Patrick Cudahy Back At Baconfest MKE

February 13, 2014 Smithfield Foods

Patrick Cudahy is proud to return as a sponsor of the third-annual BACONFEST MKE presented by 102.9 The HOG. Rooted in southeast Wisconsin, Patrick Cudahy has stayed true to the Midwesterners who demand its one-of-a-kind flavor. For 125 years, it has supported several of the special events and celebrations associated with Milwaukee, and is honored to be a part of this year's best-tasting festival.  

Beef Board Elects 2014 Leadership

February 13, 2014 The Beef Checkoff Program

During its final meeting at the 2014 Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 7, the Cattlemen’s Beef Board (CBB) unanimously elected Kim Brackett of Buhl, Idaho, to serve as CBB chairman for the coming year; Jimmy Maxey of Fresno, Calif., to serve as vice chairman; and Anne Anderson of Austin, Texas, to fill the position of Beef Board secretary/treasurer for 2014.

CrowleyFresh Handles 100K Boxes Of Fresh Flowers For Valentine's Day

February 13, 2014 Crowley Holdings Inc.

For the second consecutive year, CrowleyFresh, Miami’s newest cold-chain warehouse and logistics service, jointly offered by Crowley Maritime Corporation and subsidiary Customized Brokers, showed a little love to customer Sunshine Bouquet Company, a flower supplier based in Miami, by storing 1,027 pallets of fresh Colombian and Ecuadorian roses in advance of Valentine’s Day. The colorful, fragrant and perishable cargo was handled in CrowleyFresh’s 19,000 square-foot cold storage facility and the flowers were released to the U.S. market just in time for this year’s holiday.

2014 AFE Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted

February 13, 2014 The American Floral Endowment

Now is the chance for horticulture and floriculture students to apply for more than 20 different scholarships through the American Floral Endowment (AFE). The deadline is May 1 to submit applications for sophomore through senior students, as well as for graduate students.

Sakata Develops Downy Mildew Resistant Variety Of Ornamental Cut Flower Helianthus

February 13, 2014 Sakata Seed

Sakata Seed has developed the world’s first downy mildew resistance ornamental cut flower Helianthus, and this spring will run large-scale trials of this new innovation in Europe’s main production area.