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Biomass crop production: Carbon sequestration not so simple
Findings at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are providing information about the soil carbon dynamics that play a crucial role in lifecycle assessments of bioenergy production. These studies at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA’s chief intramural scientific research agency, support the USDA priority of developing new sources of bioenergy.
Crop programs set in northwest Ohio
COLUMBUS — Field crop farmers will have two opportunities this February to get up to speed on new research and technology from Ohio State University experts.
Watermelons tapped for ethanol
WASHINGTON — With their sweet, refreshing juices watermelons are a favorite summertime treat, especially around July 4th. But now this Independence Day favorite could become even more of a patriotic commodity. Ethanol Agricultural Research Service studies in Lane, Okla., have shown simple sugars in watermelon juice can be made into ethanol. In 2007, growers harvested
Nutrient trading seminars scheduled
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and the Capital Resource Conservation and Development Area Council are jointly hosting two one-day seminars in State College, Pa., and Lancaster, Pa., Feb. 12 and Feb. 19. Locations The Feb. 12 meeting will take place at the Ramada Inn and Convention Center,
Read it Again: Week of May 1, 2003.
Each week Farm and Dairy takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.
Match planter size to acreage needs
Which planter size has the lowest cost for a given farm size?
Armyworms invade pastures, cropland
They have marched across Texas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky, but farmers in Ohio won’t see the armyworm larvae for another couple of weeks.
Ohio couple wins AFBF Excellence in Ag award
Ohio Farm Bureau members Greg and Rose Hartschuh, of Sycamore, Ohio, won the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Excellence in Agriculture Award.
New farmer workshop will focus on profitability
Workshops designed to help improve farm profitability.
DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol enters agreement to purchase Iowa land
ITASCA, Ill. — DuPont Danisco Cellulosic Ethanol, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DuPont, has entered into an agreement to purchase a parcel of land in Nevada, Iowa, adjacent to Lincolnway Energy LLC’s conventional ethanol plant.
