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July 16, 2018

HONOR ...

DeLand honored for Florida-friendly landscape

Recognizes efforts for incorporating Florida-friendly plants into the city hall’s landscape

July 15, 2018

Nick Hermanson is a 5th generation farmer on a farm that was settled by his great-grandfather in 1871 and today has multiple generations now participating in the day-to-day work for the family corn, soybean and turkey operation. (iowastatefair.org)

STATE FAIR ...

"Way We Live" Award families announced

2018 marks the 10th anniversary of the Way We Live Award at the Iowa State Fair

July 15, 2018

Andrea Muscadin, Vice President of Partnerships at Partnership for a Healthier America (right), and Erin Aagesen, FoodWIse Communications Specialist (left). (Courtesy of UW-Extension)

MARKETING AWARD ...

FoodWIse’s FNV campaign wins marketing award

Partnership for a Healthier America’s FNV initiative receives international recognition

July 15, 2018

DAIRY AWARD ,,,

Vermont Dairy Farm of the Year announced

Aires Hill Farm is a 400-head Holstein operation on 550 acres of owned & rented land

July 15, 2018

STATE FAIR ...

2018 Counties Exhibit Awards announced

Counties raise money, design, build an exhibit for display at the California State Fair

July 11, 2018

AWARD PRESENTED ...

Initiative at Oklahoma dairy plant honored

Hiland Dairy honored for closed-loop sustainability initiative at Oklahoma plant

July 10, 2018

NEW STORY ...

Getting back to "please" and "thank you"

CEP staff are recipients of performance excellence awards

July 5, 2018

Kevin Cox, Sparta, with his wife, Sue, was honored as area sales manager of the year during the annual awards banquet East Central/Select Sires organizes to honor their employees. (Courtesy of East Central/Select Sires)

AWARDS ...

East Central/Select Sires employee awards banquet

Cox and Gudex take top honors at banquet

July 5, 2018

AWARDS PRESENTED ...

11 from UF/IFAS earn Nat'l NACTA teaching awards

Eleven UF|IFAS faculty and students honored for their excellence in teaching

July 2, 2018

INNOVATION ...

Crop-counting robot earns top recognition

Robot earns award at Robotics: Science and Systems, the preeminent robotics conference