Rail Transit/Heavy Haul scholarships available MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Progressive Railroading magazine will be awarding scholarships to deserving industry professionals for both the Rail Transit Seminar (May 17) and the Heavy Haul Seminar (May 19-20).
Both include free attendance at the popular Principles Course (May 18). All events are held at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare in Chicago. Continuing Education/Professional Development credits are offered.
The Rail Transit Seminar is devoted to examining wheel/rail and vehicle/track interaction on light rail and subway operations. This cross-disciplinary seminar is planned to include presentations from experts in vehicle/track dynamics, noise and vibration, wheel/rail profile design and maintenance and friction management.
Enter the Rail Transit scholarship competition online at http://wheel-rail-seminars.com/seminars/WRI2010/1-RT/scholarship.htm
Now in its 16th year, the Heavy Haul Seminar is devoted to examining wheel/rail and vehicle/track interaction on heavy haul freight and shared-track passenger systems. The latest information on new and existing technology, and the ways in which it is being used to improve wheel/rail interaction on freight and passenger railways, will be presented by some of the best minds in railroading.
Enter the Heavy Haul Scholarship Competition at http://wheel-rail-seminars.com/seminars/WRI2010/3-HH/scholarship.htm
Byron Seeds, LLC to sponsor profitability seminars ROCKVILLE, Ind. — Byron Seeds, LLC is pleased to announce a series of seminars that address the role of high quality forages in today’s difficult farm economy. A team of leading experts will be brought in to address various aspects of forage profitability.
John Thyssen, CEO of Barenbrug USA, will address the agronomics and benefits of improved cool season grasses in grazing as well as in conventional TMR diets. Tom Kilcer of Advanced Ag Systems will discuss his pioneering work in wide swath haylage and growing sorghum sudan or triticale as high quality annual forage crops.
Chad Hale of Byron Seeds will address the benefits of using cover crops and how to make cover crops viable in today’s world. Lyn Crabtree, president of Masters Choice Corn, will discuss the advantages of high-energy corn for the farmer feeding livestock.
These meetings will take place in the following locations from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. A lunch will be provided:
•Jan. 19: Carlisle Inn, Walnut Creek, Ohio
•Jan. 20: Holiday Inn, Richmond, Ind.
•Jan. 21: Shipshewana Town Center, Shipshewana, Ind.
•Jan. 22: Pine River Recreation Club, Elm Hall, Mich.
For more information, contact the main office hotline at 877-995-2490, or contact the following Byron Seeds territory managers: Bob Eash, northern Indiana and Illinois, NW Ohio and Michigan, at bobeash@kuntrynet.com or 888-836-3697; or Dennis Brown, southern Indiana and most of Ohio, at brownviewseeds@rcwifi.com or 765-584-1342.
Local charities benefactors of FCS competition
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Several local charities – from the Red Cross to Meals on Wheels – are receiving donations from local Farm Credit Services of Mid-America (FCS) offices.
Five FCS offices earned the right to make $500 charitable contributions to the organization of their choice, as a result of signing up FCS customers on the agricultural lending cooperative’s new online banking system. Huntingburg, Ind., was the overall winner and selected Generations – Meals on Wheels as its benefactor.
Other statewide winners included: Owensboro, Ky., Christmas Wish; Wooster, Ohio, Christian Children’s Home of Ohio and the Wayne County Make-A-Wish Foundation; Anderson, Ind., Madison County Community Foundation and the Hamilton County 4-H Council; and Lawrenceburg, Tenn., God’s Storehouse and the American Red Cross.
Syngenta ranked among top employers in biotech RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — Syngenta was ranked among the Top 20 Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Employers, according to survey results published in a special feature of Science magazine.
Science, along with the American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), commissioned a Web-based survey aimed at determining the companies with the best reputations as employers. There were more than 2,300 respondents to the survey.
From a field of 575 companies, Syngenta ranked number 20. This is the first year Syngenta has been ranked in the top 20.
Syngenta and other top-ranked companies received high marks for the following: innovative leadership in the industry, respect for employees, level of employee loyalty, social responsibility, important quality research and top leadership that successfully moves the organization in the right direction.
Syngenta has two key biotech facilities – the North American biotech headquarters located in Research Triangle Park and the other in Beijing, China. |
