Yearly Archives: 2011
Bi-partisan survey finds majority of Americans value forests
Commissioned by the National Association of State Foresters, the survey found 92 percent of Americans believe forests play a very important role in keeping the nation’s air clean. Of those, 58 percent rate the benefit as extremely important.
Just Say Cheese photo contest winner: Martha Anderson
This week’s prize goes to Martha Anderson, who submitted a picture of a goat standing on a tree stump with a cloudy sky in the background.
Michigan State developing barcode that shares animal ID info
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Unless you purchased your steak from the farmer down the road, it can be hard to tell exactly where it came from, even if the sticker on the package says local.
Study shows corn gene provides resistance to multiple diseases
Researchers at North Carolina State University have found a specific gene in corn that appears to be associated with resistance to three important plant leaf diseases.
AgroAtlas shows world agriculture at a glance
AgroAtlas, an interactive Russian/English website, shows the geographic distributions of 100 crops; 640 species of crop diseases, pests, and weeds; and 560 wild crop relatives growing in Russia and neighboring countries.
Research brings precision agriculture into the milking parlor
A research and extension team led by dairy systems management extension specialist Jeffrey Bewley, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Department of Animal and Food Sciences, is embarking on a two-year study to advance precision dairy farming at the UK Coldstream Dairy Research Farm.
Risk management agency approves Refuge Advanced for pilot program
Program lowers crop insurance premiums for qualifying farmers in 12 states.
Merial adds two training modules to Best in Class Dairy website
DULUTH, Ga. — The economic impact of mastitis on the dairy industry is nearly $2 billion or 11 percent of total U.S. milk...
OSU Extension to offer sheep, goat FAMACHA training
OLD WASHINGTON, Ohio — Sheep and goat producers are invited to a workshop designed to certify sheep and goat producers in FAMACHA and learn...
DeLaval installs automated rotary milking parlor on Swedish farm
TUMBA, Sweden -- Rotary parlors aren't new, but a fully automatic milking rotary system is. DeLaval introduced the DeLaval AMR in Hannover, Germany, last November, and is spotlighting its first on-farm installation in southern Sweden, in place since last April.
