Powell Seeds honored for 20 years ST. FRANCISVILLE, Ill. — Recently, at the Powell Seeds annual field day, Craig Newman, vice president of AgReliant Genetics, presented an award to Ron Powell marking Powell Seeds’ 20th year of affiliation with AgriGold Hybrids, which is a brand of AgReliant Genetics.
This is also Powell Seeds’ 50th year in the seed business, which is based in Converse, Ind.
Steven Snider of AgriGold Hybrids, a division of AgReliant Genetics, LLC of Westfield, also presented Powell with a token of gratitude and of admiration for their affiliation and their success as AgriGold Hybrids seed dealers. Powell Seeds is a family-owned producer of soybean and wheat seed. AgriGold Hybrids is in its 74th year of operation and is a top five brand in the Eastern Corn Belt.
Daniels appoints Lacy to chair State Fair Commission INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Gov. Mitch Daniels announced the appointment of Andre Lacy of Indianapolis as chairman of the Indiana State Fair Commission. Lacy will fill the vacancy left by Kyle Hupfer, who resigned in August. The term expires Sept. 30, 2010.
Lacy is chairman of the board of LDI, Ltd., a privately held Indianapolis-based company specializing in distribution. He previously served as chairman of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and the Indianapolis 500 Festival Assoc. and is a former president of the Indianapolis Public Schools. He received his undergraduate degree from Denison University.
The Indiana State Fair Commission includes five gubernatorial appointees, the director of the Department of Agriculture and the presidents of the Indiana State Fair Board and the Center for Agriculture Science and Heritage.
Other recent Daniels appointments include:
•Indiana Land Resources Council terms expiring in July 2012: Fred Walker of Hartford City, Blackford County commissioner; and Jon Craig, mayor of Petersburg
•Indiana State Board of Animal
Health terms expiring in March 2013: Dr. Bret Marsh (Carmel), State Veterinarian; Dr. John Baker (Chandler), veterinarian; Dr. Ted Harpold (Rockville), veterinarian; Jay Houchin (Huntingburg), Farbest Farms, Inc.; Pearce McKinney (Wingate), Wild Hair Farms; and Dr. Sandy Amass (Lafayette), associate dean for engagement at the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine.
Walther joins Schrader companies CENTERVILLE, Ind. — Schrader Real Estate and Auction Co. announces Andy Walther has joined the company as broker and auctioneer. He has owned and operated Walther and Hawkins Auctioneers since 1996 in Centerville and will continue serving the personal property, estate and residential market under the Walther and Hawkins Co.
Walther lives on a farm near Centerville and holds Indiana and Ohio auctioneer licenses. He will join Steve Slonaker, broker/office manager, in the Centerville office.
GROWMARK juggles employees in two divisions BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Changes in the GROWMARK Seed Division resulted in one promotion and an employee transfer.
Dennis Garzonio has been promoted to senior research and product manager. He will direct and lead product management, supply planning and research activities associated with the corn, soybean and wheat product lines.
Jeff Bunting, formerly weed science technical manager, assumed the role of FS Seed corn product manager, previously held by Garzonio.
The Agronomy Division has also been reorganized to better position its turf business. Scott Knight assumed the role of product regulations and specialty products manager. He is responsible for turf chemicals, vegetation management chemicals, aquatic chemicals, trace elements and regulatory issues for GROWMARK labeled products.
The seed treatment product lines were moved from Agronomy to the Seed Division. Dave Gentry, forage/turf and retail products manager, assumed responsibility for seed treatments and enhancements. Sandy Waltner, forage and turf seed purchasing manager, is responsible for pricing and ordering these products.
Ohio’s top conservation farmers honored LONDON, Ohio — Ohio’s top conservation farm families for 2009 were honored for their longstanding dedication to natural resource conservation on the land they farm. The annual award is sponsored by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Soil and Water Resources, Ohio Farmer magazine and the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation. Among the families were Barbara Sinn from Defiance County, Donald Smith of Portage County, the Michel Family of Muskingum County, the Frankenberg Family of Shelby County and Larry and Betsy Moore from Ross County.
Since 1984, the Conservation Farm Family Awards program has recognized more than 131 Ohio farm families for their exemplary efforts of conserving soil, water, woodlands, wildlife and other natural resources on the land they farm. Conservation farm families also host a variety of educational programs, opening their farms to schools, scout groups, farm organizations and others.
In addition to receiving $400 each from the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, the families were featured in the September issue of Ohio Farmer and received plaques from Hancor, Inc.
Kentucky researcher becomes 1st American to win meat award LEXINGTON, Ky. — Often in meat processing, certain cuts of beef go unused. University of Kentucky (UK) College of Agriculture researchers have been looking at ways to make those cuts more palatable and therefore, more profitable for meat processors.
Surendranath Suman, an assistant professor in UK’s Department of Animal and Food Sciences, recently experimented with ginger as a meat tenderizer in underutilized beef muscles, primarily the biceps femoris. He co-authored a paper about his research with colleagues Gregg Rentfrow and Youling Xiong, both faculty members in the UK College of Agriculture, and presented his findings at the 55th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology in Copenhagen earlier this summer.
The paper was one of three Suman presented at the congress, and he won the 2009 International Meat Secretariat Prize for Meat Science and Technology. The prize recognizes meat scientists younger than 40 for their contributions that have the most impact on either knowledge or application for the industry or the furtherance of meat science and technology.
Suman will receive $5,000 and travel expenses toward his attendance at the 18th World Meat Congress, in Buenos Aires in 2010.
There he will deliver a keynote presentation about his research. Although a team of U.S. researchers won the award in 2004, he is the first individual American scientist to win the IMS Prize.
Suman originally is from India where he studied veterinary medicine at Kerala Agricultural University. He earned a doctorate from the University of Connecticut prior to joining UK’s faculty in 2006.
West, chief of Ohio state parks, retires COLUMBUS, Ohio — Dan West, chief of Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Parks and Recreation since 1997 and an ODNR employee for 32 years, retired on Oct. 30. Under his watch, Ohio State Parks was named the nation’s best state park system, meriting the first-ever National Sports Foundation Gold Medal Award.
West accepted a position with the Broward County (Florida) Parks system. John Hunter, the current assistant chief and a 34-year veteran of Ohio State Parks system, has been named Acting Chief. |
