Genetics: Stack the deck in your favor
Bulls are essential, but they’re not the whole ball game in herd genetics. Traits can be influenced more readily if your breeding program takes into account both the paternal and maternal sides of the equation.
Cellulosic ethanol plant under construction in Mont.
AE Biofuels, Inc., an advanced energy company that is developing next-generation ethanol and biodiesel production worldwide, recently announced that it has begun construction of an integrated cellulose and starch ethanol commercial demonstration facility in Butte, Mont.
Itchy cattle aren’t happy or healthy
As spring approaches, many cattle have increasing numbers of lice on them according to Eldon Cole, livestock specialist with University of Missouri Extension.
Outdoor furnace rules scrutinized
In response to a growing demand for outdoor wood-fired boilers and increasing complaints from neighbors who live near them, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has drafted rules to ensure that these boilers are operated in a way that minimizes smoky particle emissions.
Ohio landowners donate ag easement
Two Union County landowners, Don and Marge Bailey, recently donated a permanent agricultural easement on their farm, totaling 104 acres.
Beekeepers get a boost from funding
Nearly 1,000 West Virginia beekeepers are beginning to reap the benefits of $200,000 in funding authorized last year by the state legislature to help the apiary industry recover from drought- and freeze-related losses last year.
The ultimate “answer” Web site
Kansas State University Research and Extension is a partner in a groundbreaking new Web site, eXtension.org.
Look it up: Latest edition of ag thesaurus online
The USDA National Agricultural Library has published 2008 editions of its National Agricultural Library Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary of Agricultural Terms in both Spanish and English.
Geauga County: Still no answers in steer dispute
The stepsisters who used their 4-H steer calves as walking billboards to protest the way the Geauga County fair board is handling the discovery of drugs in last year’s champion still don’t know if they’ll be allowed to participate in the 2008 fair.
Del Muls grant first farm easement in Ashtabula Co.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture recently accepted its first permanent agricultural easement donation in Ashtabula County from landowners Henry and Louise Del Mul.
