- Dr. Guy Fipps, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service irrigation engineer, was recently named Professional Engineer of the Year at the meeting of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers in Montreal, Canada.
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Anne Alonzo announced over the weekend that USDA’s National Farmers Market Directory now lists 8,268 markets, an increase of 76 percent since 2008.
- Syngenta announced that Ponsi Trivisvavet has been appointed a region director for North America and president of Syngenta Seeds, Inc. She is based in Minnetonka, Minn.
- NAFB launched of a new NAFB.com site for the future with fast access to membership information, enhanced backend systems to streamline office operations and so much more.