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Melissa Sandfort July 23, 2012

The 2012 Cambridge Tractor Show and Ag Day will be held Aug. 4, 2012 in Heritage Park in downtown Cambridge. For more, contact Karen Hutchinson at 309-937-5859 (Home) or 309-945-2858.
NCBiotech has established theBiotechnology Crops Commercialization Center, targeting potentially valuable crops adapted to the state’s diverse soil, climate and agribusiness conditions.
Broadhead announces six new hires at the Minneapolis office: Chris Strohmeyer, Matt Connell, Travis Thompson, April Hollander, Phil Rademacher and Amy O’Brien.
Leica Geosystems announces the new Leica GeoAce RTK base station.

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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.