To meet ever-growing market demands as well as compliment its strategy of offering readers and clients a complete suite of integrated informational and marketing solutions, Meister Media Worldwide announces the creation of the Meister Events Group. Monsanto Company announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has issued a civil investigative demand (CID) requesting information on its soybean traits business, primarily …

AgriLabs will donate $1,500 to be awarded as scholarships to deserving youth by participating state cattle association affiliates. Selection of the participating organizations will be made during the National Cattleman’s Beef Association Convention. U.S. sheep producers now have access to an approved reproductive management tool, EAZI-BREED CIDR Sheep Inserts from Pfizer Animal Health. Joe Osborn has elected to retire after …

Syngenta Seeds, Inc. announced that it has licensed its transgenic cotton event, COT102, containing the novel Vip3A protein, to Dow AgroSciences, which plans to combine it with WideStrike Insect Protection to develop its next generation products. A robust pipeline of biotech and conventional traits at Advanta promises to springboard sorghum into a prominent crop in North America and around the …

NMPF announced a reorganization of its staff to achieve the best possible results in the year ahead. Keith H. Heffernan will serve as senior vice president of operations and industry relations of the Washington, D.C., based U.S. Grains Council. Farmers National Company is pleased to announce that Rod Ferguson, Accredited Farm Manager (AFM) of Argenta, Ill., has been named the …

AgraQuest Inc. announced the launch of SERENADE SOIL, the first soil fungicide based on its patented active ingredient Bacillus subtilis strain QST 713. Patrick Pelstring, Co-Founder and Co-Chair of National Wind, lays out the ways in which farmers can benefit economically from wind energy and demonstrates how unobtrusive wind turbines can be to farming. Syngenta and Dow AgroSciences, announced that …

Bunge Limited announced that it has entered into an agreement to become the 100% owner of Usina Moema Participacoes S.A. The Federation of Animal Science Societies (FASS) releases the third edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Research and Teaching (FASS Ag Guide). The 2009-10 National FFA officer team, an FFA state representative from …

TechWorks Campus has announced that interior construction is complete on the third floor of Tech 1 and anchor tenant, University of Northern Iowa’s National Ag-Based Lubricants (NABL) Center, is currently moving into the 25,000 square-foot space. Syngenta held a ground-breaking ceremony for the permanent site of Syngenta Biotechnology (China) Co., Ltd. Make plans now to attend the 10th Annual Nebraska …

Growers planting Pioneer brand sorghum hybrids recently won 11 of the 15 national categories in the 2009 National Sorghum Producers Yield and Management Contest. Eight of these growers won with Pioneer sorghum hybrid 84G62. Brandt Consolidated, Inc. announced the acquisition of Monterey AgResources, headquartered in Fresno, Calif. Proceed Concentrate, a second formulation of new Proceed seed treatment fungicide, has been …

Kleffmann Group has once again grown this year. In 2009, the group’s turnover will increase by 5.2% to $28.5 million despite the tough times the market research industry has encountered as a whole. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an agreement with U.S. dairy producers to accelerate adoption of innovative manure to energy projects on American dairy farms. The Appaloosa Horse …

FMC Corporation announced the introduction of Broadhead rice herbicide. Gary Tretter, G&J Farms, of Murphysboro, Ill. was drawn as the winner in a random drawing, and he now has the opportunity to demo a Challenger tractor on his operation. The Alltech-Muhammad Ali Center Global Education and Charitable Fund recently launched a cell phone recycling program. Proceeds from the sale of …