The Canadian Agri-Business Education Foundation has announced the winners of their annual scholarships. Each student will receive $2,500 for post-secondary agricultural education. The 2018 winners are: Adriana Van Tryp, Laura Carruthers, Pete Giesbrecht, Owen Ricker, Jeremy Chevalley, Émilie Carrier, and Justin Kampman. - The Farm Credit Administration has appointed Dennis Shields to serve as associate director of the Agricultural and Economic Policy Team and as FCA’s chief economist. He will succeed Dr. Steve Gabriel, who is retiring July 3 after 34 years of federal service.
- Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig was elected to serve as Vice President of the Midwest Association of State Departments of Agriculture by his peers from 12 states across the region.
- Farm Aid’s annual music and food festival featuring family farmers, homegrown food, inspiring music and agrarian experiences will come to Connecticut for the first time on Saturday, Sept. 22, at XFINITY Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut.
- After more than 25 years in business Charleston|Orwig, Inc.,a Wisconsin-based strategic marketing and communications agency focused on clients across thefood and agricultural industries, is now 100 percent employee owned through an employee stock ownership plan.
- Cotton consultants spend long hours in the field in an effort to make their farmer clients more profitable. If you would like your consultant to be recognized, nominate him or her for the prestigious 2018 Cotton Consultant of the Year award. To access the 2018 nomination form, click here.
- The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City is pleased to partner with the National Association of Farm Broadcasting on their 2018 Summer Agribusiness Luncheon, Tuesday, July 10, at the Chamber of Commerce Board Room at Union Station.
- Answering the call to help solve agriculture’s severe labor shortage, Western Growers and Radicle Growth awarded Ganaz and GroGuru each with $250,000 in seed funding to advance their automation technology.
