The Poncho® insecticide family just got better with its newest member: Poncho 500 seed-applied insecticide. Poncho 500 offers corn growers improved control of wireworm, black cutworm and other insects. Update: Andy Vance, AgWired regular, commented that he was interviewing Kerry Grossweiler, Bayer, when he saw this post show up. You can listen to his interview with him here. The greatly …

A new Farm Foundation report, What’s Driving Food Prices?, will be released Wednesday, July 23, at the Farm Foundation Forum. This event begins at 9 a.m. at the National Press Club. Farm Foundation commissioned the report to provide an objective context for interpreting the rapidly growing literature on the forces driving food prices. Bayer HealthCare, Animal Health has chosen Woodruff …

Jay Stauffacher, a dairy producer from Darlington, was re-elected chairman of the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB) at its annual reorganization meeting. Stauffacher’s term is for the 2009 Fiscal Year which began July 1, 2008 and concludes June 30, 2009. Connie Seefeldt, Coleman, was re-elected vice chairperson, and Ed Jasurda, Phillips, was elected Secretary. Romona Averbeck, Fond du Lac, was …

Novus International, Inc. announces the appointment of Bob Buresh as Technical Manager of Poultry for North America. Buresh joins Novus from Tyson Foods, where he served as the Director of Poultry Nutrition and Research for 18 years. He has also held positions with Eastern Minerals, Inc. and Purina Mills, Inc. The National FFA Organization has selected 40 outstanding young people …

Every year, the American Association of Agricultural and Biological Engineers sponsors the prestigious AE50 awards, celebrating the best and brightest agricultural products developed around the globe. This year, six Case IH products were honored with an AE50 award: Steiger® 485 tractor; True Tandem 330 Turbo vertical tillage tool; 2600 Series Chopping Corn Header; MagnaCut Straw Chopper; O-Ring Sealing; and the …

Asoyia has named George Magers as the company’s Missouri business development manager. Magers will be responsible for developing new alliances with grain elevators, growing the distribution network, contracting more soybean production, building relationships with seed partners and growers, as well as managing regional trade shows throughout Missouri. Renée Norman, Liberty, Penn., has been named an assistant editor of Jersey Journal, …

The United States Animal Health Association is making plans for its 112th Annual Meeting in Greensboro, N.C., Oct. 23-29, 2008. The meeting is held in conjunction with the 51st Annual Conference of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. The feature of this year’s meeting will be Foot-and-Mouth Disease: If “When” Happened. For questions or more information about the USAHA/AAVLD …

Alpharma Inc. announced a significant initiative expected to stimulate business opportunities for livestock producers suffering from recent flooding in the central U.S. agricultural heartland. Alpharma will donate a portion of all U.S. livestock product sales recorded in July to help fund flood relief efforts throughout the Mississippi River valley. The flood relief program will apply to Alpharma’s extensive line of …

Massey Ferguson® 6400 and 7400 Series high horsepower tractors with new generation Tier III engines burn cleaner and smarter for greater fuel efficiency. Both the Dyna-VT™ CVT transmission on the 7400 Series, ranging from 100-155 PTO HP, and Dyna-6™ transmission, from 100 to 180 PTO HP, on the 6400 Series deliver power and torque more efficiently and effectively in the …

Dow AgroSciences announces the European Union (EU) has included spinosad in its organic listing. This new regulatory action not only allows the use of spinosad containing products in organic agriculture within the EU, but also allows the organic certification of produce treated outside the EU. Organic crops treated with ENTRUST® and GF-120® NF insecticides may now be imported into the …