Leica Geosystems has entered into a software license agreement with Deere & Company to provide guidance software for a range of new AutoTrac Ready tractor models directly via the ISOBUS. AgGateway will facilitate a new project called Crop Protection Canada Connectivity to electronically link crop protection product manufacturers, distributors and retailers. U.S. Wheat Associates recently celebrated 50 years of partnership …

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan invites state departments of agriculture across the United States and its territories to submit applications for specialty crop block grants. Reims Management School has launched a new chair dedicated to agri-bio-industrial research, confirming its contribution to the development of the bio-based economy. SFP announces its next generation of executive leadership. US Secretary of Agriculture Thomas …

ADVOCIN (danofloxacin mesylate) is now available from Pfizer Animal Health – offering a cost-effective fluoroquinolone alternative for the treatment of bovine respiratory disease. Agriculture Future of America works to assist young people pursuing agricultural-related careers by providing academic financial support and by partnering with other organizations to offer scholarship opportunities. Farm Press and Penton Media are bringing back the Mid-South …

The Board of Directors of Wheat Growers elected their officers for 2012 at their January meeting. The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service is requesting proposals for matching grant funds under the Federal-State Marketing Improvement Program. Six new faces are laced through numerous Osborn & Barr departments: Anna Bethmann, James Coston, Jim McWilliams, Kelsey Phelps, Sheryl Melton and Nancy Lester-Dean. FMC Corporation …

National 4-H Council has named Dr. P. Bai Akridge as its new Director of Global Projects. Feedstuffs is excited to announce that veteran communicator Andy Vance will be joining its editorial team in a full-time capacity effective March 1. The USDA will amend the federal marketing order regulating the handling of pistachios produced in California, Arizona and New Mexico. A …

Jon M. “Mike” Garnett of Spearman, Texas, was re-elected on Jan. 26 to serve as chairman of The Farm Credit Council Board of Directors. Farm Progress Companies has been selected by the Illinois Soybean Association, Minnesota Soybean Growers Association, Ohio Soybean Association and South Dakota Soybean Association to publish their official magazines. Alltech has promoted Patrick Charlton to the position …

Merck Animal Health announced that it intends to centralize certain functions at the existing Merck Campus in Summit, New Jersey. The Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation launched a new website. DuPont and OligoCo have entered into a collaboration to develop new technology that could enable the intense use of synthetic biology to help feed a growing global population. The …

A pocket guide designed by Purdue Extension to be an in-field reference for corn and soybean producers is now available. Eddie Sandberg, Courtland, Kan., was selected as the 2012 Hereford Herdsman of the Year. In 2012, Deere & Company marks the 175th anniversary of its existence, which began when company founder John Deere successfully manufactured and marketed the self-scouring plow …

Wheat Growers promotes Stephen Briggs to Senior Vice President of Agronomy and Corporate Marketing and Roger Krueger to Senior Vice President of Grain. Terry Sekel joined Rural Media Group, Inc. as senior vice president of advertising sales; Andrew Eder joined as vice president of sales; Sandy Lawson as director of equine sales; and, Sally Stith-Burdette as account representative. The National …

A new CAST Issue Paper, Energy Issues Affecting Corn/Soybean Systems: Challenges for Sustainable Production, examines energy issues within the corn/soybean production system. The national soy checkoff once again plans its Green Ribbon Fairs reimbursement program, aimed at encouraging fairs across the country to promote and use soy-based products. Animal Welfare Approved is pleased to announce the 2011-12 Good Husbandry Grants …