Laboratory Management Partners, Inc. has selected Swanson Russell to lead a re-branding effort. Allen Harim, a leading producer and processor of chicken on Delmarva, has hired poultry industry veteran, Jack Coleman, as Senior Director of Marketing and Sales. Bayer CropScience is helping to make the holiday season a bit brighter for Americans struggling with hunger by sponsoring #Thankful4Ag in conjunction …
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National Farmers Union (NFU) announced the opening of registration for the 2015 NFU Women’s Conference, a conference for farm and rural women. One of the Idaho Potato Commission’s (IPC) MVPs, Heather Cox, is back with a new lineup of weekly videos and contests that are scoring big points with college football and Idaho® potato fans across the country. Filament Marketing, …
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Farm Journal Media announced the creation of a ten-year, $60,000 scholarship program with the Life Science Communications (LSC) department of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) at University of Wisconsin-Madison to promote agricultural journalism as an exciting career path for students. Ms. Linda M. Chimenti, who has served as the Executive Vice President of the Council for Agricultural …
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New Century FS, Grinnell, Iowa, was named the Environmental Respect Award winner for the state of Iowa. The American Soybean Association (ASA) will present its Soy Champion Award to Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas. MGEX has concluded the 2nd-best October in its long history. The National Wheat Foundation (NWF) has partnered with BASF to give away four scholarships for students …
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A new leadership team was elected by the members of the American Society of Agricultural Consultants while at the organization’s annual conference. Farm Journal Media announced that it has acquired the highly-regarded The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter, a well-known bi-weekly newsletter published continuously since 1929. DRYLAND will be showing at 3:30 PM, Saturday, November 15 in the 41st Northwest Filmmakers’ Festival …
Brandt Consolidated and Advanced Data Analysis
Data is an important part of effective agronomics. With access to spatial data, farmers can uncover new areas of efficiencies and cost savings. However, when data is coming in from multiple, disparate sources, it is nearly impossible to aggregate it, and put it to good use. Brandt Consolidated, a leader in technical agronomic solutions, recently overcame the challenge presented by …
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Lessing-Flynn won big at the 2014 PRIME Awards, hosted by the Public Relations Society of America Central Iowa Chapter last week. Monsanto Company reinforced its commitment to further improve the genetic potential of seeds by announcing a $20 million investment in integrated technology centers as part of its global breeding program. At its October 28, 2014 Organizational Meeting, the MGEX …
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Wade Mittelstadt has been named GROWMARK Vice President, Financial and Risk Mangement, effective Dec. 1, 2014. Unveiled at Kubota Tractor Corporation’s Dealer Meeting last week in Nashville, Tenn., the all-new L2501 compact tractor blazes a trail to tractor ownership for first-time buyers. Valent U.S.A. Corporation (Valent) announced an agreement with Minneapolis-based MGK to manage the marketing and sales of MGK’s …
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Valley University, the training organization of Valley® Irrigation, has received an esteemed Learning in Practice Award from Chief Learning Officer magazine. The free smartphone (android, Iphones & Ipads) and tablet app from veteran farm broadcaster Max Armstrong has a newly added Question of the Week section, all new Tractor Trivia questions, Max’s Twitter feed on the app’s home page, and …
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The National Corn Growers Association and BASF Corporation will again award five $1,000 scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing a degree in an agriculture-related field during the 2015-16 school year. On Nov. 7, Agriculture Future of America will honor two men who have demonstrated this spirit of innovation throughout their careers and have actively given back to benefit the …