FERN is pleased to announce a new partnership with veteran agriculture reporter Charles “Chuck” Abbott, who will produce a daily round up of top agriculture news to be called “FERN’s Ag Insider by Chuck Abbott.” Pork producers Dr. Howard Hill from Cambridge, Iowa, Dr. Ron Prestage from Camden, S.C., and John Weber, from Dysart, Iowa, were elevated to the post …

During the annual meeting of its voting delegates at last week’s Commodity Classic in San Antonio, the farmer members of the American Soybean Association plotted the association’s policy course for the coming year during the open resolutions process. Farmer and rancher members of Farm Bureau from around the country officially kicked off the organization’s new “Our Food Link” program in …

Monsanto Company announced that it has been named one of the “World’s Most Admired Companies” by FORTUNE magazine. American Farm Bureau Federation Executive Vice President and Treasurer Julie Anna Potts and Pennsylvania Farm Bureau President Carl Shaffer presented Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson with AFBF’s “Golden Plow” award on Wednesday during Pennsylvania Farm Bureau’s National Legislative Conference. Syngenta announced that ELATUS, …

United Soybean Board (USB) CEO John Becherer is joining the ranks of Purdue University’s most prestigious College of Agriculture alumni. Swanson Russell was named Construction Marketer of the year for the Western Region at this year’s Construction Marketing Association STAR awards. Agspring announced it has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the General Mills grain operations in Idaho. Farm …

University of Missouri Extension researchers and USDA scientists on the MU campus are collaborating with DuPont Pioneer to pool soil data, expertise and other resources to help grain farmers improve yields and reduce costs. Extended deadline for the 2014 Golden ARC Awards Contest is now Tuesday, March 11, 2014. American Farm Bureau Federation Executive Vice President and Treasurer Julie Anna …

Solum Inc. announced it has changed its name to Granular Inc. and launched a new cloud business software and analytics offering for farmers. BASF announced that Sercadis fungicide has received full U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) registration. Elanco, the animal health division of Eli Lilly and Company announced an agreement to acquire Lohmann SE (Lohmann Animal Health), a privately-held company …

DuPont, the University of Missouri and the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service have announced an innovative new collaboration to pool soil mapping resources, predictive technologies and expertise to help growers more sustainably improve crop yields through better nitrogen application management and other field input planning. Since the first commercial sale of Posilac on Feb. 4, 1994, it has helped …

For the second year, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. is excited to partner with the checkoff-funded Beef Quality Assurance program and sponsor BQA certification for all producers who enroll from February 3 through April 15. Georgia Peanut Commission Farm Bill Update Meeting and Webinar will be held on Monday, Feb. 24 at 10:30 a.m and will be broadcast live at the …

Meredith Corporation announced that it has promoted Scott Mortimer to Vice President of Meredith Corporation & Group Publisher at Meredith Agrimedia, effective immediately. CAST has released a new video based on its Issue Paper “Animal Feed vs. Human Food: Challenges and Opportunities in Sustaining Animal Agriculture Toward 2050”. The Agricultural Retailers Association and The Fertilizer Institute announced plans to create …

The American Hereford Association and Hereford World staff are excited to announce Juston Stelzer, Aledo, Texas, is serving as the advertising representative for Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. The IFAJ/Alltech Young Leader Program is looking for young journalists with talent and leadership potential The National Cotton Council directors for 2014 were announced at the NCC’s annual meeting held here on February …