Osborn Barr added two to their account leadership roster. Welcome Aurrice Duke and Chase MacMullan as directors to support their client Monsanto’s commercial business. TheAntiqueTractorShow announced that the U.S. Postal Service has granted a Commemorative Pictorial Postmark in recognition of the Sept. 29th Tractors on the Square event in West Plains, Missouri. Animal Welfare Approved is offering $5,000 Good Husbandry …

South Dakota Wheat Growers of Chamberlain, SD was named the National Environmental Respect Award winner for 2012. The global agrochemicals market is now at your fingertips with the launch of FarmChemicalsInternational.com. Longtime weekly newsmagazine Newsweek will go digital only, and plans for the beginning of that shift will be announced as early as September. Kubota has launched a Family Safety …

Nominations for the 2011 St. Louis Agribusiness Club Agribusiness Leader of the Year are due September 17. The award is given to an outstanding individual in the St. Louis region who demonstrates leadership and promotes agriculture throughout the area. Arkema and United Phosphorus Inc. have agreed that Arkema will assume all sales and marketing responsibilities for Paladin soil fumigant for …

Broadhead was recently named agency of record for Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. cattle division. Broadhead will lead the development of all advertising, collateral and public relations efforts for BICL’s beef and dairy product portfolio. Prosperity announces their first grant training course. The two-day course will include a five-part webinar series along with a live conference call for Q & A. …

Journal Communications Inc. welcomed Dennis Vercler as Farmer-to-Consumer Communicator for the company’s Agribusiness Publishing division. Vercler will provide insights to consumer attitudes towards agriculture and assist JCI in developing consumer-directed publishing strategies for agribusiness organizations. The University of Queensland will send five journalism and communications students to report on the sights and sounds of the 2012 Brisbane Exhibition right along …

DuPont Pioneer, introduced the Pioneer Inoculant Value Calculator, a product selection tool that helps producers gain a “hands-on” look at how inoculants can make a difference in their operations. Leading global energy, grains and foods company, CHS Inc. announced it acquired Atman, a Brazil based distribution and grain company. This acquisition allows for global commodities expansion. USPOULTRY named a new …

Beck’s Hybrids purchases 150-acres in Henderson, Ky. Plans for the property include building a distribution center, conducting Practical Farm Research studies, operating the southern Choice Trials program, as well as providing farmers with education and agronomic support. The State of Vermont, the Vermont Agriculture and Culinary Tourism Council and Vermont Fresh Network debuts DigInVT.com. The site connects vistors and Vermonters …

Collectively, Randy Shryock and Ron Wall represent more than 35 years of experience in exceptional creative writing and video production and now bring that to Osborn Barr. The Farm Equipment Dealership Minds Summit, set for January 30, 2013, will be guided and presented by Lessiter Publication’s Dealership of the Year alumni group as well as industry experts in the agricultural …

CropLife America is proud to announce that submissions are now open for the second year of CLA’s Information Technology Innovation Award. AGCO Application Equipment is seeking nominations for the 2012 Operator of the Year. FMC Corporation announces the voting phase of its “Stand & Be Heard Anthem Singing Contest.” ImmuCell launches the Immediate Immunity YouTube channel to help educate dairy …

The USPOULTRY Foundation is now accepting applications from colleges and universities for industry education and recruitment funding. Members of the National Ag Center and Hall of Fame Board of Governors elected officers of the board of directors; and Charles Berkel, of Berkel & Company in Bonner Springs, Kan., was given the Friends of Farming Lifetime Achievement Award. Bayer CropScience announced …