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MWCD residents are still angry about proposed assessment in watershed
NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio – A crowd of fired-up residents from the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District shouted protests and objections during a public hearing Feb. 16. Some shouts objected to the proposed assessment in the district and some shouts objected to the format of the meeting.
Farm and Dairy’s week in review: 11/28
This week’s top stories include a Wooster-area Christmas tree farm that’s been in business for 60 years, Ohio ag easement funding, pie baking tips, how to make homemade spice blends and Wayne SWCD conservation award winners.
U.S. Department of Energy uses biotechnology to improve photosynthesis
WASHINGTON — Plants can overcome their evolutionary legacies to become much better at using biological photosynthesis to produce energy, the kind of energy that can power vehicles in the near future, an all-star collection of biologists, physicists, photochemists, and solar scientists has found.
A single life could change the world
Just a week ago, we had the joy of welcoming a young couple with a sweet little baby to our home.
As I was making a fuss over the baby, the young mother told me my optimism and enthusiasm was exactly what she needed to hear.
Produce safety rule to change the way fresh fruit, vegetables are grown and handled
Ever since the Food Safety Modernization Act was signed into law in January 2011 and the act’s Produce Safety Rule was proposed two years later, fruit and vegetable growers have waited for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to finalize the regulations they will be expected to follow on the farm.
Deadline approaches for farmers to apply for USDA Value-Added Producer Grants
WASHINGTON — The USDA recently released a notice inviting farmers to apply for Value-Added Producer Grants. The notice combines two year’s worth of funding for the program, making $37 million available for new value-added projects. Project proposals are due by August 29.
Postal system: Bring my mail before you get another raise
Editor: Our postal system is again asking for another raise. This isn’t right. Why should they get a raise when ?the system’ is not doing its job? Within the past year, I know of three pieces of information-sensitive mail that I never received.
Checkoff analysis of USDA price data
DES MOINES, Iowa – A checkoff-funded analysis of USDA price data shows fewer hogs sold through daily negotiated transactions (the spot market) during January 2006 than during previous years, although the prices of more than half the hogs in the U.
Fresh market is marketing success
AMARILLO, Texas – Willie Wieck’s farm in Etter, Texas, has a little bit of everything – wheat, cotton, seed maize, black-eyed peas, sunflowers, pumpkins, gourds, cantaloupes, watermelons, popcorn and sweet corn.
United Dairy Farmers gets $634,000 from USDA to expand ethanol sales
Cincinnati-based United Dairy Farmers Inc. was awarded $634,000 through the USDA’s Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program to expand ethanol sales at its convenience stores and gas stations. Nearly $26 million was given out to projects in 23 states in this round of funding.
