Martinez Creative Group has hired Megan Johnson of Sycamore, Ill., in the newly created position of digital strategist. CAST Issue Paper 54 and its companion Ag quickCAST are available online at the CAST website along with many of CAST’s other scientific publications. The Diesel Technology Forum (DTF) is pleased to announce that CNH Industrial, a global leader in the capital …

GROWMARK is pleased to announce the spring 2014 Exploring Agriculture intern class. DuPont Pioneer and the United Sorghum Checkoff Program announced a collaboration to advance genetic tools and opportunities for grain sorghum, which was planted on just over 8 million acres in the United States in 2013. Zinpro Corporation, the leader in trace mineral nutrition, recently realigned its U.S. sales …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a Veterinary Biologics License for Titanium 5 + PH-M, a new vaccine that protects cattle against the viruses and bacteria most associated with bovine respiratory disease. Sakata Seed America, Inc. and Alf Christianson Seed Co. announce this week that the two companies will merge, effective immediately. Aerial Precision Ag, Phoenix, AZ, announced that …

Archer Daniels Midland Company announced three significant actions in the company’s ongoing portfolio management: an agreement to sell the company’s South American fertilizer business, pursuit of the sale of the company’s chocolate business, and the acquisition of the remaining stake of Alfred C. Toepfer International GmbH. More than 150 area member-owners and guests joined the Wheat Growers’ Frederick agronomy staff …

The National Agri-Marketing Association honored Martinez Creative Group (MCG) and client Super M, Inc., with the first-place Best of NAMA Award for Max Armstrong’s Tractor App at the annual awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 9, in Jacksonville, Fla. The Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture unveiled an Agriculture Teacher Scholarship and Loan Assistance Program during the FFA State Convention in …

Nathaniel (Nate) Lewis this past week joined the staff of the Organic Trade Association (OTA) as its Senior Crops and Livestock Specialist. Twelve FFA members have been selected by the National FFA Organization to participate in an international experience designed to increase their understanding about global agriculture and witness the role that U.S. agriculture plays in the global economy. The …

Syngenta opened the application period for the second year of its Grow More Vegetables Seed Grant Program, which provides assistance to schools and community organizations interested in establishing or enhancing garden programs. Swanson Russell has promoted Lisa Lorraine to vice president and creative director in its Lincoln office. Twelve FFA members have been selected by the National FFA Organization to …

Nominations due June 30 for the 2014 Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, Endowed by the Rockefeller. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the appointment of eight individuals to serve on the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that farmers and ranchers can sign-up for disaster assistance programs, …

U.S. Poultry & Egg Association announces the appointment of Nathaniel “Nath” Morris as IPE Sales Director. The 2014 Midwest Regional Workshop co-hosted by American Agricultural Editors’ Association & Livestock Publications Council will be held Thursday, May 15 at the Courtyard Marriott, Ankeny, Iowa. The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) would like to help all ag professionals with their …

In partnership with the Ministry of Education, the USAID Food and Enterprise Development (FED) Program has developed Liberia’s first market-based, regionally integrated vocational training program in agriculture. The NRCS webpage features the five steps to getting assistance from NRCS, so that farmers, ranchers and forest landowners can know about the process of applying for assistance from the comfort of their …