Christine (Christy) Bradshaw was hired as the new education and information services coordinator for the American Hereford Association (AHA). The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service is offering online courses for youth and teachers through its teachers and students webpage. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is requesting comments on proposed revisions to three standards: U.S. Standards for Grades …

broadhead, the leading agency in the United States specializing in the business of rural America, will help Dutch cattle genetics giant CRV grow its brand stateside. Nigeria has released two extra-early maturing maize hybrids with combined resistance/tolerance to Striga, drought, and low soil-nitrogen developed by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). The National FFA Foundation Board of Trustees announced …

Doane Advisory Services will bring together market leaders, national speakers, and recognized financial strategists from the agricultural economic community when it convenes its 28th annual agricultural conference October 21 and 22 in St. Louis. Syngenta announced that it received import approval from Japanese regulatory authorities for the Agrisure Duracade™ 5122 and Agrisure Duracade 5222 trait stacks. The Pro Farmer Midwest …

Visitors to www.SoyGrowers.com will find a cleaner, more streamlined web home for the American Soybean Association following a comprehensive redesign and facelift for the association’s website. Paradowski Creative announced it has expanded its team with the addition of six new team members. This week, the more than 22,000 farmer members of the American Soybean Association (ASA) will receive their premiere …

Swanson Russell announces the promotion of ten employees in its Lincoln office: Andrew Clabaugh, Jeralee Hahn, Rachel Hrabik, Aaron Jarzynka, Katie Sands, Justin Schnick, Kaila Shirey, Jessica Simpson, Charlie Stephan and Amber Wolff. The Illinois Soybean Association and its farmer-leaders, along with leading U.S. agricultural organizations and biotechnology providers, would like to invite you to the International Biotechnology Symposium on …

John Brutty has joined Burrus Hybrids as general sales manager with overall responsibility for sales force innovation, dealer relations, and customer services. Ag Processing Inc a cooperative (AGP) announced plans for a major expansion of the Company’s soybean processing plant at Hastings, Nebraska. The Korea Fair Trade Commission has notified Archer Daniels Midland Company of its approval of ADM’s proposed …

Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association (AOBA) invites you to visit their member farms and ranches on National Alpaca Farm Days on September 28th and 29h. The Center for Dairy Excellence and Penn State Extension Dairy Team will host a special statewide Dairy PROS meeting on Thursday, August 15, from 7:30 a.m. – 9 a.m. in the Learning Center Tent at …

Ed Rhodes will serve as the NFI Crab Council’s Executive Director. Dawson Tire & Wheel, North America’s leading supplier of tires, wheels and assemblies to the agricultural marketplace, has announced the establishment of a sales and distribution center at 5360 West 84th Street in Indianapolis, IN. The Biotechnology Industry Organization announced the launch of BIO Jobs, an online resource for …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that Vidalia onion producers will vote from September 9 through September 27, 2013, on whether to continue their Federal marketing order. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will announce Saturday, August 3 the number of markets registered in the 2013 National Farmers Market Directory, kicking off National Farmer’s Market Week (August 4-10, 2013). Boehringer Ingelheim …

Farm Market iD announced that the Farm Market iD Database has been updated with 2012 crop year data. Smithfield Foods is on track to complete an industry-leading goal of phasing out individual gestation stalls in favor of group housing for pregnant sows at all company-owned sow farms by 2017. DuPont and Pannar Seed Limited closed on a transaction in which …