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Lessiter Elected to Board of Farm Equipment Manufacturers Assn.

During the 63rd Annual Fall Convention of the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Assn. on October 22, Mike Lessiter, Farm Equipment/Ag Equipment Intelligence, was elected to serve a three-year term on the Association's Board of Directors, representing the Supplier Section. Lessiter is president of Lessiter Publications, Inc., Brookfield, Wis., an agricultural media company founded by his parents, Frank and Pam, in 1981.
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Lessiter Publications Expands Ag Media Sales Team

Industry veteran, Darren Foster has joined Lessiter Publications' Ag Division as a Media Account Executive. Foster will support manufacturers across all Lessiter Ag Division properties, including Farm Equipment, Rural Lifestyle Dealer, Farm Catalog, No-Till Farmer, National No-Tillage Conference, Precision Farming Dealer and related e-media properties.
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USDA Grants Support Federal Partnership for Robotics Research

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced $4.5 million in grants to spur the development and use of robots in American agriculture production. The five grants are part of the National Robotics Initiative (NRI), a federal research partnership that includes NIFA, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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