WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Siemens Energy Inc. have formally commissioned a new 2.3 megawatt Siemens wind turbine at NREL’s National Wind Technology Center.
The turbine is the centerpiece of a multiyear project to study the performance and aerodynamics of a new class of large, land-based machines […]
Editor:
Voters will decide whether or not to amend Ohio’s Constitution for the purpose of creating a 13-member Livestock Care Standards Board that will essentially govern every aspect of Ohio’s agriculture community where livestock is concerned.
I must admit that having not been engaged actively in farming for some years, I really didn’t pay too much […]
GREENSBURG, Pa. — The Western Pennsylvania Vegetable and Berry Growers seminar will be held Nov. 17 at the Days Inn, Butler, Pa.
The meeting features local and regional experts speaking about vegetable and berry growing and marketing. It also includes a trade show consisting of major regional suppliers, seed companies and others.
There will be […]
WASHINGTON — Approximately 255 million base acres on about 1.7 million farms were enrolled in the Direct and Counter-cyclical Program and in the Average Crop Revenue Election program.
Direct payments
USDA will issue nearly $4 billion in 2009 final direct payments to eligible producers on approved contracts. Producers have already received advance payments of approximately $900 […]
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Artificial insemination techniques that work well with cattle and swine can be difficult or costly to perform in sheep, but help’s on the way, thanks to Agricultural Research Service studies in Fort Collins, Colo.
There, at the agency’s National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation, animal physiologist Phil Purdy and colleagues are […]
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Agriculture has received more than $809,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture through its Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.
Funding will be shared among 17 projects allowing the Ohio Department of Agriculture to partner with associations and institutions, such as the Center for Innovative Food Technology, the Appalachian […]
WOOSTER, Ohio — Ohio State University will host its second annual renewable energy workshop Nov. 12 at the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster.
Topics
Topics include updates on wind, solar, bioenergy and biofuel production and use in Ohio; practical ways to use less energy and save money and tour will be given of […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Sam Brownback, R-Kan., and Pat Roberts, R-Kan., recently applauded Senate passage of the Conference Report to the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill.
The bill includes $32 million of funding for the new National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) to be relocated in Manhattan, Kan. The Conference Committee report is the final […]
“When one side is
fundamentally opposed to what the other side does, there is no
common ground.”
Julie Maschhoff
Maschhoff Pig Company
Editor:
Issue 2 — What does it do? A lot of us really don’t know. Maybe no on really knows.
The hope is it will keep animal rights legislation from changing farming in Ohio, thereby securing present methods and costs. The biggest threat such legislation can produce is the loss of yet another American industry.
We […]
