Charleston|Orwig announced six talented college students and recent college graduates have joined their team for the 2012 summer as interns: Angela Boesche, Elyse Brigman, Alisha Denomme, Amelia Eichman, Nellie Hill and Jacob Teel. The Conservation Technology Information Center welcomes the organization’s newest Corporate Member, Pioneer Hi-Bred. Osborn Barr welcomes Colleen Ewell and Andrew Naeger as the newest additions to the …
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Beef Today announces the launch of its Beef Today Cattle-Exchange (BTC-E) eNewsletter, which combines the current Beef Today Cattle Drive eNewsletter and Cattle-Exchange Reports. Broadhead was recently awarded a contract to raise awareness of the invasive species known as the emerald ash borer. A rapidly expanding global business has led to major organizational leadership changes for Becker Underwood’s corporate executive …
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Swanson Russell announces the promotion of Chris Johnson and Laura Witte in the Omaha office and Robin Barrett, Ryan Holt, Venetia Reimnitz and Lynette Von Minden in the Lincoln office. The USDA has appointed James Wuerflein of Kremlin, Okla., to the United Sorghum Checkoff Board of Directors. Hoosier Ag Today has announced a partnership with Growers Edge to bring its …
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The “Stand and Be Heard Anthem Singing Contest” by FMC has a new deadline of July 15. An Israeli scientist who pioneered a radically innovative way of bringing water to crops in arid and dry-land regions was named the winner of the 2012 World Food Prize. Gibbs & Soell, Inc. has launched a new Business Consulting practice that will focus …
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AGCO recently celebrated the grand opening of Intivity Center and the 75,000-square-foot expansion of its Jackson, Minn., manufacturing center. The Bayer Group recently released a new 68-page Sustainable Development Report, which contains countless facts and figures. Soybean farmers and other agriculture stakeholders interested in global perspectives on sustainability are encouraged to attend the first-ever soybean sustainability symposium and panel discussion …
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Nominations are now open for 2012 inductees into the Association of Equipment Manufacturers Hall of Fame. The 2012 Farm Progress Show will present the latest agricultural technology across even more show exhibit area with the latest expansion at its Boone, Iowa, show site. Larry Mitchell has been named administrator of USDA’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration. Valent BioSciences Corporation …
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African tobacco farmers concluded the two-day International Tobacco Growers Association Africa Regional Meeting by issuing a declaration of opposition to the proposals that threaten the region’s jobs and local economies. Conley Nelson, a farmer and pork production executive from Algona, Iowa, was elected president of the 15-member National Pork Board. Tiago Bonomo has been appointed President and CEO of McCormick …
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Genex Cooperative, Inc. and DeLaval Inc. have signed a joint marketing agreement under which Genex representatives will assist in marketing DeLaval Activity Systems, which monitor cows’ activity helping dairy producers know when cows are ready to be inseminated. Farm Journal Television announced the launch of a new nationally distributed program called Raising America…Real Kids – Big Ideas. Karen Sample has …
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This week, the University of Illinois is hosting the 2012 INTSOY Short Course: Processing and Marketing Soybeans for Meat, Dairy, Baking and Snack Applications. Harvest to Hand, the popular, free iPhone app from Farm Family and American National Insurance Company on the App Store, is now available for Android users on Google Play. The American Soybean Association and Pioneer Hi-Bred …
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Syngenta announced a $63 million expansion project at their Phillips, Neb., corn production facility. ANIMART is pleased to announce the recent addition of Dan Ellsworth as President. Visit the new AgStock Images website, the world’s premier agricultural stock photography agency. Schrader Real Estate & Auction Company won the two top awards in the annual National Auctioneers Association-USA Today Marketing Competition.