The 20th annual Texas High Plains Grain Elevator Workshop is moving to the Ashmore Inn and Suites in Amarillo. Topics of discussion include: railcar fumigation, aeration, new 10,000-bushel storage bags, stored-corn protectants, stored-grain pests, using weather data for early prediction of beetles, weed control, and much more. Pre-registration is requested by Jan. 15. For more information, contact Greg Cronholm at …
National Potato Promotion Board Members Named
Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner appointed 35 producer members and one public member to serve on the National Potato Promotion Board for three-year terms beginning March 1, 2008 and ending on Feb. 28, 2011. In addition, another member has been appointed to fill a vacancy for a term of office beginning immediately and ending on Feb.28, 2009. Newly appointed producer …
The Hondo Group Expands
The Hondo Group, a Fort Worth-based marketing communications agency, announced that Damon Daood has joined their team as senior art director. Daood will serve as lead designer for the Hondo Group creative team, utilizing his vast experience in the field to create innovative and exciting creative. In addition, Diana Britton has been promoted to media coordinator and Allison Cromer has …
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Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner reappointed one member and one alternate member to serve on the National Peanut Board. Charles Tennyson Edens, member, Sumter, S.C., and Edward M. Rast Jr., alternate member, Cameron, S.C., will serve three year terms of office beginning Jan. 1, 2008 and ending on Dec. 31, 2010. More information about the research and promotion programs can …
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Agrimarketing veteran Janis Jones has joined the Kansas City office of AdFarm as Team Lead for the Bayer CropScience team. Jones brings 20 years of experience in strategic marketing and brand building in agriculture and crop-protection, with a background that includes marketing and strategy direction for agricultural companies such as EDEN Bioscience, Novartis, Case and DuPont. Most recently, Jones worked …
Cotton Board Members Appointed
Acting Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner announced the appointment of 17 members and 17 alternate members to the Cotton Board, as well as one vacant alternate member position in Mississippi created by a resignation. Beginning Jan. 1, the Cotton Board will consist of 37 representatives of cotton producers and importers, their alternates and one consumer advisor. The members and alternates named …
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Farm Equipment magazine is recognizing David Kahler (former CEO of Ohio-Michigan Equipment Dealers Assn.) with a special “Distinguished Service Award” during the 16th Annual National No-Tillage Conference on Thursday, Jan. 10, at the Netherland Hilton Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. Kahler spent his entire 38-year career advancing the interests of equipment dealers, the last 20 as CEO of the association serving Ohio …
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Lindsay Corporation’s FieldNET™ – the industry’s first full control Web-based irrigation management system – was named the winner of the 2007 Irrigation Association New Ag Product of the Year. FieldNET gives growers the power to monitor and control their pivots from any internet connection or cellular phone. With a user-friendly Web portal, FieldNET also provides growers with a quick view …
Dairy Producer Wins Lawn Tractor
ANIMART, Inc. has announced David Hemann with Double H Dairy of Greenwood, Wisc., won the grand-prize of the 2007 ANIMART/Cydectin Fall Deworming Promotion. Hemann was awarded on Christmas Eve a new 2008 John Deere LA 115 Lawn Tractor worth nearly $2,000. Hemann operates a 95-cow dairy with his wife Linda and son Allen and his wife Karen and their children …
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Southeast and Mid-South catfish farmers can apply for $11 million in assistance for catfish feed losses due to declared federal disasters that occurred between January 2005 and February 2007. The funding, which will be distributed by the departments of agriculture in 11 catfish-growing states, is part of $1 billion in payments under the Crop Disaster, Livestock Compensation and Livestock Indemnity …