- The USDA announced that industry producers and importers voted to approve a national research and promotion program for processed raspberries. The vote was taken in a referendum from June 8 to June 24, 2011.
- CrescoAg LLC, introduced its suite of crop decision and risk management tools that will help growers and their trusted advisers better analyze data and make decisions to maximize profitability.
- The Insect Shield program is being offered to oil and gas, mining, forestry and farming companies and their subcontractors in locations where insect-borne disease is endemic.
- The American Seed Trade Association membership elected Mike Gumina Pioneer Hi-Bred, Johnston, Iowa, to serve as chairman; Blake Curtis of Clovis, NM, to serve as first vice chairman and Craig Newman, AgReliant Genetics, Westfield, Ind., to serve as second vice chairman.
