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Talia Goes January 17, 2014

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed 13 members to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board.
This week the Seafood Industry Research Fund (SIRF) held their inaugural benefit dinner at NOBU restaurant in Miami Beach, Florida.
FarmLogs announced that it has closed a $4 million Series A round of financing led by Drive Capital, a venture capital fund launched in 2012 by two Sequoia Capital veterans.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed 17 members and 17 alternates to the Cotton Board.

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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.