Roundup of 4-H news for April 6, 2017
The Shining Clovers 4-H club met March 12, at the Wakeman Congregational Church, to welcome new members and pass out enrollment information.
Land O’Lakes acquires Vermont Creamery
Vermont Creamery will become an independently operated subsidiary of Minnesota-based Land O’Lakes.
Finding lawn’s value — grow, mow, mulch
Law and his team found that the amount of carbon deposited into the soil was affected by the species of grass and how it was mown.
Coalition is looking at intersection of food, ag
Solutions from the Land is coordinating the three- to five-year project with the assistance of a $500,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
DuPont creates research link with Purdue University
Purdue University has been granted access to DuPont Pioneer’s proprietary phenotyping and ear photometry technology as part of a research collaboration.
Holmes County honors top dairies
Holmes County recognized a long list of cows during the Holmes County Dairy Service Unit’s annual meeting at the Carlisle Inn, Walnut Creek.
$600,000 in grants for American chestnut
Asheville-based conservation nonprofit, The American Chestnut Foundation, has received $600,000 in grants from the Colcom Foundation.
Understand hardiness zones before planting
One of the more important steps gardeners can take before spring arrives is to educate themselves about plant hardiness zones.
Huge potential of natural gas
Shale gas plays are large enough to replace all U.S. oil imports.
Food safety critical to small business success
An introduction to the basics of Hazard Analysis and Preventive Controls as a method of identifying and preventing hazards will be included.
