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Melissa Sandfort April 29, 2011

CME Group announced the launch of Weekly Grain Options on Corn, Wheat and Soybeans futures to begin trading May 23.
Peyton Sellers and SFP will be teaming up for charity this weekend when Sellers and the No. 84 Sugar Hill Racing Ford compete in the Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown at Richmond International Raceway.
Valley Irrigation introduced Pivot Cruise Control software, which allows producers to be even more precise with chemigation and fertigation.
Results of a new poll released by the Center for Food Integrity indicates consumers are coping with the rising cost of food by changing their shopping behaviors.

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ZimmCast 750 – Interviews from FPS

Besides an interview with Rob Shaffer, Illinois farmer, about the John Deere announcement about B30 biodiesel compatibility across all of their engine portfolio, I’m sharing an interview with Andy Heggenstaller, Global Oilseeds and Cereals Portfolio Strategy Head, Syngenta, who talks about Syngenta and M.S. Technologies and the next generation in soybean herbicide tolerance, and then Craig Abell, National Executive Agronomist, Syngenta, who talks about a new soil-applied insecticide product soon to come to market.