- Iowa Corn announced they will not renew their title sponsorship of the Verizon IndyCar Series Iowa Corn 300 race at Iowa Speedway beginning in 2019 to focus on new corn demand opportunities.
- The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has recognized the winning team in its summer Purple Plow Farm to Food Truck Challenge. Curry Express and teacher Priya Muthukumaravelu from Port Orange, Florida, were selected as the winner in this national competition.
- The Center for Food Integrity welcomes a new slate of board members and officers. Doyle Karr, director of biotechnology public policy for Corteva Agriscience, was named president during the board’s July meeting in Kansas City, Kansas. Craig Wilson, vice president, general merchandising manager at Costco Wholesale, was elected vice president. Kirk Merritt, executive director of Ohio Soybean Council, is secretary/treasurer.
- The American Farm Bureau Federation, in partnership with Farm Credit, today opened online applications for its 2019 Farm Bureau Ag Innovation Challenge. Entrepreneurs will compete for $145,000. This is the fifth year of the Challenge, which is the first national business competition focused exclusively on rural entrepreneurs launching food and agriculture businesses. Competitors are invited to submit for-profit business ideas related to food and agriculture online at http://fb.org/aginnovationchallenge by Sept. 24.
- Shannon Higgins, events manager with the National Association of Farm Broadcasting, recently earned her Certified Meeting Professional designation.
- Legend Seeds announces its transition from a family-owned independent regional seed leader, to an employee-owned independent regional seed leader through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan as of August 1, 2018.
- Register now for the 2018 Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium, featuring a panel on Women Leading Agriculture. This year’s event takes place Oct. 17-19 in Des Moines, Ia.
- The North American Meat Institute has named Julie Anna Potts its next president and CEO effective September 24, 2018. Potts succeeds retiring President and CEO Barry Carpenter.
