- Doug Wolf, a pork producer from Lancaster, Wis., and a past president and board member of National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), passed away suddenly this week. Wolf was a partner in Wolf L&G Farms LLC, which he ran with his wife Kris and son Shannon and family.
- The 8th annual College Aggies Online (CAO) scholarship competition is set to kick off September 19, 2016. The program is a nationwide initiative aimed at helping college students and collegiate agriculture clubs utilize social media and community engagement to share agriculture’s story.
- Organizers of the 2016 Diageo Baileys Irish Champion Dairy Cow competition have announced the judge of this year’s finale will be Kevin Wilson from Cumbria, England.