Register for a media badge to access World Ag Expo for interviews, pictures, media day breakfast and tours and more. The Arkansas Agriculture Department announces the release of Arkansas Grown. Calling all cooperative communicators, the superheroes of communications with creative muscles of steel, to enter your latest and greatest projects into the 2014 CCA Communications Contest. Humane Farm Animal Care …
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reopened and extended the comment period for the proposed Hardwood Lumber and Hardwood Plywood Promotion, Research and Information Order. Syngenta is proud to announce the new national Syngenta Agricultural Scholarship essay contest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will conduct a referendum from April 7, 2014 through April 18, 2014, for eligible U.S. peanut producers. …
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed 13 members to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board. This week the Seafood Industry Research Fund (SIRF) held their inaugural benefit dinner at NOBU restaurant in Miami Beach, Florida. FarmLogs announced that it has closed a $4 million Series A round of financing led by Drive Capital, a venture capital …
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Poynter Institute has created a set of online courses just for AAEA members in 2014, available to you at reduced cost. Fortune Fish & Gourmet President & CEO Sean O’Scannlain is the new Chairman of the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), the seafood industry’s leading trade association. American Lamb Board (ALB) is elevating its 2014 strategic communications program to focus more …
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AgStock collection has been acquired by Design Pics, Inc., located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Missouri CattleWomen’s Association last week crowned Julie Crouch of Lincoln, Mo., as the 2014 Missouri Beef Queen during the 46th Missouri Cattle Industry Convention & Trade Show at Tan-Tar-A Resort, Osage Beach. The most recent report on household food security by the United States Department …
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Scheduled Feb. 21-23 at the American Royal Complex in Kansas City, Mo., the 2014 Western Farm Show promises all of these attractions and much more. The winners of the World Ag Expo’s Top-10 New Products will be showcased February 11-13, 2014 during the 47th annual World Ag Expo in Tulare, California. Producers can fine-tune their farming operations with information gained …
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Farm Journal Media announced Mark DePrez as its new Vice President and General Manager for its radio business. Darrin Dodds, associate Extension professor at Mississippi State University, has been announced as the 2014 Extension Cotton Specialist of the Year, an award sponsored by Bayer CropScience since 2008. Florida Department of Citrus and Food Network Star Aarti Sequeira join forces; help …
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The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) announced that KBM Group, the global leader in knowledge-based marketing solutions, has become a NAMA Sustaining Partner. National NAMA will be hosting a producer panel at the Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville, TN. The 2014 Farm Press-Cotton Foundation High Cotton Awards recipients are: Southeast – Danny Darnell, Hillsboro, Ala.; Mid-South – Kenneth Hood, Gunnison, Miss.; …
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Foodable WebTV Network is excited to announce a new partnership with Miami celebrity chef Adrianne Calvo, who will be the first featured chef in the Network’s new chef reality show, “Food as a Lifestyle”. California almond growers will vote on whether to continue their Federal marketing order from Feb. 18, 2014, through March 7, 2014. The National Corn Growers Association …
What Do You Have For 2014 Health Insurance
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “What is your traditional Christmas dinner?” Our poll results: · Other – 30% · Ham – 28% · Turkey – 22% · Roast Beef – 11% · Lobster – 5% · Wild Game – 5% Our new ZimmPoll is now live and asks the question, “How is your health insurance for 2014?” The Zimmermans …