National Ag Day is March 25, 2014, and there is still time for you to align your organization with this high-profile event. Grain Systems Inc., a global brand of AGCO , announced that it has purchased Johnson System Inc., a leading manufacturer of catwalks, towers and support structures based in Marshall, Michigan. As part of an organization-wide revitalization of its …
Former San Juan Biofuels Facility Selling at Lender Owned Auction
Maas Companies of Rochester, Minn., will liquidate the former San Juan Biofuels Oilseed Crush Facility located in Southwestern Colorado at a Lender Owned Auction.The auction will be conducted on-site at the plant, 7099 CR H, Dove Creek, Colorado on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at 10 a.m. The auction offers on-site and internet based bidding opportunities. San Juan Biofuels was originally a …
BASF Launches New Mobile Website
BASF launched a new mobile platform, m.agproducts.basf.us, for U.S.-based Crop Protection products. This platform gives BASF customers and employees access to company and product information for use on all tablets and smartphone models. The m.agproducts.basf.us website features full access to all BASF Crop Protection product information. This includes relevant product labels and material safety data sheets (MSDS). The Contact Us …
Kohn Joins ASTA
Michelle Kohn, formerly a research analyst for agriculture consulting firm, Agralytica, has been named Director, International Programs and Policy, said Andrew W. LaVigne, president and CEO of the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA). In this new role at ASTA, Kohn will be responsible for the management and direction of USDA Cooperator/donor-funded programs and for assisting in the development of ASTA’s …
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BASF announced that its U.S. affiliate, BASF Corporation, has entered into an agreement to commence a cash tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of common stock of the biotechnology company Verenium Corporation for $4.00 per share. Agrium Inc.’s Board of Directors announced its intention to increase Agrium’s dividend by $1.00 U.S. per common share to a total dividend …
First Annual National Eat Local Day
Chef Sarah Stegner of Prairie Grass Cafe in Northbrook, IL and Cindy Kurman of Kurman Communications, Inc. in Chicago have founded National Eat Local Day to be held annually on the Fall Equinox, which this year is on September 22. “Our hope is that leading chefs across the country can work together to raise awareness of the importance of supporting …
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University of Georgia mycologists in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences found one Macrocybe titans—a species that produces the largest mushrooms in the Western Hemisphere—in the lawn of an abandoned Athens home last October. The iPhoneography webinar on September 30th is designed for anyone who wants to enhance their cell phone photography and be inspired to be more creative. …
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Lessing-Flynn Advertising, the longest running advertising agency in the state of Iowa and among the oldest in the United States, has been named the top advertising agency in Iowa by AdWeek Magazine. Leaders of eight fast-emerging North Carolina agricultural biotechnology companies will pitch their wares to investors and other interested observers October 10 at the 2013 Ag Biotech Entrepreneurial Showcase. …
Do You Plan to Upgrade Your SmartPhone?
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “ Do you contact your members of Congress?” Our poll results: • When issues are important to me 41% • Never, what’s the point? 32% • Who is my member of Congress? 14% • Other 9% • Often call or write 5% • Visit offices and go to town hall meetings 0% Looks like …
BIVI Introduces FLEXcombo HSB Swine Vaccine
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI), has made it easier to vaccinate swine against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, two of the most economically important swine diseases, in a single injection with FLEXcombo. Because every swine herd is unique, FLEXcombo, one of the products in the FLEX Family of vaccines, allows producers and veterinarians to customize vaccination programs …