Iowa Corn is proud to announce 10 scholarships to be awarded through the Iowa Corn Future of Agriculture Scholarship program to high school seniors college students who are pursuing a degree in the 2011-12 school year. New leadership was elected by the members of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers. America’s Heartland, the only nationally-distributed program …

Ohio Brownfield Ag News radio network will be introduced in 2011. Monsanto Company will provide more than $1 million in sponsorships of National FFA Organization programs, awards, events, student scholarships and more this year. MGEX announced preliminary February monthly electronic trading volume of 190,639 contracts, eclipsing the previous record set in June 2010. John Melick, a fruit and vegetable farmer …

American Farmland Trust, USDA NRCS and Farm Foundation NFP invite you to participate in a forum to address the future of U.S. agriculture, natural resource conservation and rural lands. The 29th National Beef Cook Off is kicking off a recipe contest for everyday home cooks and entertaining enthusiasts nationwide. Submit your best beef recipes online for a chance to win …

Syngenta Seeds, Inc., has released 17 new NK brand soybean products, featuring more varieties with Syngenta’s Aphid Management System. The Georgia Peanut Commission will be holding a mail-ballot referendum March 15 – April 15, 2011 for peanut farmers to vote on increasing the assessment paid by growers from $2 to $3 per ton. Advanta US is improving and consolidating its sorghum …

In 2011, Massey Ferguson will proudly be the “official tractor” of Rodney Atkins. R&D LifeSciences, LLC, recently added Jon Cunningham and Jon Engels as territory managers for the biotech animal health and feed solutions company. The Almond Board of California has released election results for members of the Board of Directors whose terms of office will begin March 1, 2011. …

Select Sires is offering for the first time a Select Sires photo contest. Select Sires is looking for new, exciting photos of Select-sired offspring and customers to use in promotions such as calendars, posters, brochures, on the website and much more. Kevin Moffitt, president and CEO of Pear Bureau Northwest, has been named president of the World Apple and Pear …

Emily Krueger of West Salem, Ohio, competed against 47 other college students or recent graduates to win the American Farm Bureau’s 2011 Collegiate Discussion Meet at the AFBF Young Farmers & Ranchers Leadership Conference. Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. helped seedstock producers add value through its Range Ready Health Warranted Breeding Stock program and has now extended its offering to include …

Wyffels Hybrids recently rolled out nine new hybrid families for 2012. James Glassford has joined AgriLabs’ executive management team as V.P. of Marketing. Steley, the first 24/7 Online Auction website specifically for livestock, allows consumers to buy and sell cattle genetics worldwide. Pharm Solutions Inc. announced Weed Pharm, a horticultural BIOPESTICIDE, has received EPA approval for use on organic crops …

Syngenta announced it has received full deregulation for its corn amylase trait from the USDA. Syngenta will sell corn seed with the amylase trait as Enogen corn seed. John Deere is hosting Driver Green events at dealerships across the country, from February through July, for consumers to see and test drive the latest utility tractors and other equipment available from …

EMD Crop BioScience is introducing Ratchet for the 2011 growing season, providing corn and soybean growers with an easy-to-use foliar product that taps into the breakthrough performance advantages of LCO (Lipo-chitooligosaccharide) Promoter Technology. Farm Market iD announced it has made available farm data on over 36,000 growers in California, updated with information from all 58 counties, for the 2010 growing …