- The 2014 edition of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show (COFS) welcomed 42,800 attendees earlier this month, including both ministers of agriculture.
- The International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) released its latest book, Feeding a Hungry World, chronicling the Center’s history and impact during its first 40 years.
- The World Food Prize announced that the 2014 Robert D. Ray Iowa SHARES Humanitarian Award will be presented during the Iowa Hunger Summit on Oct. 14 to Merry Fredrick, former executive director for 15 years of Self-Help International.
- The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced that South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard was presented with its 2014 Food and Agriculture Governor of the Year Award.