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- BASF
- Tom Vilsack
- Pilgrim's Pride
- Tractor Supply
- Monsanto
- Purdue University
- MFA Inc
- A survey by TABS finds that consumer demand for organic products has leveled-off
- King Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Bristol, TN, acquires Alpharma Inc. for a total of $1.6 billion in cash representing $37.00 per share
- www.AgCareers.com reports its Top Ten Career and Industry Types of 2008
- American Vanguard Corp
- Kyle Jones, a 22-year custom applicator with Heartland Coop in Slater, IA, is named the 2008 Ag-Chem Operator of the Year during this year's Agricultural Retailers Association annual convention held in Austin, TX
- The Context Network
- Advanta U.S
- MERIAL Ltd., Duluth, GA, is named the exclusive distributor and technical service provider of the in ovo injection systems of AviTech, LLC
- Golden Acres Genetics, Ltd
- Agrimarketing's top five events in 2008
- Farming is fundamental
- Channel Bio's leadership event
- Purdue's agribusiness conference
- Trimble acquires the assets of Rawson Control Systems
- Syngenta and Dow AgroSciences agree to evaluate current and future Dow AgroSciences compounds for incorporation into Syngenta's seed treatment portfolio
- Eden Bioscience Corp
- Valent U.S.A
- Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition
- Rain Bird
- Sipcam Agro USA, Inc. and its two wholly owned subsidiaries, Advan LLC and Sostram Corporation, relocate its corporate headquarters to the Research Triangle area of North Carolina
- Kent Feeds, Inc
- John Deere Golf realigns its N.A. sales management team: the two former sales teamsEquipment/ Irrigation and Agronomic Products will become one
- Pioneer Hi-Bred unveils a new business strategy to bring its seed genetics to more acres around the world through a network of partnerships and new brands
- Cheminova, Inc
- Montana Tractors closes its acquisition of Farmtrac North America assets located in Tarboro, NC, which consisted of tractors manufactured by both Escorts Ltd. and LS Cable
- Dalex Livestock Solutions
- GreenLeaf Genetics LLC
- Trans Ova Genetics
- Alliance Tire USA
- Land O'Lakes Land O'Lakes Animal Milk Products Company
- Pfizer Animal Health
- ABG/Adayana, Inc
- Art's Way Manufacturing Inc
- Farmers National Co
- Alltech launches AgRootsTV, an online initiative showcasing farmers operating with a responsibility to sustainable farming practices
- AGCO Corp
- AgriMarketing magazine reports its five most commonly viewed news items as reported in the AgriMarketing Weekly e-newsletter
- CF Industries Holdings, Inc
- Select Sires
- Steve Myers, AFM, CCA, Busey Ag Services, LeRoy, IL, receives the 2008 Professional Farm Manager of the Year award, presented by its sponsors, Rick Patton, AgProfessional magazine; Brent Rockers, Syngenta, and Jerry Warner, Farmers Nat'l Co. and Presiden
- KINZE Manufacturing selects Nicholson Kovac Inc. as its integrated marketing communications agency
- Novus International, St. Louis, MO, selects AdFarm as its global agency of record for all of its integrated marketing communications services
- Ball Horticultural Company selects Bader Rutter & Associates to provide integrated brand communications services
- Swanson Russell
- Syngenta Seeds Canada names ON Communication Inc., London, ON, as its agency of record for its national marketing and communications programs
- Farmers Insurance Group Companies, Los Angeles, CA, selects The Richards Group, as its advertising agency of record
- AdFarm
- Walz Tetrick Advertising's Media Services
- REL Productions
- The National Association of Farm Broadcasting releases the results of its "National Producer Media-Use Wave Study," a report which explores how ag producers with annual agricultural product sales of $100,000 or more use varied agri-media source
- Farm Market iD
- B-to-B magazine's annual "Who's Who In Business Publishing" issue included six top executives of media firms that have extensive agriculturally-related properties
- RFD-TV
- Almanac Publishing Co., owners of Farmers' Almanac, and Buy The Farm, LLC, producers of "Farmers" Almanac TV," have consolidated their advertising sales efforts with Ogden Publications' rural-lifestyle magazines Grit, Mother Earth News, Cap
- Lessiter Publications, Inc
- IRON Solutions and Farm Progress Companies add to their joint venture rollout with the IRON Search tool launch on all Farm Progress state and regional publications' Web sites
- Progressive Dairy Publishing
- CropLife magazine launches a redesigned Web site, www.CropLife.com, featuring an array of resources for crop input retailers
- Farm Progress Companies suspends publication of Rural Life magazine
- At last fall's NAFB annual convention, Michelle Rook, WNAX, Yankton, SD, was named the 2008 Farm Broadcaster of the Year. Lindsay Hill won the association's Horizon Award
- National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
- The U.S. Grains Council Web site, www.grains.org, adds new features to its biotechnology section, including the most current news events on biotechnology around the world
- Minnesota Corn Growers Association
- National Cattlemen's Beef Association
- The National 4-H Council's Paper Clover program raises $250,000 during a two-week period last fall
- Agribusiness Association of Iowa
- National FFA
- Farm Foundation releases a new report "The 30-Year Challenge: Agriculture's Strategic Role in Feeding and Fueling a Growing World" which identifies six major challenges that may impact agriculture's ability to provide feed, fiber and energy to a
- The Texas Seed Trade Association Board of Directors announces a new management agreement with Association Strategies, an Austin, TX, firm owned by Bryan and Denise Gentsch
- The Agricultural industry Electronics Foundation is established to advance global adoption of ISOBUS and electronics standards to provide for greater electronic compatibility between equipment from different manufacturers
- The North American Equipment Dealers Association , Farm Equipment Manufacturers Association and FEWA-AIMRA launch the Warranty Claim Processing System
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