- The Todd and Louise Malecha family are the 2022 winners of Farm Journal’s annual Top Producer of the Year award. Their operation, Malecha Enterprises, is based in Villard, Minn., and includes 1,200 milk cows and 1,100 replacement heifers as well as 2,500 acres of diverse crop and forage production. The award was presented during Farm Journal’s Top Producer Summit, held from Feb. 14-16 in Nashville, Tenn.
- Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc., announced that Garrett Downs has joined the digital media company as an associate editor. Downs previously worked as a reporter at Inside U.S. Trade and prior to that, as an intern for POLITICO New York where he co-authored POLITICO’s New York – New Jersey energy newsletter and worked as an editorial clerk and a freelancer for the New York Post.
- Cotton Council International (CCI) announced that Carlos C. Garcia, a cooperative official from Lubbock, Texas, was elected as its president for 2022. CCI is the National Cotton Council’s (NCC) export promotion arm.
- “My Drone’s View Returning Home” is the grand prize winner of the 2021 National Corn Growers Association Fields-of-Corn photo contest. The picture was taken via drone by Todd Wachtel of Illinois. This was the first time a bird’s eye view category was offered as a part of the contest.
- A Diversity Seminar: America, Race & Agriculture hosted by NAMA and North Central NAMA is scheduled for March 3 at 11:00 a.m. Central. Click here to register.
- Farmer Veteran Coalition (FVC) and the Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) formally announced a partnership aimed at gathering critical input from Native American U.S. military veterans working in the agricultural industry.
- The American Soybean Association (ASA) announces Gena Perry as executive director of ASA’s World Initiative for Soy in Human Health program. Perry, who currently serves as project director global strategy, will be promoted Feb. 28 to WISHH’s top staff role.
- Sakata Seed America has officially launched www.SakataCEA.com, a comprehensive website detailing specifics of Sakata’s CEA product offerings.
