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  • Feb. 27, 2013
    press release

    Webinar to Address Employee Performance, Engagement, Retention

    At 1:30 p.m. March 6, The Power of Purpose in Business, co-founded by Nathan R Mitchell and Jim Whitt, will be hosting a complimentary webinar titled, “What Motivates You Really? Understanding the Importance of Values.”
  • Feb. 14, 2013
    press release

    Novus International, Inc. Receives the 2012 Product Differentiation Excellence Award for MINTREX®

    Novus International, Inc. has received the 2012 North American Animal Feed Ingredients Product Differentiation Excellence Award for its trace mineral product MINTREX®. Novus was selected from an elite group of competitor companies by Frost & Sullivan, a 50-year-old global research organization that specializes in helping clients accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. This is the second award Novus has received from Frost & Sullivan in 2012. The company also was the recipient of the 2012 New Product Innovation Award in Prebiotics for its product PREVIDA® in September 2012.
  • Feb. 4, 2013
    press release

    Pharmgate Announces Appointments

    Pharmgate is pleased to announce two new appointments.
  • Jan. 30, 2013
    press release

    Tyson Foods Honored With Edward C. Jones Community Service Award In Recognition of Meals that Matter Program

    Tyson Foods today was awarded the American Meat Institute’s (AMI) Edward C. Jones Community Service Award during the 2013 AMI International Production & Processing Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia. The award is named in honor of former AMI Board member, the late Edward C. Jones of Jones Dairy Farm, in Ft. Atkinson, Wis., who was a model of community service.
  • Jan. 30, 2013
    press release

    USDA’s U.S. Meat Animal Research Center Meat Safety and Quality Research Unit Honored With AMI Foundation Scientific Achievement Award

    The Meat Safety and Quality Research Unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service’s U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USDA-USMARC) recently received the American Meat Institute Foundation (AMIF) Scientific Achievement Award during the AMI International Production & Processing Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia. The award was presented in recognition of the Unit’s timely and important meat and poultry industry research.
  • Jan. 14, 2013
    press release

    ASIC Launches New Website

    Absolute Swine Insemination Company LLC (ASIC), the manufacturer of AbsoluteAMGTM “Hydraulic” Deep Intrauterine Insemination catheters for swine, is pleased to announce the launch of the brand’s revamped website: www.abrods.com. The January 2013 launch is scheduled to coincide with the company’s 10th year anniversary in business.
  • Jan. 2, 2013
    press release

    Ralco Completes Acquisition of Hormel Agri-Nutrition

    Continuing its strategy of delivering exceptional animal nutrition and health products to livestock and poultry producers, Ralco Nutrition, Inc. today announced it has completed its acquisition of Hormel Agri-Nutrition , the livestock feed business of Hormel Foods. The agreement expands Ralco’s feed division through the acquisition of an existing staff that closely matches the core mission and values of Ralco.
  • Dec. 18, 2012
    press release

    Census Provides Opportunity to Grow the Future of Agriculture

    – It's not every day that a walk to your mailbox leads to an opportunity to help shape farm programs, boost rural services and grow your farm future. But for producers across the country, that opportunity will soon become a reality. The 2012 Census of Agriculture, the only source of consistent and comprehensive agricultural data for every state and county in the nation, is currently being mailed to millions of farmers and ranchers across the United States.
  • Dec. 4, 2012
    press release

    Cavanaugh & Associates, P.A. Awarded 2013 Engineering Excellence Award for Waste-to-Energy Project

    Cavanaugh & Associates, P.A., a consulting engineering firm headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC, announced that it is part of a team that received the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina’s (ACEC/NC) 2013 Grand Conceptor Engineering Excellence Award, at the recent Engineering Excellence Awards Gala. The award was presented to William G. Simmons, Jr., V.P. and Director of Engineering, Steve Cavanaugh, President and CEO, and Marvin Cavanaugh, V.P., and Tatjana Vujic (Duke University) for its North Carolina Pig Farm Renewable Energy System. ACEC/NC annually recognizes the year’s most outstanding engineering accomplishments by awarding projects that demonstrate the highest degree of achievement, value, and integrity. The award was presented to Cavanaugh for work on the Loyd Ray Farm Project, which is the first hog farm in North Carolina to generate Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) from swine manure.

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