Colorado Young Farmers to meet
Colorado The 40th Colorado Young Farmers Educational Association Institute will be held Feb. 6 and 7 at the Red Lion Hotel at 4040 Quebec Street in Denver, Colo. More than 175 members, spouses, advisors and guests are expected to attend.
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DHS approves $450 million biothreat lab at Kansas State
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP)--The Department of Homeland Security has approved a site at Kansas State University for a $450 million lab to study livestock diseases and some of the world's most dangerous biological threats. The agency's final record of decision--a document obtained by The Associated Press--confirmed a decision announced in December to build the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility at the Manhattan, Kan., campus to replace an aging...
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Dune and dirty: Hurricane teaches lessons through ecosystem research
Texsa Dr. Rusty Feagin was managing several ecosystem research projects on Galveston Island when the 2008 hurricane season began. Then he got an unexpected visit from a research assistant named Ike.
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Easement placed in Unita County on Black's Fork River Ranch
Total acreage under easement with ag land trust surpasses 100,000 acres Wyoming The Wyoming Stock Growers Agricultural Land Trust recently placed a conservation easement on Black's Fork River Ranch near Evanston.
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Fertilizer prices continue to rise
"Fertilizer costs are six times as high as they were six years ago," said David Asbridge, of Doane Advisory Services. By Jennifer Bremer Fertilizer costs have continually pushed up year after year--an increase farmers have come to expect.
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Fifth annual Ark Valley Farm/Ranch/Water Symposium and Trade Show coming Feb. 5
Colorado Mark your calendar for the fifth annual Arkansas Valley Farm/Ranch/Water Symposium and Trade Show, scheduled for Feb. 5, in Rocky Ford, Colo. This year's topics include the new farm bill, biodiesel from oil seed crops, and carbon sequestration.
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Financial, communication training for ag companies Jan. 23
Event can help managers and supervisors in southwest Kansas, northwest Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle Provalue, LLC, a regional business and human resource consulting firm, announced Jan. 14 they will offer a one-day training for managers and supervisors of agriculturally focused companies. It will be held Jan. 23 in Liberal, Kan.
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Food for Progress project brings 21st century biodiesel facilities to Guatemala
Texas The small, unassuming tropical paradise of Masagua in Guatemala's coastal region of Escuintla seems an unlikely place for 21st century technology. But the town now boasts Guatemala's newest biodiesel fuel production plant due to a U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded Food for Progress project led by Texas A&M University's Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture.
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ISU Biobased Industry Center studies carbon emissions, other industry issues
Iowa Iowa State University's new Biobased Industry Center is sponsoring four research projects designed to answer questions important to the biofuels industry. "The purpose of the center is to study parts of the biofuels industry that have received less attention," said Ron Cox, an interim co-director of the center and the director of Iowa State's Center for Industrial Research and Service.
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Modified lignin has potential benefits for ethanol, paper and feed
Cellulose is a key component of plant cell walls that can be converted into ethanol and other products. New findings from the Agricultural Research Service could help make that conversion process easier. Plant walls contain cellulose, the main component of paper and a source of sugars for ethanol production.
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Monsanto producer information meeting set for Elk City
Oklahoma Monsanto's Delta & Pine Land, Dekalb and Asgrow seed companies and the Texas Corn Producers Board will be hosting an agricultural producer information meeting Jan. 22 in Elk City, Okla. Producers will hear about issues affecting corn production, hybrid selection, and cotton production and varieties from Monsanto representatives.
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NE Ag Classic speaker- Farmers must address critics in new ways
NE Ag Classic speaker: Farmers must address critics in new ways By Jennifer M. Latzke "The challenge you face today is that producing food doesn't feel as noble as it used to," said Charlie Arnot, the keynote speaker at the 2008 Nebraska Ag Classic, Dec. 15. His message to growers was how to earn and maintain the social licenses needed to continue practical and efficient farming and ranching practices to feed and clothe the world.
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