- CLAAS of America Inc., has achieved a world record harvest – 24,832 bushels of wheat in an 8-hour time frame.
- Farm Journal Media announces a new database service: Reverse Email Append. This service matches on records where there is an email address, or incomplete or nonexistent contact and USPS address information, let alone demographic or behavioral data on the producer.
- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the USDA is investing in approximately 70 U.S. agricultural organizations to help expand commercial export markets for their goods.
- Margaret Soulen Hinson told lawmakers if the USDA’s U.S. Forest Service’s proposed forest planning rule goes into effect, thousands of ranching families could be forced off the land.
