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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Headline Receives Plant Health Label
Headline fungicide is the first fungicide to have EPA-approved Plant Health claims on its label. State approvals are currently pending. “We believe this is…
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McGregor Adds Ritzville Chemicals
The McGregor Co. has purchased Ritzville Chemicals, Inc., Ritzville, WA, an organization whose employees offer more than 140 years of combined experience in the…
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CF Industries Seeks To Buy Terra Industries
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. has proposed to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Terra Industries Inc., in a transaction that would create…
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Bayer’s Corvus Goes Full Season
Corn growers now have access to a new one-pass, full-season weed control tool in Corvus herbicide from Bayer CropScience, recently approved by EPA. Corvus…
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Applications May Require Waste Permits
A new decision by the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals could require custom applicators and growers who apply their own crop protection products…
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New Ethanol Corn Seed Under Review
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is reviewing a petition by Syngenta Seeds for a determination of nonregulated status for a new…
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Caterpillar Cutting 20,000 Jobs
Caterpillar Inc., concerned about declining profits and a dismal sales forecast, says it will cut nearly 20,000 jobs. Quarterly earnings dropped more than 32…
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Vilsack Confirmed As Ag Secretary
The U.S. Senate confirmed former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack last week as U.S. agriculture secretary, a job he plans to use to promote renewable…
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VeraSun Shuts Down Dozen Plants
VeraSun Energy Corp. announced that 12 of its 16 ethanol plants are shut down, as the company continues to work its way through Chapter…
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Ag’s Efficiency Reduces Environmental Impact
A new report shows improvements in agriculture’s impact on the environment. The Field To Market study by the Keystone Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture demonstrates…
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