Items Tagged with 'Donald Danforth Plant Science Center'

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will announce a new round of projects today that will test approaches to developing and marketing low-carbon commodities.

Mace Thornton has joined Stratovation Group as partner and COO to lead integrated client services and Christopher Galen has been selected to serve as the executive director of the American Butter Institute.

Darren Filkins has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of Harris Farms and after 36 years with Mission Produce, Ross Wileman will retire as senior vice president of sales and marketing.

Scott Herndon has been named the new president of Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture and President Joe Biden has announced the appointments of eight individuals to serve in regional roles at USDA.

The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center is standing up a new “center of excellence” in an effort to reduce use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer by 12%, the equivalent of removing 10 million cars from the road.

The agriculture portion of the $3.5 trillion spending package that Democrats are putting tougher is still a work in progress. In addition to $28 billion in conservation spending that still needs to be added to the legislation, there also will be some new farm debt relief.

Anne Hazlett has moved back to her home state of Indiana to become the senior director of government relations and public affairs for Purdue University.