- “Cultivating Innovation: Solutions for a Changing World” is the theme for the 2023 Water for Food Global Conference. The conference and its side events will take place in Lincoln, Neb., May 8-11 and focus on innovative ways to improve water and food security by increasing farmers’ resiliency to a changing landscape.
- Building on 80 years of partnership, John Deere announced a donation of $1 million to the National FFA Organization to support the growth of future leaders, feed agricuture’s talent pipeline, and honor the organization’s community service efforts.
- The GROWMARK System would like to help youth organizations do their part to help sustain and increase honey bee populations. This is the eighth year of the program, open to 4-H clubs, Ag in the Classroom groups, FFA chapters, and other youth organizations throughout the United States. Groups who previously participated in the program have been automatically re-enrolled. Organizations are asked to locate a public place and secure permission to plant a pollinator garden prior to filling out an application.
- The National Cotton Council announced that the late Kenneth Hood, a former NCC vice president, treasurer, vice chairman and chairman, received the Oscar Johnston Lifetime Achievement Award for 2022.
- The National Cotton Council also announced that Dr. Andy Jordan, a long-time employee in the NCC Technical Services Department who now works as an agricultural engineering consultant, received the 2022 Harry S. Baker Distinguished Service Award.
- Clean Fuels Alliance America announced the appointment of Katherine Reed as senior communications manager. Reed will support the implementation of the association’s marketing and communications plan, manage Clean Fuels’ social media channels and coordinate with partner organizations to promote the industry.
- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company recently announced that the Wrangler Workhorse HT is Goodyear’s eighth line of tires that contain a soybean oil compound. This builds upon the company’s 11-year-old relationship with U.S. soybean growers through their soy checkoff.
- OPI, the global leader in grain storage management, announced the addition of successful tech business executive Adam Weiss as its Chief Technology Officer.
- Joe Boddiford, peanut farmer from Sylvania, Georgia, was elected chairman of the Georgia Peanut Commission during the February monthly board meeting. This is Boddiford’s second term serving as chairman. He previously served as chairman in 2000.
- While America’s families continue to deal with record-high grocery prices, farm families can expect to see a drop in income in 2023. American Farm Bureau Federation economists analyzed USDA’s Farm Sector Income Forecast in their latest Market Intel report. U.S. net farm income is forecast to fall almost 16% from last year, while costs are expected to increase more than 4%, on top of a record increase in production expenses last year.
- The Renewable Fuels Association welcomed BK-H2Energy, LLC as its newest associate member. BK-H2Energy, LLC is a consulting company engaged in the transition of diesel/gas and CNG vehicles to battery electric and hydrogen fuel cells.
