National ACT Members Encouraged to Apply for Individual and Chapter Awards

CYPRESS, Calif. – October 15, 2009 – Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A., is now accepting applications for its second annual scholarship program that provides financial assistance to members of the National Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow (ACT). ACT is a national college student association with 354 members located on 17 college and university campuses across the country. ACT’s mission of fostering professional development is at the core of the Yamaha-ACT Scholarship Program.

The Yamaha-ACT Scholarship Program is broken out into two individual student scholarships and one chapter scholarship. All three scholarships are aimed at helping students attend the annual Agricultural Media Summit (AMS), a professional development and networking opportunity. more

It is with great excitement that Hermitage NGT announces the arrival of MAXGROTM animals. The first MAXGROTM boars and gilts were delivered to Canada on September 14th, 2009. Hermitage NGT is establishing a high health genetic nucleus at Hermitage Roseland AI station, Gwynne, Alberta. The MAXGROTM animals will go through the same rigorous performance testing as other Hermitage pure bred animals and participate in the Hermitage International BLUP process. The top performing animals will be used to establish a genetic nucleus herd in the United States.

The MAXGROTM is Hermitage’s leading terminal sire, setting new records for growth and feed efficiency across markets in Europe and Russia. The MAXGROTM is a fast growing and highly efficient animal that will reduce feed costs for our U.S. customers.

Please contact Hermitage NGT for more details on how you can make MAXGROTM part of your production system and be part of more

Pioneer Premium Seed Treatment choices give growers flexibility

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 6, 2009 - Pioneer Hi-Bred, a DuPont business, today announced the company’s Pioneer Premium Seed Treatment offering for the 2010 planting season, a program which will provide growers even more flexibility to select seed treatment products based on the season’s field conditions and individual needs.

“The Pioneer Premium Seed Treatment offering further enhances the Pioneer product performance equation which includes three key components - unique proprietary genetics, industry-leading traits and seed treatment options,” says Mick Messman, Pioneer senior marketing manager for North American seed treatment. “These new seed treatment options provide growers even more effective choices in placing the right product on the right acre.”

Insecticides, fungicides, nematicides, as well as seed treatment amendments can help protect and enhance the genetics, as well as the agronomic and defensive traits in a hybrid more

SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In an effort to help U.S. veterinary students cope with rising school debt while reinforcing the importance of building a diverse profession and addressing a shortage of food animal veterinarians, the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) and Pfizer Animal Health are introducing a new, annual scholarship program that will award up to $2 million through 2012.

The Pfizer Animal Health Veterinary Student Scholarship Program will be administered by the AVMF and funded by Pfizer Animal Health. It will award $2,500 scholarships to more than 225 veterinary students per year in U.S. veterinary schools accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association. more

St. Louis, Missouri, October 1, 2009 — In order to better serve customers, Novus International, Inc. is upgrading the infrastructure of its patented AIMS automated supply chain management system.

Novus pioneered vendor managed inventory for feed industry bulk liquids in 1993. Since then, the AIMS® automated supply chain management system has improved supply chain efficiency, reduced environmental impact (by reducing IBC and drum usage) and supported the growth of Novus’s liquid feed ingredients. more

Fallouts and Diarrhea in the Virtual Barn

New York (Oct.1, 2009)—Pfizer Animal Health announces the next “Virtual Walk the Pens” simulator scenario. The fifth scenario, available at www.individualpigcare.com/WTPGame, presents a barn full of fallouts and pigs with diarrhea. As reported by a virtual co-worker, there is extreme variation in the hogs as well. The virtual barn is going to take a hit on profitability and it’s up to the player to fix it. Players must determine the cause and stop any further death loss or fallouts to get the best score. more