- The Agricultural and Food Transporters Conference of American Trucking Associations announced that it has hired veteran agricultural lobbyist Jon Samson as its new executive director.
- United Nations Agency chiefs and top international personalities met to celebrate World Food Day, whose focus this year is on the recent wave of food price swings which threatens to push millions more people into hunger.
- Pfizer Animal Health and The Resource Foundation announced the expansion of a comprehensive education and training program to increase the capacity, productivity and quality of life of rural farmers in eight Latin American countries.
- 76% of American Internet users use social network sites. In total this is about 186 million people. Facebook is the most popular site with 70%.
