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And the envelope, please: Farm and Dairy photo contest winners!
Vicky Dillon of Petersburg, Ohio, was the surprised winner of our first-ever photo contest to select the cover photograph on Farm and Dairy’s Agri-Book, the 2010 Directory of Agriculture. She was surprised because she didn’t enter the photo, the owners of the farm she spectacularly captured did!
USDA to support domestic nutrition programs and pork producers
WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said USDA’s intention is to purchase an additional $30 million in pork products in FY 2009 for federal food and nutrition assistance programs. To invite bids USDA will survey potential suppliers to seek the lowest overall cost by publicly inviting bids and awarding contracts to responsible bidders. Altogether, USDA
Cattlemen’s Beef Board’s budget cut by 6.6 percent, advertising slashed
CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The Beef Promotion Operating Committee has recommended a $45.8 million Cattlemen’s Beef Board budget for fiscal year 2009, reflecting a 6.6 percent decrease from the $49 million budget for 2008. The 2009 budget for the beef board, which administers the national checkoff program, must be approved by the full beef board and
Washington’s Revolutionary War tent conserved in Colonial Williamsburg
Gen. George Washington did not sleep under it, but he did plan the victory at Yorktown, the last major battle of the American Revolution, under it.
Preserving 2002 in 2002: Pa. leads nation in preserving farms
Pennsylvania has reached a major agricultural milestone by preserving more than 2002 Pennsylvania farms, continuing Pennsylvania’s legacy as a national leader in farmland preservation.
No-tillers, scout now for adult slugs
WOOSTER, Ohio – For no-till growers with a history of slug problems, fall is the time to sample fields to assess spring populations.
Steven Spielberg to speak at Gettysburg
GETTYSBURG, Pa. — Dedication Day events, at the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, will feature director Steven Spielberg as the keynote speaker. Occasion This ceremony, held at the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, will mark the 149th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. Spielberg’s visit will coincide with the release of his film Lincoln, written by
Ohio teacher receives Presidential Award for environmental teaching
Shari Insley from Pine Intermediate School in North Olmstead was awarded the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators.
No more evidence of bird flu in Canada
OTTAWA – Testing by Canada’s avian influenza reference laboratory in Winnipeg has found no additional evidence of the avian influenza virus in birds from a small backyard flock in western Prince Edward Island.
Revolution pipeline back in service in western Pennsylvania
More than two years after the Revolution pipeline exploded in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, it is back in service.
