GreenStone Farm Credit Services recently announced that the community and agricultural lender has made a $25,000 contribution to the Great Lakes Ag-Tech Business Incubator, a non-profit organization that focuses on helping farmers and entrepreneurs rapidly commercialize their ag-technology machinery, equipment or software innovations. The Incubator will utilize the financial contribution by providing business startup services to clients. GreenStone will also …
Apply for 2016 E4D Trip to China
2016 will mark the 5th annual International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) Exposure-4-Development Tour, and this year’s attendees will get the opportunity to explore agriculture and mechanization in China! The attendees, a group of 12 jury-selected journalists from around the world, will have the chance to travel through Beijing, Changzhou and Shanghai, China, for a first-hand look at farming and …
AFBF Launches Online Peanut Butter Game
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture, along with the National Peanut Board and state peanut producer and industry organizations, have launched Operation Peanut Butter, a new online game from My American Farm. Geared for students in grades 3-5, the game allows students to follow peanuts from the field to the peanut butter on their sandwiches. “While playing Operation Peanut …
Introducing the Farm To Table Alliance
The National Farm to Table Alliance, started through the annual Farm to Table Experience, is a collection of organizations interested in sustainable, local, farm fresh seasonal products. The Alliance supports the exchange between Practitioners, Policy Makers and Consumers, while promoting food safety. The Alliance’s goal will be to support the development of best practices in bringing fresh products to the …
AgChat Foundation Announces Summer Interns
Mallorie Wipple and Kyndal Reitzenstein will be working with the AgChat Foundation this summer as communications interns. Wipple will be responsible for coordinating communications efforts while Reitzenstein will be working with the Ask the Farmers initiative. “As our organization grows at a rapid pace, adding a second internship to the summer program was imperative. Ms. Wipple and Ms. Reitzenstein bring …
Poitti Joins American Farmland Trust as President
American Farmland Trust (AFT) has appointed John Piotti as their new President. He will assume his new duties on July 1, 2016. “Our nation relies on our farms and farmers for growing our food and providing tremendous environmental benefits for the country,” said Piotti. “I’ve dedicated my career to this cause, and I am thrilled to be joining AFT, where I …
Pork Board Names New CEO
William J. Even, an agriculture-industry leader with substantial senior management experience in crop and livestock production, will join the National Pork Board as its new Chief Executive Officer on June 6, 2016. Currently based in South Dakota, Even is Global Industry Relations Lead with DuPont Pioneer. “As a fourth-generation farmer, I have deep, personal knowledge of the challenges facing today’s …
Promoting Ag Careers With Glycine Max
In a report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), jobs that require degrees related to food, agriculture, renewable natural resources or the environment will see an average of 57,900 openings annually over the next five years, which is far more than the anticipated 35,400 graduates in those fields. The Maryland Soybean Board is stepping up to encourage students …
Farm Bureau Celebrates Supreme Court Victory
A unanimous Supreme Court ruling was handed down yesterday. The law of the land says landowners may challenge the federal government and the Army Corps of Engineers over improper regulations designed to protect water. Landowners have attempted many times to challenge Corps rulings known as jurisdictional determinations, but the government successfully argued that those determinations were not “final agency actions” …
Culver’s Raises $56,500 to Support Agriculture
Culver’s “Scoops of Thanks Day” on May 5th raised $56,500 by selling more than 48,000 scoops of custard on behalf of agriculture education. Guests were offered a free scoop of custard for a $1 donation to their FFA or other local agricultural organization. “Our guests appreciate the hard work farmers put into producing our nation’s food as much as we …