- The editor of Prairie Farmer magazine was presented the Outstanding Service To Agriculture Award by the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers during the organization’s annual conference.
- Farm Journal Foundation and GROWMARK have expanded their multi-year partnership through 2018.
- National Invasive Species Awareness Week is scheduled for February 22-28, and experts with the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) say it is more important than ever for each of us to get involved.
- Massey Ferguson reports that the MF 5610 tractor which spearheaded the gruelling Antarctica2 expedition to the South Pole in December received a hero’s welcome on its return home to the French City of Beauvais.