Tractor Zoom, a data company that helps people find and value farm equipment, announced Oct. 3 the completion of a $5 million dollar Series A funding round.

DuPont joins PrecisionHawk's previously announced round of series C funding, alongside Intel Capital, Verizon Ventures, Yamaha Motor, USAA, NTT Docomo, Millennium Technology Value Partners and the Innovate Indiana Fund.

The Canada West Equipment Dealers Association (CWEDA) Board of Directors are pleased to announce funding to 151 dealer member employees through the Canada West Scholarship Program.

The North Dakota Department of Commerce announced a $288,600 workforce enhancement grant for Lake Region State College. The grant will support efforts to develop an educational training program for the agriculture industry.

In light of funding reductions in fiscal year (FY) 2011 and the likelihood of additional reductions in FY 2012, NASS conducted deliberate reviews of all programs against mission- and user-based criteria, aimed at finding cost savings and forward-thinking business efficiencies so that key timely, accurate and useful data remains available in service to agriculture.

The 2012 farm bill must continue to provide the nation's farmers a dependable safety net, but given today's tight budget outlook, the legislation must also be fiscally responsible. The best way to do that is to maintain the basic funding structure and baseline of the 2008 farm bill, American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman told members of the Senate Agriculture Committee.

U.S. Senate approves ag spending bill and dairy relief package