World Dairy Expo has announced Bob Kaiser as Interim General Manager. Hunter Public Relations’ annual Food News Study, conducted by Digital Research, Inc., polled 1,000 Americans about their perceptions on the year’s top food stories and how those news items impacted their behavior. Beck Ag recently had members of its Ag Insight team survey more than 2,500 ag professionals to …

Longtime 4-H members and youth leaders Tess Hammock of Forsyth, Ga., and Andrea Vessel of Cincinnati, Ohio, have been elected trustees for National 4-H Council’s Board of Trustees. Bayer CropScience has launched its third annual Young Farmer Sustainability Award. Wheat Growers announces that Chris Pearson has accepted the position of Senior Vice President, Operations. MGEX will co-host a webinar with …

FMC Corporation announced that its Agricultural Products Group has signed a perpetual, global licensing agreement, along with distribution and services agreements with GAT Micro encapsulation AG covering a range ofadvanced crop protection products and proprietary formulation technologies. Leica Geosystems has introduced Virtual Vista, a new web-based platform that delivers a flexible data management solution to farmers. Wilbur-Ellis Company announced the …

Biopreparáty, spol. s r.o. and Gowan Company, LLC recently signed a commercial agreement for exclusive distribution of Polyversum. Nominations for NAMA Agribusiness Leader and Agri-Marketeer of the Year are now open. Visit nama.org and click “Awards” to find nomination forms. CME Group announced it has completed its acquisition of the Kansas City Board of Trade. Migl Feed and Grain will …

Nominations are now open for the Outstanding Georgia Young Peanut Farmer. Secretary Vilsack has announced Mango and Watermelon Board appointments. Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey announced that the Eric and Stacia Sanny family from Bondurant in Polk County have been named the December winners of the “Gary Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award.” Rick Callies, U.S. Wheat Associates vice president …

The Capper/Hayes paper on the environmental and economic effects of removing productivity-enhancing technologies from U.S. beef production has been officially published. The national report for the 2011 Economic Analysis of Animal Agriculture, conducted by Agralytica Consulting, is attached and can be found by clicking here. Brighton agency recently hired several new employees including Sally Thomas, Kathy Meyer, Carrie Doza, Allison …

HighQuest Partners has introduced a global Mentorship Program. The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology,announces Linda Chimenti, current Chief Operating Officer, will assume the role of Executive Vice President/Chief Executive Officer effective Feb. 1, 2013. Alltech’s fifth annual Global Beef 500 will take place December 4-6. Broadhead has announced the promotion of Lana Olson to senior account executive.

Charleston|Orwig announces the promotion of five team members within the agency’s integrated marketing practice area. A first-of-its kind global learning initiative is providing Syngenta employees working in plant breeding and related disciplines with ongoing access to knowledge and programs to enhance their life-long professional development. Syngenta announced that it will acquire Sunfield Seeds. The new Kleckner Scholarship will be utilized …

Mark Clarke, General Manager of World Dairy Expo, has submitted his resignation to the WDE Executive Committee. Paradowski Creative and Monsanto received a first place Silver Inkwell Award from the International Association of Business Communicators DC Metro chapter for Monsanto’s sustainable agriculture campaign. DuPont Pioneer and the National Association of Farm Broadcasting Foundation announced a donation from the business to …

Sun-Maid celebrates its 100th anniversary by giving away over a thousand customer prizes this holiday season. The Agricultural Business Council of Kansas City is seeking nominees for 2013 Agricultural Leadership and Excellence Award. Nominations should be submitted by Dec. 10, 2012 to Erica Venancio at erica.venancio@agbizkc.com. Four Case IH products have been selected to receive the prestigious 2013 AE50 awards. …