national corn growers

Syngenta AG CEO Mike Mack has stepped aside amid shareholder criticism for his refusal to engage with Monsanto over its $47 billion takeover proposal. Syngenta has named Chief Financial Officer John Ramsay the interim CEO. Mack’s resignation after seven years in charge was welcomed by a shareholder group lobbying for a full strategic review...

Farm groups are disappointed that Congress failed to pass a long-term highway funding bill before its August recess. Congress voted to extend the United States Highway Trust Fund's authorization through Oct. 29, the second such short-term extension this year...

Scores of corn growers from more than a dozen states will converge in Kansas City, Kansas, tomorrow. The EPA is holding a public hearing on its proposal to cut nearly four billion gallons of corn ethanol from the Renewable Fuels Standard through 2016, according to the National Corn Growers Association...