Learnard Seed Services in East Central Illinois, is celebrating 90 years of serving farmers across Vermilion County and surrounding areas, a milestone that reflects decades of trusted relationships, agronomic expertise and commitment to agriculture. Founded in 1936 by Elmer Learnard during the Great Depression, the business began by selling seed corn and later expanded into soybeans for neighboring farmers. Originally …
AgGateway Announces Annual Meeting Agenda
The 2026 AgGateway Annual Meeting and Conference is set for November 9-11 this year at the Hilton Nashville Downtown in Nashville, TN. The three-day agenda includes three general sessions and four exceptional expert presentations designed to get attendees up to speed on the state of digital connectivity in agriculture, the ongoing impact of artificial intelligence, and government policy and priorities …
Agri-Pulse Webinar: Data Centers in Rural America
Rural America is rapidly becoming the next frontier for digital infrastructure, and the scale of the transformation is without modern precedent. According to a Pew Research Center analysis released in April 2026, 67% of the approximately 1,500 data center facilities now in various stages of development are planned for rural locations and 39% percent of planned projects are targeting counties …
Submit Nominations for NAMA Professional Dev. Awards
Celebrate Marketing Excellence and submit Your Nominations for the Professional Development Awards by August 1. Do you know someone moving the industry forward while making a significant, positive impact within NAMA? Take the time to recognize them and submit a nomination! The online nomination form is a simple process. These awards honor NAMA members based on outstanding achievement in each …
Congrats to ACN Award Winners
Congratulations to the outstanding agricultural communicators recognized during the 2026 Ag Media Summit held this past week in St. Louis. The Agricultural Communicators Network is proud to recognize this year’s top Communications Contest winners: Communicator of the Year: Julianna Langemeier, Zoetis Designer of the Year: Matt Strelecki, People, Inc. Writer of the Year: Lisa Foust Prater, Successful Farming Photographer of …
Pivot Bio Launches Year of One Million Thanks Buddy Seat Tour
Today at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Pivot Bio launched the “Year of One Million Thanks Buddy Seat Tour,” which will travel more than 1,500 miles around the country to celebrate America’s farmers and highlight the need for investment in the nation’s most critical industry. Pivot Bio CEO Chris Abbott will personally travel on the tour of America’s rural communities …
Ten for the Next Gen: IFAJ’s Young Leaders 2026
The IFAJ ten Young Leaders will participate in a unique ‘Boot Camp’, held prior to the annual IFAJ Congress – the organization’s flagship event. They’ll be the ones keeping information flowing to the world’s farmers well into the second half of the 21st century: the future of agricultural journalism is safe in the hands of this year’s IFAJ Young Leaders. …
ZimmCast 762 – AI Impact on R&D with Syngenta
Hello and welcome to the ZimmCast. In this episode I’m going to share some comments and a question from the latest IFAJ Webinar. The topic was “Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on R&D for Agriculture.” Moderating was Steve Werblow, IFAJ President and Martin Clough, Syngenta Crop Protection’s R&D Head of Digital Collaboration and Sustainability and Andre Piza, Syngenta’s Group’s Global Head of …
Land O’Lakes Invests in High-Value Dairy Protein Production
Land O’Lakes, Inc. is making a strategic investment in its Tulare, California, dairy processing facility to expand into high-value dairy protein production. The move will position the cooperative to meet rapidly growing global demand for protein-rich nutrition, while also creating new opportunities for its farmer-owners. The investment will enable production of ultra-filtered milk; unlocking greater value from member milk, providing …
Huma Adds Nematode Control for New PROUD 4
Huma® introduces new PROUD 4™, a strengthened formulation of Huma’s PROUD 3 to offer a four-in-one nematicide, miticide, fungicide and insecticide providing broad-spectrum control of above- and below-ground pests. “For specialty crop growers seeking alternatives to costly, environmentally harmful fumigants and synthetic nematicides, PROUD 4 is the eco-friendly alternative – eco as in both economic and ecological,” says Fred Nichols, …