Monthly Archives: January 2009
Webcast offers overview of small wind turbines
LINCOLN, Neb. -- A Feb. 13 Webcast will offer an overview of small wind turbines.
Basics of Farm/Residential Small Wind Turbines is from 10...
Northeast Ohio meeting will focus on CAUV
ORWELL, Ohio -- There will be a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 3 regarding recent changes in the Current Agricultural Use Value program.
The...
Association helps markets recover $1.43 million for unpaid livestock
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Action authorized by Livestock Marketing Association’s executive committee, including shouldering a major portion of the legal fees, has helped seven...
New apple was 20 years in the making
URBANA, Ill. -- A new, late-ripening apple named WineCrisp, which carries the Vf gene for scab resistance, was developed over the past 20 plus...
Open wide: Tooth abscesses are very common in alpacas and llamas
With spitting accuracy like a sniper, alpacas and llamas use their mouths for more than chewing. But unfortunately, "tooth abscesses are very common," said...
Feb. 11 meeting covers all angles of land protection
PENINSULA, Ohio — The Countryside Conservancy, in collaboration with Western Reserve RC&D, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Western Reserve Land Conservancy and Hiram College Center...
Beef, pork exports exceed 2007 pace
DENVER — Red meat exports continued their strong pace through November, with pork up 20 percent and beef up 9 percent (including variety meat)...
Exhibition offers sweeping history of the horse
PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Carnegie Museum of Natural History will display the acclaimed exhibition The Horse, an in-depth look that showcases spectacular fossils, models, dioramas...
New bill promotes biogas production through tax credits
WASHINGTON -- Billions of gallons of fossil fuels could be reduced through renewable energy sources produced from animal waste with a little ingenuity and...
Top Angus brings $75,000 at Denver sale
Angus enthusiasts consigned 27 lots to the 2009 National Western Angus bull sale Jan. 15 in Denver, Colo. The annual sale, which is the...
