Pet Care Systems, creator and manufacturer of pet care products, has named Minneapolis-based broadhead agency of record for Swheat Scoop cat litter brand. Swanson Russell, Nebraska’s largest advertising agency, with locations in Lincoln and Omaha, has joined less than one percent of agencies nationwide achieving Google Partner status. Raven Industries, Inc. announced a collaboration with Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. to bring …

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that its subsidiary, The S.M. Stoller Corp., has hired Jeffery M. Baker to serve as an assistant vice president at Stoller’s Broomfield office. Darcia Dugger was the winner of the John Deere’s Facebook page Big Gear Giveaway last November. University of Missouri Extension specialists have evaluated and recommended several smartphone and tablet apps that might help …

DuPont Pioneer has expanded its high oleic soybean line by introducing four new Pioneer brand soybeans with the Plenish high oleic trait for the 2014 planting season. To help provide answers as to why Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations are an important part of the poultry industry, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association has created a series of six short videos. DuPont …

Register for a media badge to access World Ag Expo for interviews, pictures, media day breakfast and tours and more. The Arkansas Agriculture Department announces the release of Arkansas Grown. Calling all cooperative communicators, the superheroes of communications with creative muscles of steel, to enter your latest and greatest projects into the 2014 CCA Communications Contest. Humane Farm Animal Care …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reopened and extended the comment period for the proposed Hardwood Lumber and Hardwood Plywood Promotion, Research and Information Order. Syngenta is proud to announce the new national Syngenta Agricultural Scholarship essay contest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will conduct a referendum from April 7, 2014 through April 18, 2014, for eligible U.S. peanut producers. …

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed 13 members to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board. This week the Seafood Industry Research Fund (SIRF) held their inaugural benefit dinner at NOBU restaurant in Miami Beach, Florida. FarmLogs announced that it has closed a $4 million Series A round of financing led by Drive Capital, a venture capital …

Poynter Institute has created a set of online courses just for AAEA members in 2014, available to you at reduced cost. Fortune Fish & Gourmet President & CEO Sean O’Scannlain is the new Chairman of the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), the seafood industry’s leading trade association. American Lamb Board (ALB) is elevating its 2014 strategic communications program to focus more …

AgStock collection has been acquired by Design Pics, Inc., located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Missouri CattleWomen’s Association last week crowned Julie Crouch of Lincoln, Mo., as the 2014 Missouri Beef Queen during the 46th Missouri Cattle Industry Convention & Trade Show at Tan-Tar-A Resort, Osage Beach. The most recent report on household food security by the United States Department …

Scheduled Feb. 21-23 at the American Royal Complex in Kansas City, Mo., the 2014 Western Farm Show promises all of these attractions and much more. The winners of the World Ag Expo’s Top-10 New Products will be showcased February 11-13, 2014 during the 47th annual World Ag Expo in Tulare, California. Producers can fine-tune their farming operations with information gained …

Farm Journal Media announced Mark DePrez as its new Vice President and General Manager for its radio business. Darrin Dodds, associate Extension professor at Mississippi State University, has been announced as the 2014 Extension Cotton Specialist of the Year, an award sponsored by Bayer CropScience since 2008. Florida Department of Citrus and Food Network Star Aarti Sequeira join forces; help …