The American Soybean Association welcomes the USDA announcement to continue the Asian Soybean Rust Pest Information Platform for Education and Extension (PIPE). AgriLabs has been named the exclusive marketer of EstroPLAN (cloprostenol sodium) by Parnell Laboratories of Sydney, Australia, the manufacturer of this time-tested prostaglandin. STIHL Inc. announced it will be the title sponsor of this year’s Tour des Trees. …

Future Beef Partners Inc. is launching two game-changing products developed for leaders in Finance, Risk Management, Procurement, or Sales in the beef industry. BeefScout uses proprietary technology to provide market driven prices through a web-based tool to benchmark forward prices on cuts and trims of beef. Their second product, BasisGuard, writes forward contracts using the BeefScout benchmark prices. Gary Vermeer, …

The Hondo Group announced their green partnership with the Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy. The Hondo Group will deliver a variety of creative services including green branding and development and Web site re-design. Monsanto announces the launch of the Cotton Community, a new online Web site designed to encourage farmer-to-farmer exchanges on topics such as variety performance and agronomic …

International Institute for Ecological Agriculture announced that its executive director, permaculture and biofuels expert David Blume, received the American Corn Growers Association’s prestigious Truth in Agricultural Journalism award. The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture has authorized Dow AgroSciences to sell its first corn hybrids with HERCULEX I Insect Protection technology. CHS Inc., has completed its acquisition of Winona River & Rail, …

Electronic futures trading of Hard Red Spring Wheat coupled with trades of Hard Red Winter Wheat Index Futures hit a new daily record high on Friday, Jan. 23, of 7,494 contracts at MGEX (Minneapolis Grain Exchange or Exchange). The volume topped the former electronic volume record of 7,363 contracts traded set on December 10, 2008. BASF and Cibus announced that …

Meister Media Worldwide has announced the launch of GrowingProduce.com, a hub-site designed to serve as the news and market information source for the U.S. specialty agriculture markets. Fellow board members elected Marshall Ernst, Windsor, Colo., as the new Certified Hereford Beef LLC president. Lange-Stegmann has agreed to sell its bagged, blended NPK fertilizer business to T&N, Inc. of Foristell, Mo. …

The readers of No-Till Farmer have weighed in on the products that performed the best in their no-till operations in 2008, citing Headline fungicide from BASF as the “No-Till Product of the Year.” Successful Farming magazine and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announced that Successful Farming is combining forces with AEM’s AG CONNECT Expo to promote the new international …

The Progressive Agriculture Foundation (PAF) recently achieved the pinnacles of charity-related standards set by both the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and the IRS. The Foundation has been awarded the BBB Wise Giving Alliance National Charity Seal demonstrating its commitment to accountability and ethical practices. The 2009 Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board director elections are quickly approaching. Producers who would like to …

The Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association (FEMA) and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers announced that FEMA has endorsed the 2010 AG CONNECT Expo. The South Dakota Beef Industry Council in a joint venture with the Northeast Beef Promotion Initiative sponsored a major beef promotion in Washington D.C. at the NBC 4 Health & Fitness Expo in an effort to bring consumer …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service plans to open a new Agriculture Quarantine and Inspection and Port Technology Methods Development Laboratory in South Miami, Fla., later this year. Scientists at this new facility will work to ensure that agriculture imports are free of invasive species. Archer Daniels Midland Company and Alianca Da Terra have launched …