Solum Inc. announced it has changed its name to Granular Inc. and launched a new cloud business software and analytics offering for farmers. BASF announced that Sercadis fungicide has received full U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration. Elanco, the animal health division of Eli Lilly and Company announced an agreement to acquire Lohmann SE (Lohmann Animal Health), a privately-held company …
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DuPont, the University of Missouri and the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service have announced an innovative new collaboration to pool soil mapping resources, predictive technologies and expertise to help growers more sustainably improve crop yields through better nitrogen application management and other field input planning. Since the first commercial sale of Posilac on Feb. 4, 1994, it has helped …
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For the second year, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. is excited to partner with the checkoff-funded Beef Quality Assurance program and sponsor BQA certification for all producers who enroll from February 3 through April 15. Georgia Peanut Commission Farm Bill Update Meeting and Webinar will be held on Monday, Feb. 24 at 10:30 a.m and will be broadcast live at the …
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Meredith Corporation announced that it has promoted Scott Mortimer to Vice President of Meredith Corporation & Group Publisher at Meredith Agrimedia, effective immediately. CAST has released a new video based on its Issue Paper “Animal Feed vs. Human Food: Challenges and Opportunities in Sustaining Animal Agriculture Toward 2050”. The Agricultural Retailers Association and The Fertilizer Institute announced plans to create …
Alltech Feed Survey Reports Slight Increase
Results from the 2014 Global Feed Tonnage Survey released by Alltech revealed a one percent increase in feed production, with global feed tonnage reporting in at 963 million metric tons, up from 954 million metric tons last year. Alltech assessed the compound feed production of 130 countries in Dec. 2013 through information obtained in partnership with local feed associations and …
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The American Hereford Association and Hereford World staff are excited to announce Juston Stelzer, Aledo, Texas, is serving as the advertising representative for Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. The IFAJ/Alltech Young Leader Program is looking for young journalists with talent and leadership potential The National Cotton Council directors for 2014 were announced at the NCC’s annual meeting held here on February …
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Novozymes and Monsanto Company announce they have completed the closing of the The BioAg Alliance, as announced on December 10, 2013. Brownfield Ag News is excited to announce the addition of heritage agriculture radio stations WOWO-AM and WOWO-FM in Fort Wayne and powerhouse station WIKY-FM in Evansville, Indiana to the growing list of affiliate partners carrying Brownfield Ag News programming. …
Most Like Crop Insurance in New Farm Bill
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “What’s best in the new farm bill?” More than a third of our respondents agree that crop insurance tops the charts, along with nothing. We see a bit of an oxymoron there! Our poll results: Crop insurance – 31.25% None – 31.25% Conservation – 9.38% Rural Development – 9.38% Energy – 6.25% Specialty Crops …
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Ag Engage and Penton Farm Progress Group announce their new Precision Aerial Ag Show, the first-ever outdoor exposition for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) use in agriculture, to be held July 9 and 10, 2014 at Progress City USA, Decatur, Ill. Beck’s Hybrids is excited to announce a continued collaboration with Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. to conduct on-farm research by providing expertise …
Ag PR Hall of Fame, Nominations Due March 15
Nominations are due March 15 for the Agricultural Public Relations Hall of Fame, an award program honoring agricultural public relations professionals who have made lifetime contributions to the industry. The program, sponsored by the Agricultural Relations Council and AgriMarketing magazine, will recognize its third group of recipients at the June 2014 ARC annual meeting in Madison, Wis. Nominees must be …