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Ag News: Syngenta Top Ag Employer
**Syngenta has been recognized as one of the world’s leading biotech employers, and the top agriculture employer, in the 2019 Science Careers Top Employers Survey.
The company ranked 10 out of 20 top employers in biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, pharmaceutical and related industries, marking the tenth year of recognition by the prestigious global survey...
Ag News: ASF Risk in U.S. Hog Herd and Kwik Lok’s New Eco Lok
New research finds the risk of African swine fever entering the U.S. hog population has nearly doubled in the last year.
Ag News: AFBF Women’s Boot Camp
**The American Farm Bureau Federation recognized 15 farm and ranch women leaders as graduates of its Women's Communications Boot Camp fall session.
The intensive four-day course comprised hands-on sessions related to public speaking, working with the media and messaging...
Ag News: Syngenta Climate Contribution
Chinese-owned Syngenta will contribute $2 billion over the next five years to create innovations specifically targeted to address climate change.
Ag News: U.S. Pumpkin Production
All states produce at least some pumpkins, but according to the 2017 U.S. Census of Agriculture, about 62 percent of pumpkin acres were grown in only ten States.
Ag News: PMA Record Attendance
**The Produce Marketing Association’s 2019 Fresh Summit was a record-breaker.
According to thepacker.com, the Southern California event in Anaheim earlier this month hit all the right notes, drawing a record attendance of nearly 24,000 and featuring just over 1,200 exhibitors...
Ag News: USMCA Progress Made
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement working group is getting closer to an agreement,on issues relating to the environment, enforcement, access to medicines and labor.
Ag News: USDA’s Rural Broadband
The USDA has invested over $2.8-million in high-speed broadband infrastructure to create or improve e-Connectivity for 347 rural households in Tennessee.
Ag News: Cali Avacado Estimates Up
Despite a damaging heat wave, the California avocado farmers will produce a larger-than-expected crop. The avocado season officially ends at the end of October.
Ag News: China Buys U.S. Pork
**Chinese firms claim they have purchased 700,000 metric tons of pork from the U.S. this year to meet market demand, but U.S. government data shows smaller pork sales.
According to agweb.com, weekly USDA export sales data show recent buying has increased China’s pork purchase total to around 300,000 metric tons for shipment this year and about 135,000 metric tons for delivery in 2020.
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