This month in Agri Marketing ...Five Years Ago * Farm Journal Corp., Philadelphia; has agreed to acquire AgDay, Lafayette, Ind., from Qualitron Media Inc. * Teresa Hinrichs, Pioneer Hi-Bred Pioneer Hi-Bred is one of the largest U.S. companies which produces hybrid seeds for agriculture. History In 1926, farm journal editor and future U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace, along with a group of Des Moines, Iowa businessmen, started the "Hi-Bred Corn Company". International; Gaylin Morgan, Morgan&Myers Inc.; and Allan Johnson, Farm Progress Companies, are named Ag Communicators of the Year. Ten Years Ago * Schering AG, Berlin, Germany, and Hoechst AG, Frankfurt, Germany, sign a letter of intent to combine their agrochemical agrochemical Any chemical used in agriculture, including chemical fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides. Most are mixtures of two or more chemicals; active ingredients provide the desired effects, and inert ingredients stabilize or preserve the active ingredients or aid activities. * W.R. Grace & Co., Boca Raton, Fla., reaches a decision to publicly designate American Breeders Service (ABS), DeForest de·for·est tr.v. de·for·est·ed, de·for·est·ing, de·for·ests To cut down and clear away the trees or forests from. de·for , Wis., along with certain other businesses, as a "discontinued unit" and begin the official process of divestment. * Ed Bible, American Polled Hereford Association; Sheree Johnson, NKH&W; and Blake Lewis, Rural Press Ltd., are named Ag Communicators of the Year. Twenty Years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. Ago * Paul Weller, president of Agri/Washington, Washington, D.C., is named executive secretary of the Agricultural Relations Council. * Monsanto Co., St. Louis, selects president Richard J. Mahoney as CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and Louis Fernandez as chairman of the board. |
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