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MDI Succession Workshop Features Speaker Jolene Brown
Minnesota Dairy Initiative is hosting a farm succession planning workshop with speaker Jolene Brown from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wed., Jan. 15, at Shady’s Tavern, 451 Railroad Ave, Albany. Brown, who has been called “The Dr. Phil of Agriculture,” is a farmer whose presentations focus on solutions to family business challenges. This event will focus on ways farm businesses can ...
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MDA Webinar Friday to Address Farm COVID Preparedness Plans
Minnesota farm businesses, farmers’ markets, and other ag businesses are invited to attend an informational webinar from 3 to 4 p.m. this Friday, June 26, to learn more about the required COVID-19 Preparedness Plan. This webinar will cover the basic requirements that all critical businesses have a COVID-19 Preparedness Plan as well as highlight resources such as templates that farms can use ...
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JSC Poultry Farm Vostochnay is planned to be inovated
Yuri Berg talks about the industrial future of the east district of the region. Today Governor Yuri Berg worked in the east district of the region. At the eight in the morning he was at the JSC Poultry Farm " Vostochnay ". 3 years ago Company shareholders have decided to redirect production from commercial eggs to turkey meat production . Project for three million rubles will be implemented ...
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Online Order Point Makes `Open Farm Sunday` Plans as Easy as AHDB
There are already over 360 farms preparing to welcome the public on Open Farm Sunday, next month (8 June), including Brookfield Farm from BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Archers’. Now all farms involved can get a whole range of free resources from their levy board to use on the big day. All sorts of posters, leaflets and handouts are available to give away to help inform and engage visitors ...
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New Organic Transition Business Planner Now Available
The booming profit potential of organic production has farmers, ranchers and food business owners nationwide switching to organic production. But successfully managing the risky multi-year transition requires careful business planning. Download Organic Transition: A Business Planner for Farmers, Ranchers and Food Entrepreneurs for free. SARE’s new Organic Transition: A Business Planner ...
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Farm Management and Technology Field Day on Aug. 9
Farmers are always looking for ways to be more efficient and self-sustainable, and energy technology is one way to accomplish both. The Mahoning County office of Ohio State University Extension is hosting a field day Aug. 9 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Ward Campbell Farm, 11440 Palmyra Road in North Jackson. The focus of the event is how energy technology, such as solar and wind technology, can ...
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Livestock Event: Farm Health Planning Seminars – The Joint Farmer- Vet Approach
Farmers and their vets will be teaming up to share how they have proactively addressed some of the most common and challenging health issues found on beef and dairy units in the Farm Health Planning seminars to be staged at Livestock Event at The NEC, Birmingham on Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 July. Organised by the Cattle Health and Welfare Group and chaired by British Cattle Veterinary ...
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Cucumber virus quarantine to be lifted for NT growers in 2016
AUSVEG has welcomed this afternoon’s announcement from the Northern Territory Department of Primary Industries that property quarantine for Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) will be lifted next year. “It is welcome news for growers that property quarantine put in place in the Northern Territory following the outbreak of CGMMV will be lifted,” said AUSVEG National ...
By AUSVEG
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Science societies support current Farm Bill recommendations
Movement on the 2012 Farm Bill, as previously planned by the Senate Agriculture Committee on Wednesday, April 25 is currently being rescheduled. But the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) is applauding Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow and Ranking Member Pat Roberts for crafting the ...
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‘Blackgrass audit’ at Cereals
The Cereals event, in June, provides a fantastic opportunity for farmers to speak to experts about undertaking a blackgrass review, ensuring that plans are firmly in place to hit the ground running in autumn. This year at Cereals, the Blackgrass Knowledge Trail will offer visitors easy access to the advice and information they require, explains Adrian Sisson, Certis technical manager. ...
By Certis UK
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Converted Organics Announces New TerraSphere Licensee, Eco-Leaf Farms
BOSTON, July 6, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Converted Organics Inc. (Nasdaq:COIN) announced today that TerraSphere Systems, LLC continues to build momentum with its vertical farming business by signing a new licensee for the Atlantic Provinces (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador). Under the agreement, Eco-Leaf Farms will take over the license previously sold ...
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NFU Announces Beginning Farmer Institute Participants
National Farmers Union (NFU) announced the 15 participants selected for the fourth class of its Beginning Farmer Institute. Those selected for the next class are Nicole Vojtech of Ohio; Tracey Zink of Nebraska; Courtney Krueger of North Dakota; Chris Holman and Kriss Marion of Wisconsin; Harrison Topp of Colorado; Glen Hughes and Thomas Clark of Indiana; Erin Bailey of Washington; Rick Duvall of ...
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Participate in Pennsylvania Game Commission Pheasant Chick and Egg Programs
Sportsmen's organizations with approved propagation facilities can augment local ring-necked pheasant stockings and increase localized hunting opportunities by raising day‑old pheasant chicks supplied free-of-charge by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Information and applications to participate can be downloaded from the agency's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us), by putting your cursor over ...
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USDA Awards Over $52 million in Grants to Grow Organic and Local Food Economies
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the award of over $52 million in support of the growing organic industry and local and regional food systems through five U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) grant programs. The Secretary made the announcement during an event with Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe and First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe and local farmers at the Virginia State Fair. ...
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Valtra N113 HiTech aids game management in Finland
The Korhonen farm in Tervo, Finland, uses a Valtra N113 HiTech to maintain its forests and fields for game management. Nature is everything to this family’s active hunters, who manage their farm with respect for the environment. In this they rely on their Valtra. Antti Korhonen and his son Mikko are active nature lovers and hunters. Their family farm focuses on game management and ...
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Potager Farm and IGS to build Germany’s first retail park-based vertical farm
Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) has secured a partnership with Potager Farm, a subsidiary of grocery-anchored real estate firm Greenman Group, to build the first retail park-based vertical farm in Germany. Potager Farm will operate and run the farm in Berlin, supplying fresh produce to Greenman’s retail centres. IGS will install two nine-metre-high growth towers in the retail park, ...
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New Tool Offers Growers Easy Option to Measure Soil Organic Matter Content
Researchers with Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences have developed a new tool that allows farmers to easily predict soil organic matter content and can help them make decisions about whether or not to sell crop residue. The tool can benefit growers by providing information for more timely planting and harvesting, reducing operating costs, increasing ...
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AquaBounty Technologies Announces First Quarter 2021 Financial Results
AquaBounty Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AQB) (“AquaBounty” or the “Company”), a land-based aquaculture company utilizing technology to enhance productivity and sustainability, today announced the Company’s financial results for its fiscal first quarter ended March 31, 2021. First Quarter 2021 Key Highlights Fortified balance sheet with $127.1 million in gross ...
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Sessions Aim to Improve On-Farm Safety of Fruits, Vegetables
When it comes to foodborne illness, fresh produce belies its healthful aura: Fresh fruits and vegetables account for 24 percent of U.S. foodborne illness in which both the responsible food and contaminant are identified, according to a 2013 analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data by theCenter for Science in the Public Interest. That’s one reason why Ohio State ...
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Ohio State Agronomy Workshop Jan. 19 to Focus on Soil Fertility
Healthy soils are a key ingredient to produce strong crop yields, and understanding what nutrients your soils need is a fundamental step in that process, says an educator in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University. Soil fertility is crucial to maximizing yield potential when growing crops, said Amanda Douridas, an Ohio State University Extension ...
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