MACON, Ga. — On July 22, Cargill and Continental Grain Company announced the completion of their acquisition of Sanderson Farms Inc. The companies’  joint venture was first disclosed on Aug. 9, 2021. Sanderson Farms shareholders are receiving $203.00 per each share of common stock they owned immediately prior to the completion of the transaction. Sanderson Farms’ […]

PIERRE, S.D. – Registration is now open for the 2022 South Dakota Governor’s Agricultural Summit (Ag Summit). The Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) will host the two-day event on June 22-23 in Brookings at the Oscar Larson Performing Arts Center on South Dakota State University’s campus. Each year, the Governor’s Ag Summit brings […]

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The New Jersey Landscape Contractors Association (NJLCA) conferred its 2021 “Educator of the Year  Award” on William “Bill” Errickson, RCE agent (Monmouth County), Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and Timothy “Tim” Waller, RCE agent (Cumberland County), Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, at the association’s annual dinner in October. Waller was […]

ARLINGTON, Va. — The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) joined several other organizations urging the Biden administration to take additional steps to alleviate the ongoing ports crisis in a letter sent today to the White House from a coalition of 77 agriculture and food associations. Since early 2021, dairy […]

WESTMINSTER, Md. — MidAtlantic Farm Credit donated a total of $8,186 to the five state FFA associations in their territory during their Shaking Up Ag Education events to celebrate National Ag Week. The Association gave out one free milkshake per person, and matched the cost of each as a donation to the local state FFA […]