Kubota Tractor Corporation has announced the addition of the new Grand L60 Series to its lineup. JCB announced plans to begin production of six-cylinder engines with the addition of the JCB Dieselmax 672 to its world-leading engine line-up. A new endowment that has been established with the National FFA Foundation will allow thousands of future FFA members to attend the …

The American Soybean Association (ASA) and DuPont Pioneer are seeking applicants for the 2014 Young Leader Program. The Hall of Fame Committee is asking for nominations for present, past or deceased NAFB Broadcast Council members that have made a significant contribution to farm broadcasting. NAMA will be hosting a hospitality event in Buffalo, New York on August 5, 9:00 p.m. …

The U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance announced that Celebrity Chef and Nutritionist Ellie Krieger will moderate The Food Dialogues: Chicago. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the appointment of 15 nationally recognized experts to serve on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. GROWMARK announced the appointment …

The National Soybean Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign welcomes you to the 2013 INTSOY Short Course June 2-7. The eighth annual Power of Meat: An In-depth Look at Meat through the Shoppers’ eyes webinar will be held Wednesday, June 5th at 2pm. The MEAT INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME has announced the results of voting by its more …

KeyBank is expanding its strong agribusiness capability with the addition of Scott G. Rueff, who will oversee the growth of KeyBank’s agribusiness program in the Midwest and Northeast. Balchem Corporation (NASDAQ: BCPC), the global leader in choline chloride and precision release nutrient technologies, today announced the creation of a new grant-based research program, the Real Science Initiative. The National Grange …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently published a Notice of Solicitation for Nominations for its Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers for 2-year membership terms in the Federal Register dated April 30, 2013. U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance announces the next Food Dialogue will be held at Chicago’s Kendall College of Culinary Arts on June 19. A Federal Communications Commission announcement …

broadhead has been named to the Minnesota Business 100 Best Companies to Work For list for the second year in a row. Twelve southern Minnesota John Deere dealerships merged into one large operation on May 1, under the corporate name Kibble Equipment. Case IH Dealer Titan Machinery is partnering with the North Dakota State College of Science in Wahpeton, N.D., …

Syngenta and DuPont announced technology licensing agreements that will broaden each company’s crop protection product portfolio and enable both to bring new products to market more efficiently. New Holland has fully met the demand with two New Holland-engineered and manufactured draper headers specifically designed to maximize the high-capacity performance of New Holland’s CR Series Twin Rotor and CX8000 Series Super-Conventional …

Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey announced that Jim and Ann Werner from rural Diagonal in Ringgold County have been named the May winners of the “Gary Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award.” According to the QS World University Rankings the University of California, Davis, is No. 1 in the world for teaching and research in the area of agriculture and …

The Farm Journal Foundation’s Farmers Feeding the World initiative recently co-hosted an international agriculture and food security briefing with the Senate Hunger Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The Organic Trade Association has formally established a Farmers Advisory Council to provide input from small- to medium-sized organic farmers, ranchers and growers to the trade association on matters geared to …