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 …

Cooperative Communicators Association will once again hold its Silent and Live Auctions at the CCA Institute taking place June 1-4 in Nashville, TN. Maglio & Company announces the launch of its new company blog, Produce Perspectives, authored by company owner and President, Sam Maglio. Blount International, Inc., announced that Jerry Johnson has been promoted to President of its Farm, Ranch, …

Texas A&M University recently won the 66th U.S. Poultry & Egg Association National Poultry Judging Contest, held at Louisiana State University. The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) launched a new microsite to correct dangerous misinformation about seafood and mercury. The National Corn Growers Association welcomes Beth Elliott, who joins the organization as a director of public policy. The University of California, …

The MS-MBA in Food and Agribusiness Management program is now accepting applications for the 2013 cohort. Beginning in July, Randy Wanke will take over as the senior manager of industry relations for DuPont Pioneer. The Animal Agriculture Alliance elected Paul Pressley, U.S. Poultry & Egg Association, chairman of its board of directors. The professional Master in Plant Health Management degree, …

Hundreds of JCB employees joined in the celebrations to mark the production of the company’s one millionth machine. MGEX announced total Exchange volume in April at 146,574 contracts traded, a 58.3 percent increase from March 2013. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new rules to better target Community Connect broadband grants to areas where they are needed the most. Charelston/Orwig study …