Save your seat and wallet with Early Registration for the 2024 Sustainable Agriculture Summit. A discounted rate of $700 is available through July 31, along with single day passes and further discounted rates for farmers, government employees, and students.
Tuesday, August 6, is the last day for early bird pricing on your NAMA Boot Camp registration. Sign up now to save $100 and join us in Kansas City August 20–22.
The World Food Prize Foundation welcomed 14 exceptional college students last week to Washington, D.C., celebrating the culmination of the World Food Prize Foundation Wallace-Carver Fellowship, in partnership with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). This summer, the Foundation selected 14 students for the distinguished Wallace-Carver Fellowship, offering them the opportunity to collaborate with world-renowned scientists and policymakers through paid fellowships at leading USDA research centers and offices nationwide.
As of Aug. 1, 2024, the West Coast Office of U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) will be located at the World Trade Center, Suite 1125, 121 SW Salmon Street, Portland, OR 97204. USW is the export market development organization for the U.S. wheat industry.
This summer, Texas A&M student Laney Ferrell joined the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) as their policy intern. Laney is from Seguin, Texas, and is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness with a certificate in International Trade in Agriculture and a minor in Financial Planning.
For more than 50 years, thousands of FFA members from across the country have converged in our nation’s capital each summer to engage with legislators, hone civic engagement and leadership skills, and create community impact projects to take back to their cities and towns. The National FFA Organization’s Washington Leadership Conference (WLC) took place June 4-July 20 at the Omni Shoreham, with six, week-long sessions for FFA members to choose from. FFA welcomed 1,610 members from 44 states at the 2024 conference, the second-largest student experience that the National FFA Organization will host this year, only behind the National FFA Convention & Expo which is anticipated to draw more than 70,000 attendees.
The Livestock Publications Council’s fundraising committee is trying something new this year — a reverse raffle. Participants will be entered in a drawing for multiple cash prizes, including the $3,000 top prize. Tickets are limited and cost $50 each. Winners will be drawn during the Monday Night Mingle at Ag Media Summit, but you don’t have to be present to win. Click here to purchase.
After building and growing Nufarm in North America for the past 9 1/2 years, Brendan Deck will return to Australia in December 2024. In his new role, Brendan will continue to support Nufarm as a strategic advisor to the Group, utilizing his considerable commercial and product experience. Brendan will be succeeded as Regional General Manager, North America by Ken Barham, effective October 1, 2024.
Twenty cotton producers from the Mid-South and Southeast will observe cotton and other agriculture-related operations in California’s San Joaquin Valley the week of July 28 as part of the National Cotton Council’s 2024 Producer Information Exchange (P.I.E.) Program.
