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Chilean volume steady this fall
Chilean avocado growers are expected to produce more fruit this season, but volume exported to the U.S. should be about the same as last year, said Karen Brux, managing director of the San Carlos, Calif.-based Chilean Av
September 21, 2022 09:17 PM
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IBM Food Trust: How Will Blockchain Help Shape the Future of Fresh Produce?
We invite you to hear, for yourself, how scalable blockchain capabilities are being brought to life to create real value in the produce industry.
December 14, 2020 12:56 PM
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New Mexico State University Collaborates on $9.75 Million Grant to Study Bovine Respiratory Disease
New Mexico State University is partnering with Texas A&M and other universities across the country on a $9.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to research bovine respiratory disease and how to reduce its prevalence in beef and dairy cattle.
November 19, 2020 11:33 PM
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Biofuel Research Focuses on Manure | Coalition receives $7 million award to produce ethanol
The race to create a better, less controversial biofuel has spawned plenty of research into a variety of potential new sources - including switchgrass, cornstalks and algae. One goal behind the next generation of ethanol fuel is to end the debate over whether crops that could be used for food or animal feed are being converted into fuel. It’s a debate that’s dogged traditional ethanol, made from corn. A team of Wisconsin researchers say they may have found an abundant and eminently Dairyland ingredient for ethanol - cow manure from the state’s dairyfarms. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a coalition of state firms have been awarded $7 million for bioenergy research that would use a manure byproduct to produce ethanol at a dairyfarm in Manitowoc County.The funding was awarded by the U.S. Energy and Agriculture departments through their joint biomass research-and-development initiative.
November 19, 2020 08:34 PM
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USDA boosts aid to farmers, ranchers hit by worst drought in decades
CHRISTOPHER DOERING, Gannett Washington BureauWASHINGTON -- Farmers and ranchers suffering through the worst drought to hit the United States in more than 50 years will receive additional help from the government, but Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned on Monday the department does not have the necessary tools to adequately help producers.USDA’s latest assistance package will allow for haying and grazing to occur on Wetlands Reserve and Conservation Reserve land that have been impacted by the drought, including acres that are abnormally dry or suffering from moderate drought conditions. Until now only areas deemed to be in severe to extreme drought were eligible.
November 19, 2020 08:34 PM
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Generating Renewable Energy Down on the Farm
John Noble, a sixth generation dairyfarmer, got his first taste of the benefits of biogas about a decade ago, when he installed a small system on his Wyoming County farm.Now, Noble and a host of investors, including a handful of local farm families, are getting into biogas in a big way. Synergy Biogas, an entity owned by Florida-based renewable energy company CH4 Biogas, last week took the wraps off its new biogas power project, located on the 1,850-cow dairyfarm that Synergy owns in Wyoming County.
November 19, 2020 08:32 PM
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NY Dairy Farms Toast Prices, Diversify
KINDERHOOK -- Eric Ooms remembers the financial “carnage” that hit dairyfarmers when milk prices soured as the recession took hold in 2009. “The price of our milk just collapsed. It was tough for a lot of people. “Now, the 37-year farmer is getting a breather as prices paid for milk have recovered to an all-time high. But he is hedging his bets, using some of that extra cash to buy a grain dryer so he can sell his excess corn for feed.
November 19, 2020 08:32 PM
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Environment Benefit of Milk from Jerseys
Jersey milk leads to a hugely significant reduction in water use and greenhouse gas emissions, it was claimed at a South West conference.Speaking at the Creating our Golden Future conference, organised by the UK Jerseys Cattle Society and held at the Royal Bath & West of England showground at Shepton Mallet, Dr Jude Capper, of Washington State University, reported on her research which compared Jersey and Holstein milk in the USA.
November 19, 2020 08:31 PM
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Surviving the First Season
Spending time with Paul and Phyllis Van Amburgh and their five children on their Dharma Lea dairyfarm can make life here appear enviable.Sure, the work is hard and the days are long. But the Van Amburghs get to spend time together and they enjoy a close relationship with the land and their animals.But that’s the pastoral version of life on a small family farm. And the Van Amburghs, now in their fifth year, know that farming -- dairyfarming, especially -- is mainly about survival.
November 19, 2020 08:31 PM
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Protecting a Gem: Landowners Help Clean Up a Washington River
As the Washington Department of Ecology searches for ways to improve water quality in the Little Spokane River, state officials are looking for ways to engage private landowners. Landowners hold the key to reducing pollutants such as phosphorus and fecal coliform bacteria in the water.
November 19, 2020 08:29 PM
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