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Talia Goes October 9, 2013

USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation have approved a total of $277,914 for five new research grants at five institutions.
Founder of Funk Seed, West Lafayette, IN, Bill Funk, is using a new business model to combat the mass confusion growers go through when purchasing seed corn.
Under a development agreement between the Ankeny, Iowa, City Council and John Deere Des Moines Works, the Moline, Illinois-based company, will construct a $15 million, 60,000 square-foot single story office building on the company’s existing Ankeny campus.
The Mosaic Company hosted its Analyst Day in New York City on Monday, October 7 at the New York Stock Exchange.

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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.