Amidst today’s global challenges—including the escalated need for food and nutrition security under mounting population pressure–the mission of the Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute (DWFI) at the University of Nebraska has never been more vital. The institute’s recent annual report marks a year of critical research, capacity building and global thought leadership, and details significant progress across the Institute’s three core focus areas.
Keystone Cooperative, Inc., an Indiana-based leader in agriculture and energy, announces 100 percent of member net profits are being returned directly to members through patronage. Keystone Cooperative will distribute $57 million in patronage to eligible farmer-members who did business with the cooperative in 2025. 80 percent or 90 percent of each member’s payout will be delivered in cash, based on their legacy membership status, with the remainder applied to their equity in Keystone. This cash patronage return equals more than $46 million.
Auburn University has named Eve Brantley as the 1862 Extension director for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, effective Jan. 1, 2026, Auburn President Christopher B. Roberts announced.
Nominate the cream of the crop for the Agribusiness Leader of the Year, National Agri-Marketing Association Marketer of the Year, Ag Association Leader, or Next Gen NAMA awards. These prestigious awards will be presented at the 2026 Agri-Marketing Conference, April 15-17 in St. Louis. Submit your online nomination(s) by January 31, 2026.
The effective across-the-board tariff rate is now about 17 percent but based on tax collections, the actual average import tax paid is only about 10 percent. According to a new year-ahead report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange, that rate is expected to drop even further as the reduced tariffs on China and imported food products take effect and more bilateral agreements are finalized.
AdFarm is proud to welcome experienced agri-marketing leader Kari Palutis as Vice President, Growth and Revenue, leading growth strategy and agency initiatives across North America. Palutis brings more than two decades of experience in agency leadership, client partnership development and integrated marketing communications across many of agriculture’s biggest brands.
Plasma Blue has unveiled a newly redesigned website highlighting how its groundbreaking technology is destroying PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals.” The enhanced site — plasma-blue.com — features a fresh, electric design and expanded content that delves deeper into the company’s innovative plasma-based water treatment process. Visitors can explore how this technology transforms PFAS remediation and opens doors to new industrial applications.
BASF has partnered with the National Wheat Foundation (NWF) for the past 9 years to offer scholarships to students with ties to the wheat industry pursuing careers in agriculture. Applications are being accepted until December 31, 2025.
Applications are open for the World Ag Expo “We Believe in Growing” Scholarship, proudly presented by Coast Counties Peterbilt (formerly E.M. Tharpe). For nearly 20 years, this scholarship has supported agricultural education and encouraged Central Valley students to pursue careers in agriculture.
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate Agriculture committees will all be featured speakers at the American Farm Bureau Convention. Secretary Rollins, who has led USDA through a pivotal first year of the Trump administration focused on the agriculture economy, trade and reducing costs for farmers, will speak about the challenges and opportunities ahead for American agriculture during the closing general session on Monday, Jan. 12. Tim Tebow was announced in June as a closing general session speaker – a two-time national champion, Heisman Trophy winner, College Football Hall of Fame inductee, and five-time New York Times best-selling author.
