinion leaders who affect the fate of America’s family corn farmers. “The vast majority of farms in America, and 95 percent of corn farms specifically, continue to be family owned and …
Portugal Participation At Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games
The Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will have over 60 different countries represented and one of those is Portugal. I met Ingrid Van Dorpe, Premix, during last week’s Alltech Symposium. Her company is one of the global partners in the games. I asked Ingrid what she thought of this year’s Symposium first and she says it provides her with a …
Animal Rights Activists Release Awful Video
This is a heads up in case you haven’t heard about it. Yesterday the Associated Press published a story about a video that was allegedly taken undercover at an Ohio dairy farm by the group Mercy For Animals. It is a shocking and disturbing video and whoever is actually involved should be put in jail for a very long time. …
Syngenta Donating To Weeding Out Hunger Via Halex GT Sales
As Cindy has reported on earlier this year, Syngenta has started a program called Weeding Out Hunger. They just announced that a portion of their sales of Halex GT will be donated to the program. This season, growers can join the fight to weed out hunger by purchasing Halex® GT post-emergence corn herbicide for their glyphosate-tolerant corn acres. Through the …
Zimfo Bytes
The National Sustainable Agriculture Standards Committee will hold its third meeting in Fayetteville, Ark., on June 14 and 15, 2010. Bayer CropScience Canada has officially retained M2 Universal, one of Canada’s largest media services companies. M2 Universal assumes all media planning (online & off-line) and purchasing responsibilities for Bayer CropScience Inc., Canada. The RISE President Search Committee is pleased to …
NCBA Answers Questions About New Governance Proposal
A proposal to restructure the nation’s largest beef cattle organization is generating some controversy. Representatives of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) and the Federation of State Beef Councils met with USDA officials today to discuss NCBA’s proposed governance structure and held a conference with reporters afterward to review the outcome of the meeting. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack sent …
Novus International in a Growth Phase
Novus International executive vice president Giovanni Gasperoni is excited about the company’s new acquisitions announced this week, IQF Group in Spain and IQF-ENAMEX in Mexico. “We have been dealing with both companies for a long while so we know the quality of their product,” Gio said in an interview today. “These products are very high quality and they are a …