Monthly Archives: November 2009
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau salutes Wolff, Steele
Pa. Farm Bureau presented former state agriculture secretary Dennis Wolff and former dean of Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences Robert Steele with Barn Raiser Awards to recognize their years of public service to the agricultural community.
Mick Colvin portrait hung in Saddle & Sirloin Gallery in Louisville, Ky.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The portrait of Louis M. "Mick" Colvin has entered the Saddle & Sirloin Gallery in Louisville, Ky. Unveiling More than 230...
New product manages reproduction in sheep
WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration approved EAZI-Breed Controlled Intravaginal Drug Release Sheep Insert (progesterone solid matrix) for induction of estrus in ewes...
Kernels of truth: Researchers sequence the maize genome
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The completion of a high-quality sequence of the maize (corn) genome is in the cover story of the Nov. 20...
Opportunities exist for beef, dairy producers to utilize damaged corn
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The moldy corn that is coming out of some Indiana fields presents challenges to growers and livestock producers, but cattlemen...
Cooperatives Working Together has enhanced milk checks by $1.54 in 2009
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Cooperatives Working Together has generated a return on investment of $1.54 per hundredweight so far in 2009, according to an independent...
CQ Fire Makers is now a qualified biomass conversion facility
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania State Executive Director for the USDA Farm Service Agency Bill Wehry said that CQ Fire Makers, LLC biomass conversion...
American Agri-Women experience Oregon agriculture at annual convention
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....
Holmes SWCD awards annual achievements
Tim Brumme (left) and Ferman Wengerd were elected to the Holmes Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors during the annual banquet Nov....
A feast of learning
MANSFIELD, Ohio -- It's been said in countless kitchens that "too many cooks spoil the stew." But each fall, in the kitchen of Pugh...
