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By the numbers: Food for thought
While you’re recovering from Thanksgiving feasts and looking ahead to another month of holiday gorging, chew on these numbers: 702 million pounds The amount of sweet potatoes grown in 2006 in North Carolina, the nation’s largest producer.
Things to be thankful for …
A good friend’s father had a quadruple bypass two weeks ago. It’s been a stressful, uncertain time for their family, but his health outlook is strong.
Engine manufacturers on target to meet tough 2007 clean-diesel regulations
Regulations will reduce soot and smog-causing emissions, prevent sickness.
House gets down to farm bill nitty-gritty
WASHINGTON – The House agriculture committee began subcommittee markups of the 2007 farm bill this week.
Sears and Roebuck shaped Christmas traditions
My Christmas column this year is, as they say on the air, an “encore presentation,” having appeared in December of both 1995 and 2000. How many of you remember the anticipation, and the agonizingly long wait, after your mother sent in an order to Sears and Roebuck or Montgomery Ward? This Christmas season made me
Conservation Reserve Program needs a boost
Alan Guebert explains why the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s biggest environmental program, the Conservation Reserve Program, is at a crossroads.
All your farm tax questions answered
In this week’s Dairy Excel column, David Marrison answers all your farm tax questions.
Winter forage production options
Winter annual cereals utilize six to seven months of the year and capture an additional 33% of the crop production potential. Learn more about options.
Identifying 11 more warblers made easy
The easy male warblers that I reviewed last week are recognizable by eye and ear to any birder. But going beyond that first level of warbler identification is like taking a graduate course in birding. So here, during birders’ favorite month, are some tips to help you move on to the next level. Chestnut-sided warblers.
Indian scientist proves ‘good’ GM seeds have place in developing nations
Alan Guebert’s final column in a series on developing world agriculture and its impact on U.S. farmers.
