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Decatur, Illinois · DecaturThe National FFA Organization announced that its new membership number reflects more than one million FFA members nationwide, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Membership reached 1,042,245 this year with 9,407 chapters. The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) released numbers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture today showing there are 526,263 farmers in the U.S. growing corn. NCGA has long said it represents the interes…Read Article
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Nairobi · NairobiTen ‘agricultural journalists of the future’ have been selected by the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) to participate in the 2025 Alltech Young Leaders program. Now entering its 20th year, the joint initiative seeks to develop and support new and recent entrants to the profession through expert training, feedback and mentoring, delivered during a unique ‘Boot Camp’ at this year’s IFAJ Congress in Nairobi, Kenya, in Oc…Read Article
IFAJ Alltech Young Leaders 2025 Announced

Agriculture · SpringfieldDTN, the global leader in operational decisioning for energy, agriculture, and weather-driven industries, announced the acquisition of the Canadian ag tech company Grain Discovery. The acquisition accelerates the time to market for multiple DTN ag and sustainability solutions that benefit ag supply chain players. AgLaunch has officially opened applications for the 2026 AgLaunch365 Accelerator, a bold, multi-stage challenge designed to catapult t…Read Article