- Register today for the June 7 webinar, “Sustainability in Agriculture: Moving from promise to practice.” This webinar will enable will take a closer look at the incredible progress that’s been made to date and the numerous challenges that remain. Plus, the webinar will explore what types of new federal programs and funding might be needed. Agri-Pulse is hosting this webinar which is sponsored by Corteva.
- The National Biodiesel Board welcomes Jeff Earl as director of state regulatory affairs.
- The USDA National Agricultural Statistic Service (NASS) has published the 2020 estimated peanut production for Alabama. NASS has estimated that Alabama peanut growers produced 637 million pounds of peanuts in 2020. That makes Alabama 2nd in the nation in peanut production, with Georgia ranking first. The U.S. produced 6.13 billion pounds of peanuts in 2020.
- Signal Group announced the addition of five new hires to meet the demands of the firm’s growing Strategic Communications practice, including Chris Ortman, Executive Vice President; Jess McCarron, Vice President; Aisha Dukule, Senior Manager; Shane McCarthy, Senior Associate; and Will Burdulis, Communications Associate. The firm also announced that Managing Director Chelsea Koski, who has been with the firm for more than eight years, has been elevated to Chair of the Strategic Communications Practice.
- Nufarm Americas Inc. announced that Tracy Rich has been appointed Vice President, Customer & Brand Marketing.
- MGEX reports that this past month was the best May in MGEX history with a total of 261,078 contracts, which is 44% higher than the previous record holder, May 2018. This past month also entered the total monthly volume top-25 record book in the 17th position. Electronically, 242,120 contracts were traded in May 2021, which is the 13th best overall electronic month in MGEX history. Additionally, this was the best month for SPIKES Futures volume, closing at 4,256 contracts.
