The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is inviting Wisconsin dairy producers who are interested in serving the state’s dairy industry and shaping its future to serve as a director on the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. During the recent National Association of Conservation Districts Annual Meeting, members elected a new officer team and approved a set of guiding principles …

Syngenta announced that the National Biosafety Committee (CTNBio) in Brazil has approved its triple corn stack Bt11 x MIR162 x GA21 for cultivation in the country. As an Official Partner of NASCAR, the National Corn Growers Association will leverage its relationship to spread the message to NASCAR fans around the country about the role American farmers play in the development …

Vance Publishing Corp.’s Protein Division now provides subscribers with species business information via daily, weekly, ALERT and monthly e-newsletters as well as species specific websites: DroversCattleNetwork, DairyHerdNetwork and PorkNetwork. A new partnership with Schoolmenu.com provides the Pear Bureau with a unique opportunity to educate families and school foodservice operators about healthy, fresh pears and their unique appeal to school-age kids. …

The National Soybean Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois is organizing the upcoming Corporate Social Responsibility Conference: Nutrition Solutions for Central America in Guatemala City, Guatemala. The U.S. EPA has granted DuPont registration approval for DuPont Perspective, Streamline and Viewpoint herbicides. The London-based commodity consultancy VM Group launches Worldcrops.com, a unique service that gathers in one web-based location all …

Michael Steele’s research recently garnered him global recognition as a 2010 global winner of Alltech’s Young Scientist Competition. Download the agenda for the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, “Today’s Issues: Up Close and Personal”. John Deere announces that, once again, it will partner with the Agriculture Council of America, and other …

The Georgia Peanut Commission Board of Directors will be holding a public hearing for peanut farmers to determine the need for increasing peanut assessments which fund programs of the commodity commission. The hearing will be held Wed., Feb. 9 at 4:00 p.m. at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus, NESPAL. Kimberly Clark has joined the Nebraska Corn Board staff as ag …

Thanks to the work of researchers at Dow AgroSciences, LLC, who have been collaborating with a University of Missouri researcher, a new weapon may be on the horizon to eliminate superweeds. Rhino is proud to introduce the new AGM disc mower series. Balchem Corporation announced expansion at two of its Animal Nutrition and Health production plants in St. Gabriel, La., …

High school and two-year college students are invited to apply for a $1,000 scholarship from the CHS Foundation. Lessing-Flynn was named the newest member of the Intermarket Agency Network. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) is the recipient of the National Association of Wheat Growers’ 2010 Wheat Leader of the Year Award, the wheat industry’s highest public service award. FBSciences, Inc., has …

Three quarters of the area farmed with soybeans and more than half of the area planted with corn use GM seeds in the 2010/11 season, according to the 2nd issue of study performed by Celeres. Kumiai Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. and Ihara Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. have granted BASF the exclusive right to develop and commercialize solo herbicide products with …

Recycled advertising billboard vinyls are being repurposed as tarp material for farmers and ranchers that want to cover grass, alfalfa, make windscreens, or use as floor covering stuff in the barn. World Ag Expo is going mobile. Available for both the iPhone and all phones with the Android Market (search for “World Ag Expo”), World Ag Expo’s Application gives its …