LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The portrait of Louis M. “Mick” Colvin has entered the Saddle & Sirloin Gallery in Louisville, Ky.
Unveiling
More than 230 of Colvin’s family and friends gathered Nov. 15 for the dinner and unveiling at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center, where the gallery has been located since 1977.
During his 55 years […]
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration approved EAZI-Breed Controlled Intravaginal Drug Release Sheep Insert (progesterone solid matrix) for induction of estrus in ewes (sheep) during seasonal anestrus.
This progesterone Controlled Intravaginal Drug Release is a steroid hormone that allows out-of-season breeding in sheep.
Data
The data to support this approval were gathered in collaboration with […]
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — The completion of a high-quality sequence of the maize (corn) genome is in the cover story of the Nov. 20 issue of Science. This new genome sequence reports the sequence of genes in maizeand provides a detailed physical map of the maize genome.
This map identifies the order in which genesare […]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The moldy corn that is coming out of some Indiana fields presents challenges to growers and livestock producers, but cattlemen may be able to take advantage of this unfortunate opportunity, according Purdue University beef and dairy specialists.
The rumen is an organ that allows beef and dairy cattle to detoxify anything […]
ARLINGTON, Va. — Cooperatives Working Together has generated a return on investment of $1.54 per hundredweight so far in 2009, according to an independent economic analysis of the voluntary dairy farmer-funded and managed self-help program.
That evaluation was released at the 2009 NMPF annual meeting in Grapevine, Texas by Scott Brown of the University of […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania State Executive Director for the USDA Farm Service Agency Bill Wehry said that CQ Fire Makers, LLC biomass conversion facility is now qualified under the Biomass Crop Assistance Program.
Eligible material owners may be eligible for matching payments for delivery of eligible material to CQ Fire Makers, LLC.
Contact information
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SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Women for Agriculture hosted American Agri-Women’s 35th annual convention in Salem, Ore., showcasing Oregon agriculture through speakers, workshops and tours.
Thursday night’s speaker Jeanne Carver and her husband, Dan, own the historic Imperial Stock Ranch in north central Oregon where they raise beef and lamb.
About 10 years ago when markets […]
Tim Brumme (left) and Ferman Wengerd were elected to the Holmes Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors during the annual banquet Nov. 19.
WALNUT CREEK, Ohio — This year’s winner of the fifth-grade farm tour essay contest wrote an account “unlike any we’ve ever had before,” Holmes Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor Harold […]
MANSFIELD, Ohio — It’s been said in countless kitchens that “too many cooks spoil the stew.” But each fall, in the kitchen of Pugh Cabin on Richland County’s Malabar Farm, the more cooks, the merrier the experience.
A jury trial has been rescheduled in Mahoning County Court.
