PMI Nutritional Additives and Nuscience Announce Partnership

Lizzy SchultzAg Group, Company Announcement, Nutrition

PMI Nutritional Additives and Nuscience Group have announced a strategic partnership that will focus on identifying and developing leading feed technology products for the USA livestock industry. “Through this partnership, we’ll be exceptionally well positioned to provide novel functional feed components. By understanding modes of action and combining the components in an accurate way, this collaboration will help deliver optimized … Read More

Farm Journal Media Partners With Dairy Girl Network

Lizzy SchultzAg Group, Communications, Company Announcement, Dairy, Dairy Group, Media

Dairy Girl Network (DGN) and Farm Journal Media have just announced an exclusive media partnership through Farm Journal’s flagship dairy brand Dairy Herd Management. The goal of the partnership is extending the outreach and improving the relationships between dairy women across the country. “The partnership with Farm Journal and its dairy publication, Dairy Herd Management, allows our fast- growing organization … Read More

AFIA Announces Three Promotions

Lizzy SchultzAFIA, Ag Group, Communications, Company Announcement, Feed, Promotion

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) is pleased to announce internal staffing changes. Miranda McDaniel, Paul Keppy and Allison Crompton all received recent promotions. The new roles will allow the three employees to best serve the association’s membership and the media while continuing to focus on AFIA’s mission–legislative and regulatory affairs. McDaniel has been on staff since August of 2013 … Read More

Alltech Acquires Ranch-Way Feeds

Jamie JohansenAgribusiness, Alltech, Company Announcement, Feed, Nutrition

Alltech, through Hubbard Feeds, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ridley USA Inc., has acquired Ranch-Way Feeds, a leading animal nutrition company that has done business in the Western United States for more than 60 years. Ranch-Way Feeds employs more than 50 people, producing over 50,000 tons of feed annually. The company markets its animal nutrition products and programs through an extensive … Read More

National Pork Board Names William Even as CEO

Jamie JohansenAg Group, Company Announcement, Pork, Pork Checkoff, Swine

William J. Even, an agriculture-industry leader with substantial senior management experience in crop and livestock production, will join the National Pork Board as its new Chief Executive Officer on June 6, 2016. Currently based in South Dakota, Even is Global Industry Relations Lead with DuPont Pioneer. “As a fourth-generation farmer, I have deep, personal knowledge of the challenges facing today’s … Read More

Ralco Launches Redesigned Website

Lizzy SchultzAg Group, Company Announcement, Internet, Technology

Ralco has launched a new, redesigned version of its website that now offers users extensive information about Ralco’s people, purpose, science, and technologies. The new site provides a clear vision of how the company works today, as well as showcasing Ralco’s vision for carrying out its mission to provide a safe and abundant global food supply into the future. The … Read More

Genus and Caribou Announce Collaboration

Lizzy SchultzAg Group, Animal Health, Biotech, Company Announcement, Genetics, Genomics, Research, Science, Technology

This week, Genus plc and Caribou Biosciences, Inc. announced a multi-year strategic collaboration. As part of the collaboration, Genus will receive a worldwide, exclusive license to Caribou’s leading CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology platform in certain livestock species. The partnership marks the largest technology-driven alliance that Genus has made to date, and positions Caribou at the forefront of an emerging market … Read More

NFI Launches New Website

Lizzy SchultzAg Group, Company Announcement, Fish, Food, Technology

The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has announced the launch of www.AboutSeafood.com, a newly redesigned website with major updates to its functionality and direction. AboutSeafood.com will not host any recipes, and will instead be used as a home for advocacy and industry information. The site offers a dynamic platform that will bring the newest content to visitors, and live streaming social … Read More

Pacific Ag Opens North Dakota Office

Jamie JohansenAg Group, Agribusiness, Company Announcement, Finance

Pacific Ag has opened a field office near Fargo, North Dakota to serve the increasing demand for wheat straw residue among the dairy, beef, mushroom and erosion control industries. The company has hired Tom and Stephanie Borgen, local farmers and wheat straw providers, as regional managers to develop partnerships with growers and drive sales of wheat straw to target markets. … Read More

Announcing the Launch of Kynetec

Lizzy SchultzAg Group, Animal Health, Company Announcement, economics, Finance, Markets

Following the completion of the management buyout of the Animal and Crop Health division of GfK, last week marked the formal launch of market research company Kynetec. Kinetic is the global leader in market research for animal health and agriculture, and is backed by Inflexion, who partners with high-growth businesses to accelerate their growth. The company is has a respected … Read More