Matt Hopkins
Matt Hopkins is Senior Multi-Media Specialist for the Agribusiness Group at Meister Media Worldwide (MMW), including such brands as CropLife, CropLife IRON, AgriBusiness Global, Global Agtech Initiative, and Cotton Grower. He is responsible for managing an array of digital products, including newsletters, websites, video, and social media. Hopkins originally joined MMW in 1994 as an editor for Greenhouse Grower magazine before transitioning to Business Manager of its MeisterPro division. He has a Communications Degree from Cleveland State University.
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ARA’s Jack Eberspacher Loses Battle With Cancer
Jack Eberspacher, president and CEO of the Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA), died July 5 in a hospital in suburban Washington, DC. According to an ARA…
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Program Spreads Broadband Access
The first round of Recovery Act funding — to the tune of $4 billion — will expand broadband access into unserved and underserved areas.…
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Climate Change Bill Passes House
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a landmark climate change bill in the early evening hours of June 26 by a narrow vote of…
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Avicta Complete Corn Provides Triple Threat
Avicta Complete Corn, which contains Avicta, the first seed treatment nematicide for use on corn, is now available to offer corn growers the only…
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Monsanto Outlines New Strategic Action
Monsanto is creating a separate division for its Roundup and other herbicides business which is expected to enable the company to better align spending…
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New Serbian GM Law Prohibits Roundup Ready Soybeans
On May 29, 2009 National Parliament of the Republic of Serbia adopted new Law Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) that fully prohibits the possibility of…
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German Protesters Destroy Six GM Research Plots
Anti-biotech groups have continued their destruction in 2009; by the end of May, the German Plant Breeders Association (BDP) already reported six cases of…
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BASF Appoints New Director
BASF Crop Protection has appointed Paul Rea as director, U.S. Crop Business, effective July 1, 2009. Rea brings more than 14 years of global management…
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CF Ignores Agrium’s Tender Offer
Mike Wilson, Agrium’s President and CEO, stated, "Following a successful stockholder referendum on Agrium’s offer and after we reached out to CF and its…
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Center For Strategy In Agriculture Under New Leadership
Steve Wentworth, President and Co-Founder of the Center for Strategy in Agriculture (CSA) has named Don Ricketts its new CEO. Don brings with him…
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