- Exhibitors are booked, speakers are warming up, and Commodity Classic is letting farmers know “The Future Is in Your Hands” March 10-12 in New Orleans. Show officials report the 2022 trade show floor is 99% sold out with very limited space still available. Registration and housing reservations can be made online at CommodityClassic.com.
- Applications are still open for the 2022 IFAJ/Alltech Young Leaders Award. Guild nominations are due by February 11, 2022.
- Enter the Golden ARC (Agricultural Relations Council) Awards contest. This program provides an opportunity for agricultural communicators to have their 2021 tactics and campaigns evaluated by marketing and public relations (PR) experts and receive helpful feedback. See how your work stacks up against the best in the business. To be eligible, entries must be completed in full or partially in 2021. Entries are due March 1.
- Providing deep analysis with a side of humor, the new podcast “3Squares” features a trio of heavy hitters who dish up the latest food and retail industry news, trends, insights and commentary – and laugh along the way. The bi-monthly podcast features Charlie Arnot, CEO of The Center for Food Integrity (CFI) and president of Look East, Susan Schwallie, president, Food & Beverage Practice at the NPD Group, and Kevin Ryan, founder and CEO of Malachite Strategy and Research, a CPG, retail and foodservice-focused insights and innovation agency.
- On Thursday, January 27, International Fresh Produce Association Co-CEOs Cathy Burns and Tom Stenzel met with Canadian Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC, to discuss supply chain issues critical to the fresh produce trade.
- National Corn Growers Association is proud to support 3 scholarship programs for 3 distinct audiences. To apply, students or a parent/guardian must be a member of the NCGA. Past scholarship winners and employees and the families of employees of any division of BASF or their subsidiaries or the NCGA are not eligible for the scholarship. The scholarship application deadline is Monday, January 31, 2022.
- AgButler announces the 10 collegiate ambassadors committed to being advocates for the agricultural industry. The gig economy platform is in the connections business and serves as a solution to the rural labor shortage in America. The AgButler Ambassadors are tasked with helping connect laborers and employers within the app using their own personal agricultural networks.
- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has confirmed that he will speak at the Jan. 31 webinar, “Digging into the ag export supply chain crisis and how to fix it.” The event starts at 1 p.m. ET. Register here.
- The Alabama Peanut Producers Association and the Florida Peanut Producers Association will hold the Alabama-Florida Peanut Trade Show on Thursday, February 3, 2022, at the National Peanut Festival Fairgrounds in Dothan, Alabama.
