- The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking nominations for the United States Potato Board.
- The members of Cooperatives Working Together endorsed a larger investment in the farmer-funded self-help program, voting to enhance the membership requirement from 2¢ per hundredweight to 4¢ per hundredweight, effective July 1, 2013, and running through December 31, 2015.
- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appointed one member and one alternate member to serve on the Cotton Board to fill importer vacancies.
- The International Association of Business Communicators St. Louis recently announced winners of the 2013 St. Louis Quill Awards for excellence in communications.
