- American Agri-Women presented Dr. Kevin Folta the Veritas award at their recent convention in Tigard, Oregon. Dr. Folta is a professor of horticulture at the University of Florida, where he has a distinguished career in strawberry genetics.
- Farmers Business Network announced a series of investments designed to further its commitment to the expansion of rural economies at its fifth annual Farmer2Farmer Conference.
- Farms.com announced it has acquired a network of agricultural news websites from USAgNet LLC, which covers 15 Midwest and Northeast U.S. states. The ‘State’ Ag Connection sites provide local farmers with daily news, markets, weather, auction listings and an online farm equipment marketplace in Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota.
- After serving as president of National Farmers Union for over a decade, Roger Johnson announced that he does not intend to seek reelection again next year. His current term will end at the organization’s annual convention in March, at which point an election for his successor will be held.
- Fifteen years after he became a state director in his home state of Minnesota, Nobles County farmer Bill Gordon was elevated to president of the American Soybean Association during the organization’s December board meeting.
- Women around the state who work in agriculture came together Dec. 5 for the first Florida Agri-Women farm tour as an initiative to educate on the issues and visit farming operations.
- CoBank released its 2020 year ahead report “Forces That Will Shape the U.S. Rural Economy” saying that the U.S. rural economy will continue to face headwinds and is expected to under perform relative to the economy of urban America but there is room for optimism.
- Noah Wicks will join the Agri-Pulse editorial team in the summer of 2020 as the company’s summer intern.
