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Melissa Sandfort July 25, 2012

The USPOULTRY Foundation is now accepting applications from colleges and universities for industry education and recruitment funding.
Members of the National Ag Center and Hall of Fame Board of Governors elected officers of the board of directors; and Charles Berkel, of Berkel & Company in Bonner Springs, Kan., was given the Friends of Farming Lifetime Achievement Award.
Bayer CropScience announced that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has upheld Bayer’s right to pursue its claims against Dow AgroSciences based upon the unauthorized use of Bayer patents related to glufosinate-tolerance technology (Liberty Link).
Next year’s annual Ag Relations Council spring meeting is in Oklahoma City, Okla., March 20-22, 2013.

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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.