Organic yogurt leader Stonyfield Farm has launched the Stonyfield Organic Farmers Grant-a-Wish Program to help fund innovative organic farming projects that can make a strong environmental impact or improve the long-term viability of organic farming. Valley Irrigation recently announced a formal agreement with CropMetrics. With five completely new models, the Fendt 800 Series high horsepower tractors continue the tradition of …

U.S. Wheat Associates (www.uswheat.org) welcomes Tyler Jameson as Assistant Director of Policy in its Arlington, Va., headquarters effective today. A cooperative effort between Hoosier Ag Today and the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, all the photos featured on the Indiana Agriculture Calendar were taken by Indiana farmers and are of scenes from Indiana farms and rural communities. Bayer CropScience announced …

Thomas C. Dorr, president and CEO of the U.S. Grains Council and former USDA Under Secretary for Rural Development during the George W. Bush administration, has been named to the board of directors of the Farm Journal Foundation. Participate in the new Hoard’s Dairyman monthly webinar series starting next Monday, Jan. 10, at noon, central time. To sign up, visit …

Murray Wise Associates LLC has announced the addition of Matt Conlon to its Clarion, Iowa, office. The University of Illinois is holding its 2011 Bioenergy Feedstocks Symposium on Jan. 11 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Jan. 12 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at University of Illinois I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign. Ingersoll Tillage Group is …

The Andersons, Inc. announced it has completed the purchase of two grain storage facilities in Kearney and Riverdale, Neb., and assumed a third leased facility in Paxton, Neb., from B4Grain, Inc. Eight agriculture programs in Illinois received checks totaling one-million dollars from Farm Credit Services of Illinois. Pfizer Animal Health announced an agreement to acquire Synbiotics Corporation. Hertz Farm Management …

The Senninger UP3 received the most innovative new agricultural product of 2010 from the Irrigation Association at the IA annual international irrigation show. DuPont announced it has acquired Seed Consultants, Inc., Washington C.H., Ohio, and Terral Seed, Lake Providence, La., as part of its Pioneer Hi-Bred PROaccess business strategy. The preliminary findings of a months-long study that examines how wind …

Mark your calendars and come join the Board of Directors of the Texas Rice Council as they celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the organization. Dave Rolli has been named a region sales manager for Wyffels Hybrids, responsible for supervising seven district sales managers. The Renewable Fuels Association is proud to announce the Flex-Fuel Station Locator application for Android phones. The …

EGT, LLC, announced it is building two high capacity shuttle train loaders in Montana to ensure that EGT can efficiently ship wheat from a key growing region to the company’s export grain terminal. Allflex USA is introducing a one-piece, self-piercing tag called the A-Tag. Vivando fungicide from BASF Crop Protection has received full registration from the U.S. EPA and the …

Syngenta and DuPont announced that Syngenta will grant Pioneer Hi-Bred a non-exclusive, global license to its corn rootworm trait MIR604 (Agrisure) for corn seed. BASF Plant Science and Bayer CropScience announced a long-term collaboration agreement to improve rice productivity through plant biotechnology. GlyTol glyphosate-tolerant technology, a proprietary trait from Bayer CropScience, will be commercially available to cotton growers in 2011. …

Bayer CropScience AG and Evogene Ltd. have entered into a five-year collaboration to accelerate the development and introduction of improved wheat varieties. Brian Waddingham, formerly the Director of Industry Relations for the Iowa Beef Industry Council, is the new Executive Director of the Coalition to Support Iowa’s Farmers. The Board of Directors of Ag Growth International Inc. announced that it …