INDUSTRY NEWS

All hay stored on U.S. farms as of Dec. 1, 2019, totaled nearly 84.5 million tons, up 7% from a year earlier, according to the USDA’s Crop Production report, released Jan. 10.

Stronger U.S. sales of tractors and self-propelled combines in December helped push 2019 sales numbers slightly ahead of year-earlier totals, according to the latest data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM).

Position description: Assistant professor of forage systems

The department of animal and veterinary sciences (AVS) in the college of agriculture, forestry and life sciences at Clemson University invites applications for a 12-month, tenure-track faculty position with emphasis in forage-livestock production systems.

The American Forage and Grassland Council (AFGC) is pleased to announce the formation of a new state affiliate council: Florida Forage and Grassland Council (FFGC). Florida becomes the 22nd state affiliate group of American Forage and Grassland Council.

A notice in the Federal Register (#62502, Vol. 84, No. 221, issued Nov. 15, 2019) says in part:

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) announced the newest inductee to the AEM Hall of Fame: Mary Andringa of Vermeer Corp.