STEADFAST CANINE is the exclusive canine health supplement of the DockDogs Championship which is slated for July 23-26, in Stillwater, Minn., which brings canine athletes together from across the globe. Seven beef farms and ranches, representing a wide range of sizes and types of businesses, were selected as regional winners of the 2009 Environmental Stewardship Award. Click here for the …

Advanta US announces the addition of long-time sorghum seed professional Mike Northcutt to its North American sales and development team for wholesale accounts. Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP announced that Telisport W. Putsavage and his science-based and regulatory pesticides practice have joined the firm’s Washington, DC office effective July 1, 2009. Dow AgroSciences LLC and NemGenix announced a newly established …

Rabobank announced the establishment of a Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Finance (REIF) team in the Americas, and the arrival of Thomas Emmons, Managing Director, as its head. Darlington dairy producer, Jay Stauffacher, has been re-elected to a fifth term as chairman of the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Stauffacher’s term began July 1, 2009 and concludes June 30, 2010. AgriLabs is …

The Iowa Corn Growers and the Iowa Corn Promotion Board announced a unique partnership with Learfield Sports on behalf of the University of Iowa and Iowa State University Athletic Departments for a statewide, multi-year, multi-sports promotional joint venture. AgRobotics, LLC, and GVM Incorporated, have formed a strategic alliance and marketing partnership for a ‘next generation’ GPS/GIS telematics offering which allows …

GreenStone Farm Credit Services has broken ground on a new corporate headquarters in East Lansing, Mich. Farmers, ranchers and rural business owners have until July 31, 2009 to apply for the USDA Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grants. Syngenta Seed Care announced that the first seed treatment insecticide for small-seeded vegetables has been approved by the EPA for use …

Ag Leader Technology recently broke ground on Ag Leader Academy, a 25,000 square-foot facility dedicated to providing the ag industry with specialized, hands-on training of precision farming systems. United Fresh Produce Association is gratified to see key produce industry objectives incorporated in the Obama Administration’s food safety recommendations being announced at the White House. On the eve of the Russia-USA …

Cooperatives Working Together has now finished the farm audits of its seventh herd retirement round since the program was started in 2003, removing 101,040 cows that produced almost two billion pounds of milk. Hoosier Ag Today has announced a new service to deliver time sensitive information wirelessly: current weather, market, and farm news to any web-enabled wireless device. This year, …

Bayer CropScience AG and Monsanto Company have agreed to cross license their respective herbicide tolerance traits in rapeseed/canola on a non-exclusive basis for commercialization within their respective branded canola seed businesses. USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) report, Adoption of Genetically Engineered Crops in the U.S., was released July 1, 2009. US Farms, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of …

By a vote of 46 to 11, the Oregon House passed SB 676, a bill that permits production and possession of industrial hemp and trade in industrial hemp commodities and products. Hoosier Ag Today, Indiana’s most listened to farm radio network, has revamped its popular Web site. The Hondo Group announced Courtney (Yuskis) Kleefuss will be joining the Hondo Green …

DuPont and Bayer CropScience have entered into a series of long-term business agreements related to key plant biotechnology traits and enabling technologies that will help increase agricultural productivity around the world. Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. announced that it has entered into an exclusive worldwide research and commercial license agreement for Chromatin’s proprietary gene stacking technology in sugar cane. Tessenderlo Kerley, Inc. …