Farm Credit has launched a new national online presence at FarmCredit.com, revitalized its national giving and sponsorship program, and established a dedicated communications team to build awareness of Farm Credit and its unique mission among those it serves. Willard Agri-Service of Greenwood, DE, was named the National Environmental Respect Award winner. The new Swath Command control system from Great Plains …
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Farm Journal has completed four sold-out sessions at its popular Corn College event held near Bloomington, Ill., with graduates from more than 29 states and 2 providences in four different sessions during the 2010 event. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association brought Mike Deering to the communications team to focus on grassroots advocacy and trade media relations. Jane DeMarchi joined the …
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Robert J. Ratliff has been appointed chairman of the board of CVT Corp. Brenda Gilbertson has joined ABS Global as the advertising and promotions manager. Abe Hughes has been named vice president of sales and marketing for New Holland Agriculture in North America (www.newholland.com). With a choice of three openers and eight row widths, the new YP-30 and YP-40 Yield-Pro …
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The Illinois Soybean Association recently unveiled a new book titled “Sam’s Soy Trek” to help young children get acquainted with soybeans. Farm Progress Companies, Inc. and IRON Solutions, Inc. broaden their current marketing alliance, as Farm Progress will begin representing IRON Search’s online media assets to advertisers throughout the U.S. agricultural market. A new slate of officers and Board of …
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The Cattle Feeders Hall of Fame is a new program intended to honor the most innovative and influential individuals in the cattle-feeding business. The hall announced its 2010 inductees — the late Kenny Monfort of Colorado and H.C. (Ladd) Hitch of Hitch Enterprises based in Oklahoma. Erin Snyder of Bozeman, Mont., has been selected as the recipient of the $1,500 …
When I Think Of Home…
On a work tour of Canada a few years back, we drove the countryside and it was filled with fields of yellow…canola. To the local Canadian attendees, it was boring, the usual, and what they really wanted to see were the test plots of field corn. Corn? But I guess I can’t blame them. There’s something about a beautiful field …
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Syngenta and Bayer CropScience have entered into a long-term business agreement relating to a key plant biotechnology trait. Under the agreement, Syngenta has granted Bayer CropScience a worldwide, non-exclusive license for use of VIPCOT insect control technology in cotton. Kansas Bioscience Authority (KBA) invites you to their July 26 community stakeholder event in Overland Park, Kan. Following the luncheon, KBA …
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Ag Leader Technology, Inc., released SmartPath – a new “drive and guide” guidance pattern. This pattern is available with any of Ag Leader’s manual guidance, assisted steering or automated steering products. Big Iron’s unreserved online auction on June 23rd hosted bidders from 31 different states and 4 different countries. In the three days prior to the auction closing, the website …
Equipment Bone Yard
Dotting the landscape of the greater Midwest are what I like to refer to as equipment bone yards. It’s the shallow gravesite for many a used, worn-out, retired truck, spray rig or cattle trough. They tirelessly decorate the hills as though saying, “Someone was once here. We worked hard, and now it’s time to rest.” In this day and age …
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Syngenta is sponsoring the inaugural Syngenta Almond Scholarship Program. Applications are currently being accepted, and the scholarship is open to high school seniors and college students (excluding seniors) interested in pursuing a career in agriculture who currently reside or attend school in California and are involved in the almond-growing industry. Planalytics will host the AgriBusiness Weather Intelligence Symposium on Thursday, …