The latest Agricultural Finance Monitor released by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis announced that abundant crop insurance shielded farmers’ income from much of the impact of this summer’s drought across the Midwest and Mid-South. Tuskegee University is going to host one of the oldest professional farmers conferences in the nation. Wheat Growers has been awarded first place honors …

Hurley & Associates Celebrates 25 Years. The New Jersey Department of Agriculture premiered its new Jersey Fresh advertising campaign during the annual State Agricultural Convention on February 7, with its sports-themed “Another Great Season.” In response to continued business growth, Paradowski Creative announces the addition of four new staff members to the team. Growers Express announces the promotion of Merritt …

John A. Burch was elected the 2013 president of Cotton Council International. The Harvard Law School Food Law Society is hosting its second food policy conference, and the first law school-hosted conference dedicated to examining the issue of food labeling from a legal perspective in Cambridge, Mass. on March 8-9, 2013. National Association of Wheat Growers Chief Executive Officer Dana …

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is pleased to announce that Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. is partnering with the Beef Quality Assurance program, and will be sponsoring the cost of BQA certification for American cattlemen and cattlewomen this spring. The American Meat Science Association is excited to announce that registration is open for the AMSA 66th Reciprocal Meat Conference, to be …

Farm Progress Show and Expoagro have joined together to present ag marketers and producers a greater international agriculture market, product access and business opportunities. The Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service hosts its 24th annual Organic Farming Conference, Feb. 21-23, 2013, in La Crosse, Wis. A groundbreaking new partnership between the USA Rice Federation and Ducks Unlimited was forged recently …

Harvest PR & Marketing, Inc. has awarded its fifth annual Seed to Succeed nonprofit PR grant to the Partnership for Food Safety Education. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation is pleased to welcome Nathan Katzer as their new Farm Business Development Manager. National NAMA will be hosting a producer panel at the Cattle Industry Convention in Tampa, Florida. Industry veteran Peter Peerbolte …

Mathews Company a global manufacturer of high quality, innovative agricultural equipment, promoted Joseph Shulfer to President. Laurie Ovesen won the 2012 Drive Green Challenge grand prize of a John Deere 1023E Sub-Compact Utility Tractor with loader and box blade from Washington Tractor in Sumner. Valent U.S.A. Corporation is pleased to announce that Jim Petta has been promoted to manager of …

Yanmar America and Woods Equipment Company announced the formation of a strategic partnership. AgTrax has partnered with Sullivan Higdon & Sink to further develop their brand and introduce their latest comprehensive software product, TraxView. The Progressive Agriculture Foundation has hired Ryan Curtis as development specialist at the foundation’s Kansas City office. Tribine prototype for farmers fuses a commercially available combine …

CHS, Inc. is pleased to introduce the CHS Center for Cooperative Growth, an online platform that gathers and shares diverse viewpoints. Kinze Manufacturing, Inc. held a grand opening of the Kinze Innovation Center with Iowa Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds. AgReliant Genetics is expanding its corn research efforts in Kansas by adding a breeding program facility and nursery that will accommodate …