The 910GH is a new backhoe offering that fits New Holland’s sub-compact (<30 hp) tractors. Easily transported between job sites, the 910GH is designed for working in close quarters. AgriLabs is awarding a total of $1,500 for scholarship grants to three state associations: The Nebraska Cattlemen Foundation, Lincoln, Neb.; the Oregon Cattlewomen in Salem, Ore.; and the Oklahoma Cattlewomen, Oklahoma …

Arkion Life Sciences has received a Section 18 Crisis Exemption to market Avipel Corn Seed Treatment in Louisiana effective March 1, 2009.The EPA approval means that Louisiana farmers can use Avipel to protect field and sweet corn from marauding blackbirds and grackles for the 2009 planting season. Dow AgroSciences LLC and Schillinger Seed, Inc. have entered into a licensing, research …

Charleston|Orwig announces that it has been chosen to handle the marketing communications for Novartis Animal Health farm animal products. LBi Atlanta announces it has been selected as digital agency of record for Bayer CropScience U.S. Syngenta Seeds, Inc. will soon offer the industry’s first and only fully integrated aphid management system to protect soybean crops from yield-robbing aphid infestations, available …

Novus International is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Joyce Cacho as Chief Sustainability Officer. Dr. Cacho’s primary responsibility will be managing, planning and implementing Novus’s global Corporate Social Responsibility Program and initiatives. Veteran marketing and communications professional Hugh Whaley has joined Broadhead + Co. as director of the Minneapolis-based agency’s growing association and federal government practice. Commodity Wrap, …

Grain samples without running a combine? Minibatt, a portable grain sampler, can do this. Reichhardt Electronic Innovations is now distributing this handy device in North America. DuPont has received federal registration approval from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for two corn herbicides: Accent Q and Steadfast Q. Both new herbicides provide corn growers with the flexibility to apply them under …

DuPont unveiled the latest innovation to increase agricultural productivity – nicknamed Boreas — mobile wind machines that test the ability of higher-yielding experimental corn hybrids to withstand violent windstorms that cause significant standability issues and subsequent yield loss. Pioneer Hi-Bred unveiled Optimum Brand Innovations, the brand name of a new family of traits, products and accompanying programs that enable growers …

The U.S. fruit, vegetable and mass-market floral industry contributes $554 billion annually to the nation’s economy, according to a new study from Battelle. The economic impact study – titled Economic Reach and Impact of the Fresh Produce and Floral Industry, commissioned by Produce Marketing Association (PMA) – used unprecedented economic modeling to analyze and measure the industry’s field-to-fork reach. Massey …

Cooperatives Working Together has now finished the farm audits of its sixth herd retirement round since the program was started in 2003, removing 50,630 cows that produced almost one billion pounds of milk (186 herds in 33 states). Join us on March 12, as the Agriculture Council of America (ACA) hosts two major events in Washington, DC: the Mix-and-Mingle Luncheon …

The nomination forms for the 2009 Grower Achievement Award program are open online. All grower operations throughout the U.S. are eligible to enter or nominate. The deadline for entry is May 31, 2009. Final preparations are underway towards the opening of the three programs to be held at the Galillee College study centre, Israel between March 19 and April 6, …

The members of Cooperatives Working Together voted to fund the self-help program for two full years, from Jan. 2009 through Dec. 2010, to help bring the dairy supply into balance with shrinking demand. The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) released the ISAAA annual report “Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops 2008.” U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) invites …